Wellness
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- Table Manners - Page 3
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- Table Manners - Page 2
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- Choosing a Pet Diet - Page 3
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- Pet Friendly Homes- Page 3
- Millions of pampered pets patrol homes throughout the country so it should come as no surprise that owners increasingly make interior design choices with their animals in mind.
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- Pet Friendly Homes- Page 2
- Millions of pampered pets patrol homes throughout the country so it should come as no surprise that owners increasingly make interior design choices with their animals in mind.
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- Combat Cabin Fever: Inside Dog Exercises
- Winter weather can keep you and your dog from taking your daily jog or engaging in other outdoor exercise. For you, that's no problem - you can just take your outdoor run indoors to the treadmill at your local gym. However, the welcome that the gym extends to you doesn't usually include your dog, even though he needs daily exercise just as much as you do. Not to worry, though - with a little creativity, you can give your canine companion a good indoor workout. Here are some ways to do just that.
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- Coping with Loss Pt. 1: Diagnosis and Care
- Learning that your pet has a terminal illness can be devastating for a family. Working with a veterinarian you trust to confirm the diagnosis is the first step.
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- Coping with Loss Pt. 2: Pet's Passing
- The word euthanasia, meaning good death, makes people wince. Ending a pet's life is a difficult and personal choice. Families caring for a suffering pet can get help in deciding whether and when to make this choice, and support afterwards.
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- Coping with Loss Pt. 3: Recovery and Grieving
- Grieving and recovery from the loss of a pet applies to the entire family: adults, children and other pets. "A pet's death hurts so much because pets are a source of unconditional love and appreciation. When a pet dies, we lose a part of ourselves," says Enid Traisman,M.S.W., C.T, C.F.S., and Director, DoveLewis Pet Loss Support Group.
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- Pets on an Island Paradise
- Pets play important roles in peoples' lives across the world, even in a paradise like the Cook Islands. The rise of tourism on the Cook Islands has created a need to make some changes in the way island companion animals live. Access to veterinary care has been a key component in that change, but veterinary care is not what you imagine from your experiences with veterinary clinics in North America.
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- Boomerang Cats
- If you have a "boomerang cat" you certainly recognize this scenario: Kitty jumps in your lap while you're working, you put her down, she's right back up seconds later. Put her down, she's back up. Cat down, cat back. But there's hope for attention hungry kitties! Read on to find out how to keep this cat behavior from, er....coming back.
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- Taking the Labor out of Pet Pregnancies
- Unless they are breeders, most people spay or neuter their pets to avoid pregnancy. But if they wait too long, or miscalculate a pet's age, they might be faced with a pregnant pet. Taking the proper steps during a pregnancy will make the situation less stressful for owners and pets alike. Read on for tips on caring for your pregnant pet.
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- Create the Ideal Litter Box Environment
- If you could ask your cat what he thinks about his litter box, what would he tell you? One of the best ways to reduce your cat's stress level is to provide her with an ideal litter box environment that mimics the outdoors such as multiple sites to choose from, ideal litter scent and texture, and a safe location. Read more to find out how to give your cat the ideal litter box enviroment.
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- Pets with Disabilities Series: Blind Pets
- Most happy pet owners struggle with housetraining the dog, or keeping the cat from scratching the couch. It is easy to take for granted the things that they can do, like hearing or seeing, while correcting or learning to endure the things they cannot, namely obeying a few basic commands.
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- Pets with Disabilities Series: Deaf Pets
- When you stop and consider how similar animals are to humans, their capacity for love, their ingenuity (usually when food is involved), their survival instincts and intuition about people, it should come as no surprise that in the face of adapting to a challenge like hearing loss or deafness in an animal, one of our greatest resources for understanding their new needs and recognizing the extent of their capabilities lies in the fundamental realities of life as a deaf adult, who can see, move, think, love, laugh and thrive as well as anyone else.
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- Pets with Disabilities Series: 2- or 3-legged Pets
- Pet owners fondly refer to their animals as their four-legged friends, but sometimes they come with only two or three functioning limbs. Sometimes animals start out with four, and then accident or illness results in paralysis or sufficient damage to render some of the legs useless.
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- Find a Breed
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- Diagnose a Condition
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- Locate a Hospital
- Find the nearest accredited animal hospital.
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