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  • Staycation for pets is solution for owners on the go

    Summer is in full-swing, and for some consumers this means vacation time. But for their four-legged friends, this often means a staycation at a pet boarding facility or at home with pet sitter.

  • Pet Vet: Cut calories to cut cat's swing

    Frankie is suffering from "the swing." Carmen, the 4-year-old cat's owner, says Frankie has developed excess skin under her belly after being spayed three years ago. When Frankie walks or runs, her belly swings back and forth. Carmen wonders if something wasn't done correctly with Frankie's surgery.

  • Dr. Dolittler

    Pet shampoo a better bet for Bowser

    Human shampoos and pet shampoos are not created equal. That’s because pet skin and human skin are dissimilar. Human skin is more acidic than pet skin, and people have sweat glands while pets don’t (not on their haired skin, anyway).

  • When dog acts up, use leash to outwit it

    Question: My once sweet, 10-month-old English bulldog Max has turned into a little devil. Things that used to be easy to do - putting him in his crate, making him go outside, getting him into the tub for a bath - are now becoming real battles which include him barking at me and running away when I try to catch him. I think he's trying to be dominant. How do I fix this?

  • Dr. Dolittler

    Web full of misinformation about exercise for puppies

    Though it seems everyone from Dr. Mother-in-Law to Dr. Google has an opinion, the truth is that veterinary medicine has no definitive answers on what we call “precocious exercise.”

  • Jesse Lee Soffer and Tania Raymonde star as victim and murderer in the TV movie 'Jodie Arias: Dirty Little Secret.'

    Television review

    ‘Dirty Little Secret’ ripped from tabloid TV

    ‘Jodie Arias: Dirty Little Secret.’ 8 p.m. Saturday. Lifetime.

  • Dr. Dolittler

    Snoring may lead to serious problems

    Probably. Here’s why:

  • Heidi Schulman poses for a photo with her rescue dog, Bosco, in Santa Fe, N.M., who inspired her to develop The Original Dog Tarot.

    Pets

    From psychics to tarot cards, owners try untraditional ways of connecting with pets

    It’s the age old and seemingly unanswerable question: What in the world is my dog thinking? It’s also one that has spawned a growing market not only of scientific research but of everything from decks of pet tarot cards to books by pet psychics.

  • Dr. Dolittler

    No evidence that cranberry improves cats’ urinary health

    Clinical trials in humans have had mixed results, with some showing that cranberry can be of benefit for urinary-tract issues. Alas, no veterinary studies found it fruitful for preventing or treating bacterial infections of the urinary tract in domesticated pets.

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