Much like sending a child off to summer camp or to their first overnight sleepover, there are certain things that parents all worry about. How will they get along with the other kids? Are they going to like the food? What if they don’t eat what’s provided? What if they get sick? Being a dog owner and leaving your dog for their first boarding…
“Recently, the UK has seen the rise of a campaign known as Ask to Pet. It’s an attempt to bring awareness to the phenomenon of strangers reaching out to interact with dogs in public, without first confirming with the owner that it’s alright for them to do so. For many of us, we don’t see this as much of a problem; after all, our…
You know what really sucks? The flu. We’ve all been there. One minute you’re feeling great, until all of a sudden it starts; the scratchy throat, the sneezing, the runny nose. The body aches are the worst as far as I’m concerned, but for an active young adult like me, maybe that’s to be expected. Either way, regardless of your opinions of the worst…
We tend to fear the things that we don’t know; death, aliens, our new neighbors – it’s almost a rite of passage as human beings. We struggle to come to grips with confusing topics that push our minds to the limits of our understanding, in attempt to soothe our concerns. As pet owners, one of those topics that can often push our understanding is…
When we think about bloat, generally one thing comes to mind: the sensation we get after Thanksgiving dinner when we need to undo our belt a hole and we ask ourselves why we went for the third helping of stuffing. In all fairness, that isn’t the wrong situation under which to be using that term. At its core, bloat is simply, “any abdominal swelling.”…
We all like to think that we know what our dogs are thinking, right? When fluffy looks at us with his head cocked slightly to the side, we just know that he’s thinking about how much he loves us. It has nothing to do with the turkey sandwich that we’re holding a little farther from the table than might be smart. It’s a straight…