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How to Bring Your Dog on a Hike

How to Bring Your Dog on a Hike

There’s no better hiking companion than your favorite furry sidekick! Taking your dog into nature for a hike is not only a great bonding experience, but also keeps them physically active and provides important mental stimulation. Just like us, it’s important for our canine pals to get outdoors! However, hiking with a dog does require […]

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    Is Coconut Oil Good or Bad for Dogs?

    Is Coconut Oil Good or Bad for Dogs?

    Aside from its culinary uses, people praise coconut oil for its versatility, from dental hygiene to relieving skin conditions. Coconut oil’s impressive benefits have made it trend-worthy. Some people have even fed coconut oil to their dogs or applied it to their fur. But is coconut good or bad for dogs? Most studies exploring the […]

    How to Protect Yourself and Your Pets in a Heat Wave

    How to Protect Yourself and Your Pets in a Heat Wave

    Picnics, barbecues, swimming pools and ice cream. Summer is here, and bringing the heat, but this year, a combination of changing weather patterns and a record-breaking drought is raising temperatures to dangerous levels. Hundreds of people have died in the last week, as a result of more than a hundred-degree temperatures in areas not equipped […]

    Animals as Therapists?

    Animals as Therapists?

    Therapeutic riding as occupational therapy, dogs visiting children with learning disabilities in school or hens spending time with seniors in elderly homes – so called animal-assisted interventions are manifold. But administering treatments by professionally trained therapists and maintaining animal welfare are key, says Dr. Andrea Beetz. She is a psychologist, researcher and teacher and has […]

    So the Kids Want a Dog for Christmas. Is Adopting One a Good Idea?

    So the Kids Want a Dog for Christmas. Is Adopting One a Good Idea?

    By Sharon Elber You may have heard that giving a pet for Christmas is just a bad idea. Although many people believe this myth, according to the ASPCA, 86 percent of adopted pets given as gifts stay in their new homes. These success rates are actually slightly higher than average adoption/rehoming rates. So, if done […]

    10,000 Dogs Needed for a Study on Canine and Human Aging

    10,000 Dogs Needed for a Study on Canine and Human Aging

    The Dog Aging Project at the University of Washington is looking to recruit 10,000 dogs to study for the next 10 years to see if they can improve the life expectancy of man’s best friend and their quality of life, as CNN reported. The project hopes that the study will also reveal something about human […]