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Get Pet Cool: Keep Your Dog Safe From Summer Heat

In the summer months, dogs suffer the same problems humans do, like overheating, dehydration and sunburn. By taking some simple precautions, you and...

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Microchip: Permanent ID Can Save Your Pet's Life

Unless you’ve had a pet go missing, it’s really hard to imagine the agony and heartbreak that pet parents go through when a beloved companion animal...

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How To Include Your Dog Into Your Wedding

The month of June is the month of marriage! As television programs, such as Bridezillas, My Fair Wedding and Say Yes to the Dress have shown, brides...

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Health & Home

Xylitol: Popular Sugar Substitute Is Highly Toxic to Dogs and Cats

With the wide variety of sugar-free products available today, many commonly used commodities, including toothpaste, chewing gum, low-carb desserts,...

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Pet Air Travel: 9 Ways to Fly

Safe pet air travel tips from Petside. Get confident before you take flight with these 9 cat and…

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Welcoming Home a New Puppy

You just brought home your new puppy, but what next? With these simple guidelines you can…

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Pet First Aid: Poison Control

Dr. Lauren explains what to do if your pet swallows a toxic or dangerous substance. If your pet…

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Halloween Safety Tips for Pets

Halloween is just around the corner! All the ghouls, goblins, ghosts and gremlins who celebrate…

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Waste Not

Want to save the planet with your dog's doo? Read on. When Matthew Mazzotta visited a Cambridge, MA…

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Video: Kitten-Proof Your Home

There is a lot to prepare when bringing home your new kitten. Our homes, whether we realize it or…

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Dog Park Dos and Don'ts

An off-duty officer recently shot a Husky that was playing rough. Do we deem this dog park rage?…

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Pet Heat Stroke Guide

Summer delivers myriad opportunities for Frisbee, pool, and vacation fun with your pet. But along…

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Pet First Aid: Treating a Cut

In the first part of our first aid series, Dr. Lauren shows you a way to treat a cut in case your…

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Pet Travel Gear

Portable pet travel products can make your trip easier on everyone.

Q: My dog swallowed a bone. What should I do? 0

Bone Swolled by Dog

My Cocker Spaniel swallowed a small round lamb chop bone whole. Are there signs that this may be…