Can I give my dog Advil? The short answer is no. Advil is dangerous and toxic to dogs. For more details, read on. Advil General Description The question comes up fairly often (too often): Can I give my dog Advil? For people Advil might be great, but it is not so for dogs. Advil (aka […]
Annual Cost of Pets
If you have a pet you already know that pets cost money; if you are thinking about adopting a pet, be sure to adopt one from a shelter and not buy one from a pet store, as pet from pet stores often come from puppy mills! If you are planning on adopting a new pet, […]
Can I Give My Dog Tylenol?
General Information Tylenol® is a non-sedative drug used to manage pain and fever in humans. Tylenol® is ordinarily a fusion of acetaminophen and codeine and does not help in reducing inflammation. It is mostly used to help alleviate mild pain or fever. By some obscure mechanism that is not well understood, Tylenol® seems to reduce […]
Can I Give My Dog Aspirin?
General Description Acetylsalicylic Acid, also called aspirin even though aspirin is in fact a brand name, is a Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory drug (NSAID) that can be used to treat instance of inflammation in humans and pets. It is regularly prescribed to treat gentle torment or incessant ache connected with joint pain and arthritis. It can also […]
Don’t Feed That To your Dog this Holiday Season
Every year after everyone is gone and the holidays are over, there is a mountain of left overs! Most people eat turkey sandwiches for weeks until they just can’t anymore and decide to feed the left overs to the dog of the house. There are however, a few things that you should NEVER give you […]
Can I Give My Dog Ciprofloxacin?
General Description Ciprofloxacin, or Cipro as it is commonly referred to by most people, is a pharmaceutical drug used to treat challenging bacterial infections in humans. It is generally utilized for skin infections, urinary tract infections and respiratory infections. There are accessible forms of the antibiotic also intended to treat ear infections and eye infections.
5 Easy Summer Safety Tips for Dogs
Summer is here and with it arrives the hot weather, so it’s time to talk about some important safety concerns regarding our pets and heat management. The heat can be extremely overwhelming for our dogs because they cannot regulate their body’s temperature as easily as we do. It is especially so for certain breeds like […]
4 Simple Steps To Safely Relocate With Your Pets
Professional moving companies witness anxiety in their customer’s cat or dog more often than you might think. Moving day has arrived and poor Fido or Felix has no idea what is happening. All of the hustle and bustle, strange big burly moving men, and constant non-stop activity has left them feeling very confused and frightened. […]
Keep Your Dog Safe On The 4th Of July
Dogs & Fireworks It is a well known fact that on the Fourth of July in the United States, more dogs are lost or run away from their home than on any other day of the year. The reason is the sounds of fireworks can be extremely terrifying for a dog. The experience of sudden […]