.: Pet Health Care

Veterinary Care: Choosing the Best Vet for Your Dog By Lisa Pallardy Choosing a vet for your dog is one of the most important decisions you’ll make for him, so it’s important to take your time … Read More

Periodic Newsletter from The IAMS Company: From: “Eukanuba Cat” To: hart (at) petlvr.com Subject: More and more cats are living to a ripe old age. MAIN – More and More Cats Are Living To A Ripe … Read More

Thursday, May 4, 2006 By DR. MARTY BECKER KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS It’s important for pets that we be as accurate as possible to avoid hypoglycemia and other dangerous complications. Data from the recently released National Health … Read More

Obesity In Cats, How To Get A Cat To Lose Weight… Explained In ThePetcenter.com Ever wonder what to do about your overweight cat? Obesity in cats is very common and can predispose the cat to diabetes, … Read More

Periodic Newsletter from The IAMS Company: From: “”Iams Dog” To: hart (at) petlvr.com Subject: Choosing the right chew toys for your dog. MAIN STORY – How To Keep Your Dog’s Chewing From Coming Back To Bite … Read More

Tips On Maintaining Cat Health By Dean Cecere Cat health is something all cat owners should know something about. You can improve and maintain the health of your cat, and doing this takes little time and … Read More

Choosing A Safe Treatment For Flea and Tick Control By Shannon Lynnes Heggem Living way up here in the extreme temperatures in Montana, we are fairly sheltered from the flea and tick infestations that more moderate … Read More

How to Provide First Aid For Your Horse By Michael Colucci If your horse is in the field, and it suffers a severe cut, you will want to stop the bleeding as soon as possible. You … Read More

Equine Tetanus – An Unnecessary Disease By Mark Andrews Do you know anyone with a horse that has had tetanus? Probably not. Despite the fact that the organism responsible for the disease is often present in … Read More

Protect Your Pit Bull Terrier Dog from Heat Exhaustion By Tim Amherst As Pit Bulls are highly energetic dogs that love to run and play outside, it is important to learn about heat exhaustion. Familiarizing yourself … Read More

By Tim Amherst An important part of caring for your Pit Bull is keeping his ears clean. Keeping your Pit Bull’s ears clean will help prevent him from having ear mites and fleas, ear infections, and … Read More

Your Toy Puppy’s First Check-up and Settling In By Connie Limon Try not to take your new puppy to the vet the very first day you bring him home. Allow your new toy puppy to get … Read More

All About Prescription Diets and Therapeutic Diet Brands for Dogs and Cats In ThePetCenter.com Veterinarians discuss dietary issues with pet owners. Therapeutic diets play a major role in modern veterinary practice… learn more in this article … Read More

Pet Care – There’s No Other Job Quite Like It By Paul MacIver “Pets are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions and they pass no criticisms” said George Eliot about pet animals. Pets often reciprocate … Read More

Walking Your Dog – A Daily Routine That May Be More Important Than You Might Think By Brent Jones City walks are the principle form of exercise for urban pets. Try to find a nearby park … Read More

Pet Care – Walking Support By Michael Russell My dog was getting on in years. She was around nine years old. I had been enjoying her company since she was about two. Her previous owner was … Read More

TONGUE TALK… All About The Dog’s Tongue Brought To You By ThePetCenter.com TONGUE TALK By T. J. Dunn, Jr. DVM It’s a radiator, a water-lapper, a healer of wounds, a food conveyor, a register of tastes, … Read More

Cats and Avian Influenza (Flu)… The H5N1 Strain of Influenza In Cats CATS AND AVIAN INFLUENZA (Avian Flu) From the Germinder & Associates, Inc. website concerning Cats and Avian Influenza… Read what Dr. James Richards, Director, … Read More

<h2cat Fleas By Elizabeth Morgan There are more than 2,000 species of fleas around us. Out of these, the most common one is the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis. The cat adult fleas, unlike many other fleas, … Read More

Dental Care For Your Pets By Paul Cris Every individual tries to keep his teeth free from all types of cavities. Similarly you must take care of your pets also. Because the disease of the teeth … Read More

Some Reasons Why you Should Exercise your Pets By Ryan Joseph It is no real secret that exercise has a major effect on our health and wellness. Nowadays, medical professionals simply can’t stress enough the benefits … Read More

Helpful Tips to Care for an Allergic Pet By Mike Steele As any allergy sufferer can attest, allergies can make you feel downright miserable. The same goes for pets. Should you and your Vet discover your … Read More

CANINE HIP DYSPLASIA (CHD) by T. J. Dunn, Jr. DVM HIP DYSPLASIA in dogs! With this report we’ll clear up some misconceptions, describe what CHD is, what effect the condition can have on the dog and … Read More

Winter Coughs – Not a Good Wheeze! By Mark Andrews It’s not just horseback riders that cough and wheeze at this time of year. Respiratory problems are common in horses as well. Loss of performance may … Read More

Supplements and Your Pet’s Diet By Mike Steele Pets, much like their human companions, are individuals. Like us, they have unique nutritional needs, requiring different levels of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. Many times, even the … Read More

Pain Management In Dogs and Cats at ThePetCenter.com Managing Pain In Dogs This article by Dr. T. J. Dunn appeared in the February, 2002, issue of Dog World Magazine Pain is personal. Anyone who ever experienced … Read More

Caring for Your Cat By Peter Garant This means that you have to think about the cats’ living conditions, feeding, grooming, and clean-up. Regarding your cat’s living conditions, this will be largely influenced by your own … Read More

Bandaging your Dog By Peter Garant The only advantage having dogs compared to having babies is that they won’t grow older and turn into stressful teenagers. Because dogs are like babies they sometimes also end up … Read More

Smoking and Your Pets By Nikki Carroll Looking for a reason to quit smoking? The effects of smoking are widely known. It is a fact that smoking causes heart disease, strokes and contributes to a number … Read More

Dog Health and Grooming – Simple Steps for a Healthy Dog By Colin L Wolfenden What can you do to improve the health of your dog, its coat, and its skin that is cheap and effective? … Read More

Cat Constipation By Kristy Annely Normally a cat has bowel movements once or twice a day. If the pet does not do it or strain to do it with hard feces, the cat is suffering from … Read More

Normal Values For Dog and Cat Temperature, Blood Tests, Urine and other information in ThePetCenter.com The normal temperature for a dog or cat is a question often asked of veterinarians. Normal values for dog and cat … Read More

Feeding Your Elderly Cat By Kim Prissel An elderly cat’s metabolism slows down, just as it does in a human. Owners should take this into consideration when feeding their cat. Older pets get less exercise, which … Read More