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Activities & Enrichment Dogs Life at Home Senior Pets

Does Your Old Dog Need A Young Friend?

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…his mind. Physically separate pets when you can’t be there to supervise or at night when you’re asleep. Don’t encourage or force one pet to be closer to another than…

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Activities & Enrichment Dogs Fears & Anxieties Life at Home

How to Stave Off Canine Cabin Fever This Winter

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Reading Time: 3 minutesReading Time: 3 minutes If you have a puppy or adult dog with lots of energy, you know how much work it is to keep your pet entertained. And you’ve…

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Cats Shelters & Fostering Veterinary Care

Experts, Cat Lovers Gather for FIP Symposium

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Reading Time: 5 minutes…me that Ringo, our new kitty, likely had feline infectious peritonitis, or FIP. I was stunned. “How can this happen to me?” We had only recently lost a cat, Ricky,…

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Cats Holidays Life at Home

Home for the Holidays—With Your Cat

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…10 to 14 hours between Boston and Washington, D.C. She tries to split either the initial or return trip into two days, staying overnight at a pet-friendly motel in New

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Dogs Life at Home Training & Grooming

How to House Train Your Puppy the Fear Free Way

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Reading Time: 5 minutesReading Time: 5 minutes This article was authored by Marty Becker, DVM, and Mikkel Becker, CBCC-KA, CPDT-KA, KPA CTP, CDBC, CTC When a new puppy joins your family, you have…

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Activities & Enrichment Dogs Life at Home

Time for Sniffing? Cue the Shenanigans

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…to look at you, he won’t understand when you use his name to get his attention. Instead, come up with nicknames for your pet for casual conversation. When I’m casually…

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Activities & Enrichment Cats Dogs Life at Home Other

Cabin Fever: Keep Kids and Pets Happy in Isolation

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Reading Time: 3 minutesReading Time: 3 minutesGot bored kids, dogs, and cats at home because of the quarantine? To the rescue are two new books by Fear Free contributor Arden Moore, herself a…

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Cats Shelters & Fostering Veterinary Care

FIP News: Is a Cure at Hand?

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Reading Time: 6 minutes…around the world, including veterinary professionals, veterinary students, cat fanciers, shelter/rescue workers, and cat lovers whose pets have experienced FIP. The World Small Animal Veterinary Association and American Association of…

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Dogs Life at Home Senior Pets Training & Grooming Veterinary Care

Why Potty-Trained Dogs Might Start Urinating Inside

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…of the most common misconceptions around that is that many pet parents come in and say, ‘Well, my dog is getting older and they just do that.’ I really want…

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Dogs Veterinary Care

Prep School: Help Dogs Get Ready for Annual Exams

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Reading Time: 3 minutes…Acupuncturist) is a small-animal veterinarian who practices in Austin, Texas. In addition to advocating for Fear Free handling of pets, she is passionate about feline medicine and senior pet care….