I love dog kisses. Warm, wet tongue licks from my patients indicate a sense of connection and the bond I have with them. And, quite frankly, it just brightens my day to get a big lick in the face from an excited and happy pup.

Vitamins are practically a household term. Many of us take some kind of vitamin, like a multivitamin, everyday. Without question, they’re considered a staple of good health. But what is a vitamin? And more importantly, which vitamins are essential for dogs in order to stay healthy?

Have you ever flipped up your dog’s ear one day and discovered that it looks red and irritated? Or perhaps she suddenly started scratching one or both of her ears, maybe even rubbing her head on the carpet.

Is Your Dog Whining Often? We Know Why & How To Stop It Has your dog not grown out of their whining puppy phase? The dog whine and puppy dog eyes to get a bite of your food is cute the first couple times, but can become tiresome very quickly. So, how can this whining…

How To Help Dogs With Separation Anxiety You’re just getting back home from a grocery run. As you walk up to the door, you can hear your young pup howling away inside. At the sound of your keys turning in the lock, the howling stops. Just before you walk inside with your bags, your next-door…

Ask almost any pup parent and they’ll tell you their pooch takes a special interest in being outside. There’s apparently all kinds of interesting smells, sounds, things to see…and things to pee on.

  It’s spring! It’s that time of year when many, including myself, get down and dirty with the gardening gloves, start pulling weeds, trim last year’s dead growth, and plant all kinds of wonderful new growing things.   Restarting efforts on lawn care is no different. It’s the time to start reseeding the grass and…

  If you’re a cat parent, you know all too well that singular feeling when you’re walking barefoot through the house and your foot comes to rest on something small, soft, squishy, and wet. You instantly know what’s happened.   You stepped on a hairball.   I’m constantly on the lookout for these little landmines,…