Web Exclusive: Pet Travel Tips

With summer travel quickly approaching, use these tips to make traveling by airplane easier on you and your furry companion.

Web Exclusive: Heartworm Disease

The American Heartworm Association has designated March as National Heartworm Disease Awareness Month to educate the pet owning public about this debilitating disease that is so prevalent among pets in the U.S. and around the world.

The most common symptoms of heartworms disease are coughing, lethargy, lack of exercise, tolerance and weight loss. Left untreated, these will eventually progress to organ failure, congestive heart disease and premature death of the animal.

A New Puppy for Christmas

One of my favorite childhood memories is the year that my father decided to get my brother and I a new puppy for Christmas. He was the cutest thing we had ever seen, until he began destroying everything in sight!

A puppy for Christmas is a great gift. But unfortunately, many "Christmas Puppies" soon end up at the local shelter or rescue organization not long after the holidays. One of the most common reasons for this is that the new owners were not equipped to train a puppy and quickly realize that puppies do not come with an on / off switch.