Why Do Dogs Eat Dirt? Since moving into our new house and now having a fenced in backyard sometimes instead of running around the yard and playing Davinia and Indiana will dig in the dirt and then eat it. I know why they occasionally did this in Miami. We had street cats that hung out in the … [Read more...]

Creating a regular dental plan at a young age can save your hundreds of dollars on dental bills for your dogs. With so many dogs in need of major dental work it is no wonder that more and more products come on the market almost daily to help deal with getting rid of bad breath and cleaning up … [Read more...]

Senior Dogs What You Need to Know In order to fully understand what Senior Dogs are we need to talk about what makes a Dog a Senior Dog. There are a lot of people out there myself included that look at their dogs and do not see Senior Dogs but according the Veterinary definition of s … [Read more...]

Should You Set Up A Pet Savings Account Why should you have a Pet Savings Account? As a Pet Blogger I routinely get emails from complete strangers asking me to help pay for their pet's crazy medical condition or emergency surgery. Or they ask me to share their chip-in pages with all of … [Read more...]

Oxygen Masks for Pets Saves Dogs and Cats This year at BlogPaws a donation of multiple Oxygen Masks for Pets was made to a local Fire Department. We know that right after the Conference the Fire Department used those masks to save the life of pets trapped in a home during a fire. In fact … [Read more...]

Dogs: Antibiotics Kill Good Bacteria Along with Bad Earlier today we received a question on a post we wrote last year about Anal Gland Abscess in Dogs and it brought up something that I think we just don't consider when giving our pets antibiotics. When our pets are sick we want a miracle … [Read more...]

Dogs and Chocolate I belong to a group of Bloggers that takes on a weekly recipe challenge. This week the challenge was to use Chocolate in a recipe but chocolate is toxic to dogs and while I will do people food recipes I try to stay away from ingredients that are toxic and well dogs and … [Read more...]

Easter Toxins and Your Dogs and Cats Easter Lilies and other Lily Plants Eating just one leaf of this toxic plant can result in severe poisoning and within a short time your dog or cat will show signs of toxicity. After ingestion, your cat may stop eating and begin vomiting. As the toxins … [Read more...]

Kennel Cough What is Kennel Cough? Kennel cough is an upper respiratory infection affecting dogs. It’s a form of bronchitis and is similar to a chest cold in humans. This infection can be caused by several different viruses and bacteria. The most common is a bacteria called Bordetella. … [Read more...]