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Cats Shelters & Fostering

Can’t Have a Cat? Sponsor One

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…severe allergies, “No Pets Allowed” rental agreement policies, or inability to care for the pet. A sponsorship is also a great way to “give” a cat to a fellow cat…

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Birds Training & Grooming

Living With Birds: Building Trust Through Training

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Reading Time: 3 minutesReading Time: 3 minutes After a few days of quiet adjustment, your bird is ready to become a part of your life. Your first interactions with your new bird are…

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Equines Shelters & Fostering Travel & Safety

10 Reasons to Microchip Your Horse

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Reading Time: 4 minutesReading Time: 4 minutes For over 20 years, rescue groups, breeders, and pet owners have been microchipping dogs and cats to help ensure lost pets make their way home. Now…

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Cats Life at Home Shelters & Fostering

Study Aims to Help Cats Live Their Best 9 Lives With Less Stress

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Reading Time: 4 minutesReading Time: 4 minutes Cats have individual personalities, reacting to people and their everyday surroundings in their own unique ways. A new study conducted in Finland takes a close look…

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Dogs

Consent: Why It Matters for Dogs

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Reading Time: 4 minutes…States and internationally. Want to stay in the loop on the latest and greatest in keeping your pet happy and healthy? Sign up for our free newsletter by clicking here!…

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Training & Grooming Veterinary Care

Chin Rest Challenge: How to Use This Cooperative Care Behavior

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Reading Time: 4 minutesReading Time: 4 minutes The concept of cooperative care is a simple one: teach pets behaviors that will allow them to willingly participate in their own health and grooming care….

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Cats New Pets Veterinary Care

Your Kitten’s First Vet Visit: What To Expect

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Reading Time: 2 minutes…need to go to the veterinarian? It’s usually recommended that kittens be seen within the first 48 hours of bringing them home from the shelter, breeder or pet store and…

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Activities & Enrichment Life at Home New Pets Other

Hoppy Days: Tips On A Rabbit’s Best Life

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Reading Time: 3 minutesReading Time: 3 minutesA surprising number of pet house rabbits live with fear every day because their families, though they may love their rabbits, just don’t understand their needs. Rabbits…

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Reading to shelter pets can lower stress, improve adoption chances

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Reading Time: 4 minutesReading Time: 4 minutesWho doesn’t love being told a story? Dogs and cats are no different. Here’s how shelter reading plans can improve pets’ chances of adoption. Imagine you are…

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Dogs Training & Grooming Veterinary Care

Training a Voluntary Blood Draw: It Can Be Done

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Reading Time: 5 minutes…everyone can stay safe. If we can do this with wild animals, why do we need to manhandle our pets? We don’t. The same principles used at zoos work with…