Animal care & health

Obesity in pets – Do you have a fat dog or cat?

The latest studies suggest that 25% of pets in the US are obese – that totals 33 million fat cats and fat dogs. A staggering 45% of US pets are overweight.

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Pet Insurance – Are your pets covered?

A couple of years ago my family had to make an agonizing decision to put our 3 year old Labrador to sleep. She had been in veterinary and hospital care for over 7 days after suddenly becoming ill after her…

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What If the Dog Won’t Eat?

What do you do if you are pet sitting a dog and suddenly he decides that he is not interested in eating?  In the past 5 years I have had plenty of case studies of dogs with no appetite.  I’ve usually coaxed…

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Minimize the Risk of Pet Loss in 5 Easy Steps

Dogs and cats are curious creatures and are prone to flee through open doors unexpectedly. My cat Bouie the Burmese is a great escape artist but luckily he only flees far enough to hide behind the bushes at the front…

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Summer Pet Care – How to Prevent Heat Stress

Summer is almost here and all pet professionals should be aware of the dangers of the summer heat to our pets.

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Happy Holidays and Winter Pet Safety Tips

Happy Holidays Everyone!  I hope you get some time to relax with family between all those pet house visits this week.  We are having an snow storm today in Dallas Fort Worth after a beautiful day of 75F yesterday! The…

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Raising Awareness and Supporting Pets in Need

Pet sitters have a super opportunity to both raise money for shelter pets in need and raise the profile of their business by getting involved in the Wishbones for Pets project in the coming months.

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What if you as a pet sitter have a life threatening emergency or die? What happens to the pets?

We don’t like to think about the worst case scenario – but as pet sitters we carry the responsibility of caring for the pets of our clients who are many times out of town.   What would happen to those…

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