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Happy Halloween? For Pets, It Can Be With A Little Practice

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Reading Time: 3 minutes Blah! Blah! It’s scary out there—all those pets dressed up as dinosaurs, lions, and spiders. And if you dress up your pet, you’re not alone, as…

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Pet Haunted By Halloween? How To Help

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Reading Time: 3 minutes Many pets never received the memo that Halloween is supposed to be fun. They truly are spooked by all those creatures that smell like humans but…

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Food Poisoning? 13 Things Your Pet Shouldn’t Eat or Drink

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Reading Time: 3 minutes The word toxic comes from the ancient Greek word toxikon, meaning “poison for arrows.” While swallowing poison darts rarely occurs among pets, here’s a list of…

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Help Your Pet Have a Happy and Fear Free Halloween

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Reading Time: 3 minutes While Halloween may be an exciting time for you and your family — costumes, candy, carving — it can be frightening for your dog or cat….

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5 Ways to Help Pets Have a Fun and Safe Halloween

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reading Time: 2 minutes What scares pets at Halloween? It’s not the specter of too much chocolate but it can be ghosts, jack-o-lanterns and giant inflatable spiders (those scare us,…

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Halloween Pet Tips

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Reading Time: < 1 minutes https://youtu.be/fY4BNPdvyOw Help your pet have a safe and happy Halloween with these tips from our lead animal trainer Mikkel Becker….

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Sound Off! What to Do When Your Pet is Frightened by Thunder, Fireworks, or Other Noises

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Reading Time: 3 minutes Crack! Boom! Whizz! Pop! Loud and sudden sounds are the bane of dogs and their people. Dogs are startled by loud, unexpected sounds and can develop…

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New Year’s Eve Is a Blast, But Not for Pets: How to Keep Them Safe

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Reading Time: < 1 minutes The celebration of the old year winding down and the new year beginning can be rowdy and raucous. That’s fun for people but can cause…

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Give Your Pets a Fear Free Fourth of July

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Reading Time: < 1 minutes The Fourth of July should be fun for the whole family, your pets included. Fireworks, parades, large numbers of strangers, and other out-of-the-ordinary experiences can…

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Snug as a Bug in…Thunder?

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Reading Time: 3 minutes When you think of summer, what comes to mind? For me, it has always been beachy weekends and holiday gatherings with family and friends. Even hammock-lounging,…