As all of you hard-core pet people know, your dog or cat is part of your family--your inner circle, just like your spouse, your kids, or your best friend. When he or she is hurting, it's painful and you want to do anything and everything you can to help. Not long ago Lacy, my eight-year-old, frisky,... [More]

The summer’s severe weather across the states of Colorado has left the words “emergency” and “evacuation” emblazoned across my mind. Thinking about it, I had to admit that I wouldn’t really be prepared to take care of myself in an evacuation situation, much less my dog and my cat. However, when precious seconds can matter, it pays to be prepared ahead of time.

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Okay, maybe a few words on this Wordless Wednesday. Last week I blogged about the benefits of pet ownership for children, and I discussed my childhood cat, Melissa, who "rescued" me from my dysfunctional childhood home over and over again. Read the blog post here. Unfortunately, Melissa went into ki... [More]

Last week, I posted a blog about the health benefits pets have on children. You can read the post here. That very day, when I arrived home from work, the evening news was discussing new research in the journal Pediatrics which detailed the specific health benefits pet ownership brings for children. ... [More]

As summer brings vacations for people, so it also brings vacations for pets.

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