May 20, 2019 posted by Editor Evaluate your dog’s quality of life using a know when to put your dog down checklist. It hurts to realize that your days with your best pal are almost over. You want to make the right…
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https://www.cuteness.com/ By Krissy Howard| June 18, 2019 Whether you’ve adopted your dog later in his life or you’ve been together since his younger years, caring for a…
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By Allegra Ringo| August 17, 2018 credit: Mona Klement / EyeEm/EyeEm/GettyImages Thanks to advances in veterinary medicine, cats are living longer than ever before. It’s not uncommon for a cat to live into their late teens or early 20s. This is great news,…
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VET AUTHORED ALERT A Voluntary Recall of Specific Lots of Special Kitty Wet, Canned Cat Food Has Been Issued Due to Health Concerns VET APPROVED Image via iStock.com/Kkolosov By Deidre Grieves When it comes…
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August 18, 2019 posted by Editor To help your dog stay young as long as possible, it’s crucial to pay attention to his nutrition, exercise and mental stimulation requirements. Maintaining a good routine for your dog…
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Aging can be quite a scary, unpleasant thought for some of us. But its an inevitability and something we all must go through… and so must our pups! Unless you have rescued your pooch from a shelter or other…
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https://www.bluecross.org.uk/ Time to say goodbye to your cat Cats do not live as long as humans. Thinking about euthanasia – literally, a “gentle and easy death” – is something that no cat owner likes to dwell on, but sadly it is…
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Eventually age gets the better of all of us. But us humans have all sorts of ways of helping our elderly friends. But when it comes to our beloved cats it’s not always obvious what is going on. It’s…
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Taking Care of Feline Senior Citizens Older cats need you to keep caring for them the way you always have been—with love and devotion—plus some extra attention paid to a few details. Let’s look at what pet parents can…
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By Kayleigh Roberts credit: kiszon pascal/Moment/GettyImages No matter how old they get, our dogs will forever be puppies in our hearts. Even though we always don’t want to face the realities of time, it’s important for our dogs’ health that we…
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Download Interview Transcript Story at-a-glance Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is damage to a pet’s kidneys that has been present for months to years There are many potential causes of CKD, including malformation of the kidneys, bacterial infection, high blood pressure,…
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Wouldn’t life be grand if every medical problem we had was solved in a single visit to the doctor? Sadly that isn’t the case, neither in pets nor in people. While some medical conditions resolve and never come back, pets…
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Did you know that a dog is considered a senior once he is in the last half of his expected life span? As he approaches the last third of his life, he is considered geriatric. And just like humans, there’s…
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