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Gotcha! Why grabbing your puppy’s collar needs to be fun

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reading Time: 2 minutes Sometimes you need to catch your puppy by the collar if he’s eating something dangerous or about to take a flying leap and you need to…

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Keeping Pets With Seniors Who Love Them

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Reading Time: 3 minutes New Mexico resident Theresa Kline is active and independent at age 81. But after her beloved Westie, Abby, passed away last year, she wondered if she…

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Training a Voluntary Blood Draw: It Can Be Done

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Reading Time: 5 minutes …her hand and treat for placing his paw there. By moving the target further up her arm, reinforcing at each new step, she gets to the goal: “When I put…

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6 Reasons to Microchip Your Pet

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Reading Time: 3 minutes …wave a scanner over your pet to make sure the microchip is still readable. Just as puppies and kittens benefit from visiting the animal hospital just for treats, attention, and…

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How to Know If Your Cat Is Happy

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Reading Time: 3 minutes …a box that is just the right size for her. A box might seem boring to us, but to a cat it’s something new and different. “A lot of cats…

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Choosing Pet-Friendly Flooring for Your Home

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Reading Time: 3 minutes …and family-friendly flooring options. If you’re building or replacing your floors, it’s time to shop for some great new products. What should you look for in a pet-friendly floor? Non-Slip…

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How to Be A Good Neighbor to Reactive Dogs

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Reading Time: 5 minutes …actually get much exercise. They also don’t get the enrichment of seeing new things on a walk, or time with their human, which is important to dogs. So do everyone…

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Wintertide Follies? Help Your Dog Enjoy the Howlidays

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Reading Time: 3 minutes …is busily trying to attend to preparations for fall and winter holidays, starting with Thanksgiving right on through to the New Year. Well-wishing friends and neighbors drop in bearing gifts…

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3 Easy Tricks to Teach Your Cat

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Reading Time: 5 minutes …establishing routines, so teaching tricks is just a matter of introducing a new routine. We will focus on three tricks: Come when called Sit/sit pretty High five What You Need…

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Tweaks, Props, Tricks: How to Make Therapy Visits Even Better

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Reading Time: 4 minutes …to a nursing home to cheer up the patients. Both dogs knew tricks so I knew I would be able to make people laugh; that’s always a good beginning and…