Are you a helicopter dog parent that obsesses over your dog’s health? Good, you are a dedicated pet owner. This means you would notice something abnormal like bruising on your dog’s skin. Dog’s can bruise, but not easy like humans do after running into the bedframe. Or rather, they shouldn’t bruise as easily as humans

A coughing dog can be alarming to any dog owner. Of course, our dogs are our kids, but dogs don’t catch colds or strep throat as humans do. Or can they? Before going all helicopter mom or dad about your dog’s coughing, read on to find out what may be causing it and phone your

Making room in your heart and your life for a rescue dog is one of the most rewarding things in life. In my experience, rescue dogs can be some of the most best-behaved dogs that walk into the clinic, welcoming you with a tail wag and a smile. Unfortunately, there are some rescue dogs that

Many dogs are hyper when they are puppies. Many breeds like Labs and Border Collies don’t seem to calm down at all until they reach about 4 or 5 years old. Milo was the worst and was always go, go, go until he reached 3 years old and I call him an Alabama Special, mixed

Who doesn’t love spending some time camping in the peaceful, beautiful outdoors? The only way to make it even more enjoyable is by spending a weekend camping with your dog? Whether in a tent or a camper, your dog would love to go too! As soon as our dogs see the camper hooked to the

A dog howl – a sound that always gets us dog owner’s attention. Our Blue Heeler, Taz, loves to howl. His favorite time to howl is feeding time. I ask him if he’s hungry and he will let out a small howl. I always say he sings for his food. He will also howl when

When you get a new puppy, one of the things you need to start thinking about is if you are going to spay your dog. Nowadays the procedure is quite controversial on if, when, and what procedure the dog should go through. What you may not know is a procedure called ovary-sparing spay (OSS), but

If you are having a bad day, I bet I will turn around if you either see a puppy on the street or have one at home. Seeing new puppies is definitely a huge perk of my job. And there is no such thing as a puppy that isn’t adorable. Some big, some small, all

Has your dog ever came back inside the house looking like a cartoon character with a huge puffy face? Or had a large swollen welt on their body? When my dog, Milo, was a puppy he loved to chase all sorts of flying insects in the yard. And if one landed on his paw, they

Ear cropping is commonly seen around breeds of dogs with floppy ears. While having the dog’s ears cropped may make them have a “big and bad” appearance like that of an aggressive guard dog, the dog is not born with the ears being cropped and is a long process before the dog is back to