Posted by admin on May 23, 2013 – 8:30 am
Most people love the warmer spring and summer weather but unfortunately, so do fleas. Depending upon the weather conditions where you live, flea season typically begins in May. The optimum temperature for fleas to thrive is around 65 to 85 degrees, and fleas also do well in the higher spring and summer humidity. Fleas can feed on your dog or cat within seconds of landing on your pet and within 24 hours of that first meal, courtesy of your pet, the fleas can begin laying up to 50 eggs per day which can quickly result in an infestation. It’s clear that when it comes to fleas, fast action is crucial. Now available exclusively at PetMeds, Flea4X Plus has a four-way action that kills fleas, ticks, mosquitoes and mites. Best of all, it starts killing fleas and ticks in 5 minutes. Read More »
The American Heart Association just released a new scientific statement paper in the journal Circulation, titled “Pet Ownership and Cardiovascular Risk.” The conclusions in this paper have been endorsed by numerous heart health organizations, including the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, the American Society of Hypertension, the American Society for Preventive Cardiology, the National Heart Foundation of Australia, the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, and the World Heart Federation. Heart disease is the number one cause of death for both men and women, so strategies to reduce heart disease risk and improve heart health are very important. Read More »
In July 1993 a drug called cisapride was approved in human medicine for treating gastroesophageal reflux in humans. In January of 2000, cisapride was removed from the United States market by the FDA after reports of cardiac side effects such as rapid and irregular heart rate. In veterinary medicine there were never any such cardiovascular effects seen. The drug was extremely helpful in treating many gastrointestinal disorders so it continued to be used, primarily in cats. Read More »
As the official cat reporter for the Pet Talk segment of this blog, it is important for me to cover important breaking pet news stories. This week’s hot news is about Bert and Ernie!
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Mommy always tells me–usually when she is trying to comb a knot out of my coat or give me a bath–that there is a price to be paid for being so beautiful. There are a lot of perks too, and one of them is that I can usually fall asleep almost anytime, and anywhere I want to. Sometimes I even fall asleep when I don’t want to and I try to stay awake so I won’t miss anything. So how much do dogs sleep? You might be surprised!
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Posted by admin on May 16, 2013 – 8:20 am
If you’ve had to deal with fleas on your dog or cat, you’re probably already familiar with the common topical products used to control these pesky parasites. Maybe you even feel that the fleas in your area have become immune to all the standard treatments. Now there’s something new: Activyl and Activyl Tick Plus. According to the manufacturer, Merck Animal Health, it’s the first and only flea product to use metabolic activation or “bioactivation.” This new technology available only in Activyl uses the enzymes inside the flea itself to activate the flea-killing power. Read More »
When we’re in dog training classes, the instructor invariably says, “Stop saying your dog’s name before each command. He knows it’s your voice giving the command, so he just needs to hear the command. He already knows it’s you and you’re speaking to him.” I have to say, my dogs are terrific about sitting promptly to my commands, while they ignore the same command given by the owner next to me in class when she’s talking to her dog. Read More »
I have heard of dogs consuming their own feces for a variety of reasons; however, when I noticed my dog “Duke” eating feces from the cat’s litter box, I felt that he had taken disgusting to a whole new level. For the remainder of the day I kept wondering what caused this and how to prevent it from happening again. I certainly didn’t ever want to see him doing this again. You’d think that my cats, being very clean by nature would appreciate the help with the cleanup but even they did not. The further Duke is away from them and their litter box, the happier they generally are for some reason. Read More »
This coming Sunday, May 12th is Mother’s Day. It is a day set aside so that we can recognize and honor all pawrents for the role they have in giving life and nurturing the young, as the cycle of birth – growth – death has repeated for generations since time began. We always think of it in the context of our own pawrents, own children and our own relatives; however, there are some pawrents that are different and special beings: foster pawrents. Unrelated by blood, yet the connection between the Fosters and those they have fostered is just as golden. There is a poem posted on the Southern California Pomeranian Rescue website [Tear Jerker Alert: get tissue box now]:
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