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Reading Time: 2 minutes…ensure that your dog is familiar with his new caretaker. By preparing your dog for visits from the pet sitter, they will both be safe and happy while you are…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes…stage for a new routine – if possible – before the new schedule kicks in. And practice that new schedule. Exercise and play: Activity can also be an effective stress…
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Reading Time: 4 minutesReading Time: 4 minutes So you know you’re supposed to socialize your new puppy but you just don’t have time in your schedule for a puppy class. Don’t worry; by…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes…transition as stress-free as possible to a new forever home, she suggests the following: Confine your new cat to one room, such as a bedroom, for a few days. Of…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes…for them, the happier they are going to be,” Hargrove says. As soon as possible, update contact information with your pet’s microchip company, and find a new veterinarian. A local…
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Reading Time: 3 minutesReading Time: 3 minutesMy husband and I adopted our Lab mix, Rio, from an underfunded shelter in New Mexico in 2010. It was our first time visiting the facility, and…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes…of domestic violence have facilities that can accept pets as well as people, so women stay rather than risk harm coming to their pets. A 2021 report from the American…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes…Can Be Stressful for Pets Summer often changes a pet’s daily routine. Children may be home from school, visitors may come and go more frequently, and pets may experience new…
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Reading Time: 2 minutesReading Time: 2 minutesPeople sometimes feel slighted when they learn that their pup from a responsible breeder is considered “pet” versus “show quality.” No need to feel slighted! Good breeders…
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Reading Time: 5 minutes…new to your pet, though, you need to start slowly. “We’ve put these animals on meal plans and created a bunch of couch potatoes,” Sullivan says. “You can’t expect them…