October brings with it Halloween and all things eerie—including ghost stories about visits from spooks both scary and friendly. This year, combine your love of pets with the spookiness of the season by sharing these stories about phantom dogs (and a spectral cat). Preston the Halloween Helper Casper isn’t the only friendly ghost. Residents of the Belmont Hillsboro … [Read more...]
Should I Feed My Dog a Raw Diet?
Raw food diets for dogs have always sliced and diced public opinion. Most recently, they have been back in the spotlight with many major pet food companies trying to imitate a dog’s ancestral diet by adding free-dried raw inclusions in kibble, to home delivery services offering human-grade frozen raw options that just need to be defrosted and served. Medical Professional … [Read more...]
How to Chose A Dog Park: On-leash, Off-leash or None at All
Dog parks have been in the news more and more these days. As populations grow and families move closer to cities, we need places for our dogs to be dogs. Dogs experience many benefits from playing at the dog parks. They get a chance to socialize, expend some energy, interact with other pets, and fine tune their social skills. In most cases, your dog will come home content … [Read more...]
Why is it Important to Brush Long-Haired Dogs?
Your long-haired dog’s beautiful coat is one of her most endearing features and may be one of your favorite things about her—until her coat needs serious grooming attention. You likely already follow a regular grooming routine to keep her looking her best—but did you know this regular attention also helps you keep her healthy? Learn how regular grooming tasks improve your dog’s … [Read more...]
How Smart Are Dogs?
By Nicole Etolen How smart are dogs? If you ask any canine parent, they’ll tell you “pretty darn clever!” Of course, like parents of human kids, pet parents are prone to exaggeration, so you might have a hard time taking their word for it. Turns out you don’t have to! Scientists have spent generations trying to answer this question. Read on to find out what they’ve … [Read more...]
What Are The Pro’s and Con’s of Cage-Free Grooming?
Thinking Outside the Cage There’s no denying that our pets become important members of our families, and we shower them with love, respect, and kindness. With the love that we feel for these cherished animals, it often follows that we are reluctant to place them in situations where their movements may be restricted. As an example, we may not wish to have our pets sit in crates … [Read more...]
How to Prepare a Pet For Thunderstorms?
Summer storms are on the way and that makes a lot of people nervous. Millions of animals experience severe storm phobia every year. It’s little wonder - dogs and cats have been naturally conditioned to be weary of storms since the dawn of man. Not only do they sense these storms earlier than we do (thanks largely to being more sensitive to barometric pressure drops and … [Read more...]
Andis Scholarship Winner 2019
Andis Awards Animal Behavior College Dog Groomer Scholarship Amy Ganos knew what she wanted – a career grooming dogs and owning a business. But financial hurdles got in the way of her enrolling in a dog-groomer program. When Andis Company sponsored a social media contest last year and awarded the Tucson, Arizona resident a full scholarship to Animal Behavior College’s … [Read more...]