HEAD: Brush Up On Your Pet’s Dental Health! HEAD: Healthy Mouth, Healthy Pet Imagine if you never brushed your teeth or had them cleaned. Pretty scary, right? As you can guess, things would eventually start to go very, very bad inside your mouth: teeth would decay, gums would become inflamed and infected. Bacteria from those […]
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National Pet Dental Health Month V2
HEAD: Baby Got Bad Breath? Most pet owners have had that moment: your dog reaches up and gives you an affectionate “kiss” … or your cat rubs her face against yours and ugh. That smell. For many of us, it’s the first indication we have that something’s wrong with our pet’s oral health. Animals tend […]
National Pet Dental Health Month (Blood Screen)
How important is it to take care of your pet’s dental health? By age three, 80 percent of dogs and 70 percent of cats have some evidence of periodontal disease, which can cause mouth pain, tooth loss, and make eating difficult. At advanced stages, bacteria from the mouth can enter the bloodstream and cause heart, […]
National Pet Dental Health Month
HEAD: February is National Pet Dental Health Month! HEAD: Brushing Up On Your Pet’s Dental Health Every February, the veterinary community celebrates National Pet Dental Health Month by encouraging pet owners to take care of their pets’ teeth. Without proper dental hygiene routines, pets develop periodontal disease, which is the most common disorder affecting our […]
Pet Obesity (New Year’s Resolution) V2
HEAD: Heavy News for Pets Well-loved pets are often too-well-fed pets: two recent surveys found that in the past 10 years, the number of overweight dogs has increased 158%. For overweight cats, the percentage is even higher at 169%. One in every three pets is overweight, and that problem causes a 17% rise in vet […]
Pet Obesity (New Year’s Resolution)
HEAD: The Skinny on Fat Pets Losing weight seems to be on just about every other person’s to-do list for the new year—but humans aren’t the only ones with an excess poundage problem. According to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, 59% of cats and 54% of dogs in the U.S. are overweight or obese. Just […]
National Walk Your Dog (or Pet) Month V2
HEAD: It’s National Walk Your Pet Month! Your very good dog likes to go on walks. It gets them out of the house, gets them exercise, lets them sniff around, and gives them new places to do their business. Walking the dog is not only a great activity for your hound, but it’s also a […]
National Walk Your Dog (or Pet) Month
HEAD: January is Walk Your Pet Month Cabin fever isn’t just a people think – it’s a pet thing, too! Regular exercise is essential to our animal companions’ physical and mental health (not to mention our own!) Some ways to motivate you both to get out and move include taking different routes each time you […]