"Do you wash your dog’s water and food bowls after every meal? Do you wash your hands after feeding your dog her meal and treats? If you answered “No”, you’re inviting bacteria and illness for you and your pet. Tips for Preparing Pet Food Begin and end with clean hands. Both before and after handling…
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Health Tip – Dog-on-Dog Interactions
During the COVID-19 pandemic dogs spent significantly more time with their human families and little-to-no outside dog-on-dog meetings and playtime opportunities as humans maintained social distancing. Because of this, many dogs now experience separation anxiety when the family heads off to school, work and even shopping. Puppies adopted during the pandemic didn’t have the opportunity…
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Health Tip: Training After Meals
When's the best time of day to train your dog?
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Health Tip: Planning for the End – Pt 3, Grieving
Natasha 08/10/2021 Two weeks before crafting this final section, our fifteen-year-old Samoyed Natasha’s mobility issues got worse. She started having difficulty getting up from laying on the floor, started walking slower, her rear legs would slide out from underneath her, and she’d intermittently walk kind of sideways like a crab on our twice-daily walks. We’d…
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