Hey kids, complete this puzzle and then visit HealthyPet.com to print out a coloring sheet of the same picture! Help your family decorate for the holidays and hang it on your refrigerator! Remember to keep your pets safe during the holidays. Don’t let them play with small things around the house like Christmas tree decorations, ribbon and wrapping paper. They might accidentally swallow them.

Think you’d like to be a nurse, but for animals instead of people? Then a veterinarian technician might be the job for you! Just like a nurse supports a doctor, veterinarian technicians support veterinarians (animal doctors).  Veterinary technicians Perform many tasks some which being a scrub nurse (the surgeon’s assistant), drawing blood, placing urinary and intravenous catheters, and much more!

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I was on a class trip to the Okeefenokee with all my 5th grade class. In the middle of the night I felt a sharp pain in my arm. I looked down and saw two bite marks and some blood. I heard a rustle like something going out of my tent and saw a raccoon.

Bonus: Tour the Rabies Lab as scientists dissect a rabid bat’s brain... and see a picture of the rabies virus up close.

Kids, this PetsMatter game is just for you! Play Veterinary Alphabet Soup and learn all about acronyms in the veterinary world. An acronym is a group of letters that stand for something. Find out what those letters that follow your veterinarian’s name mean and lots more!

We have all seen those flyers around our neighborhoods before. Big bold letters cry “LOST PET” followed by a photo and details about Fluffy, and a phone number to call if the animal is found.

According to the American Humane Association, only about 17% of lost dogs and 2% of cats ever find their way back from shelters to their original owners. Close to 9.6 million pets are euthanized every year because their owners can’t be found. But, there are ways to beat these odds.

"Puppy’s First Years: A Scrapbook and More" may be purchased at some AAHA practices.