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“Oh the weather outside is frightful…” No, really it is! With the colder months quickly descending upon us there are a number of worrisome things we should consider when it comes to our pets. This will be the first in a series of blogs containing winter safety tips for your pets. Anti-Freeze Poisoning Antifreeze poisoning is one of the most common poisonings seen in small animals. Ethylene glycol is the toxin that makes antifreeze lethal. It can be found in not only antifreeze but in engine coolant and hydraulic brake fluid as well. Antifreeze poisoning often occurs when it is…

On this 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour we stand silent to remember the millions of men and women who gave their lives on behalf of their country. However, we often forget that dogs also played a vital role in the war. It is estimated that by 1918, Germany had employed 30,000 dogs, Britain, France and Belgian over 20,000 and Italy 3000. These dogs were positioned in a wide variety of roles such as sentry, scout dogs, messenger dogs and casualty dogs. Casualty dogs were trained to find wounded or dying soldiers on the battlefield and…

Are your cats ruining your furniture? Are you thinking about getting them declawed? There are other ways of preventing claw marks in your leather couch without performing a surgery! Declawing is a very controversial practice and it can become a very heated and emotional topic. This is due to the actual procedure involved in declawing a cat. While the technique used varies from surgeon to surgeon, they all involve one thing. In order to remove the claw you also have to remove the small piece of bone the claw grows from otherwise it will just grow back. This is the…