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A Shelter Shares Enrichment Tips For Pets At Home

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Reading Time: 4 minutes…him to the local pet store to sniff around? Can you take him on a car ride to a new place? At the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary we like to…

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Help Your Puppy Grow Up to Be a Happy Dog

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Reading Time: 4 minutes…L, Vienet-Lague, et al. Efficacy of dog appeasing pheromones in reducing behavours associated with fear of unfamiliar people and new surroundings in newly adopted puppies. Vet Rec 2009;164:708-714. Denenberg S,…

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How Good Breeders Raise Puppies Who Grow Into Happy, Confident Dogs

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Reading Time: 4 minutesReading Time: 4 minutes From the minute she was whelped and I tied a red ribbon around her neck, I knew this puppy would be my keeper. In a litter…

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Fear Free Puppy Socialization Bingo

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Reading Time: < 1 minute…puppies are friendly and open to new experiences. Our handout shares 25 ways to help puppies learn and thrive when it comes to meeting new people or having everyday experiences….

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Making Baby-Friendly Pets—Even If You Don’t Have Kids

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…the time your own baby appears, the pet will celebrate the new arrival. Ask friends, relatives, or neighbors with a baby to visit as often as possible. Puppies and kittens…

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How Helping Pets Helps People Escape Domestic Violence

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…pets if they left them behind. Nathaniel Fields, president and CEO of Urban Resource Institute (URI), a New York-based nonprofit that offers domestic violence services, said both people and pets…

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Walk This Way: Stress-Free First Time On A Leash

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Reading Time: 3 minutesReading Time: 3 minutesI couldn’t wait to take Oscar, my new Dalmatian puppy, outside for his first walk around our block. Clipping the leash onto his collar went well but…

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Five Cat Toys You Can Make In Less Than Five Minutes

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Reading Time: 4 minutes…“prey” item every day for a month, it’s truly dead. That doesn’t mean you need to buy your cat a new toy every week. It does mean you should rotate…

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Does Your Cat Hate Company? Help Her Cope

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Reading Time: 2 minutes…E’Lise Christensen Bell, DVM, DACVB, a board-certified veterinary behaviorist at Behavior Vets in New York, New York. “Many cats are very particular about their friends, and it can take a…

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Fun And Stress-Free Ways To Include Dogs In The Howl-idays

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…“Then they each get a new toy. Christmas morning they get stockings with tennis balls and bully sticks.” Kristi Brashier also offers treats and new toys in the dogs’ stockings…