Everything You Need to Know About Rabies and Your Pets
We’ve all seen movies like “To Kill A Mockingbird” and “Cujo” where rabid dogs menace the townspeople and the only solution to the problem is slaughtering the diseased animal. Luckily, according to the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, a 4.8...
Causes, Symptoms and Treatment of Deafness in Pets
Deaf Pet Awareness Week, Sept. 24-30, 2018 The last week in September is routinely set aside as Deaf Pet Awareness Week. Despite all the information available on caring for deaf animals, many dog and cat breeders still routinely euthanize deaf puppies and...Pet Birth Defects – Detection, Causes, Prevention, Treatments
Pet Birth Defect Awareness Day is September 13. Birth defects in your new puppy or kitten can involve any organ system and any part of the body. Some abnormalities may be minor and resolve as the animal matures, while others can prevent normal growth and development,...In Case Of An Emergency: Personal Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
It is now a few days past the 10th anniversary of the landing of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast and the resulting devastation that was visited on the city of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Many of the citizens of that beautiful city initially thought they had...