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7 Fitness Tips to Keep your Cat in Shape
Sure, fat-cat memes are funny on the internet, but it’s heartbreaking in real life watching a cat struggle to get up. Cat obesity is no joke and can cause serious harm to your beloved feline.

4 Tips to Understanding Your Dog’s Body Language: Understand What Your Queen Is Thinking
Every dog owner wishes their dog could talk. We want to know what is going on in their minds, and we often wonder what they would tell us if they could.

Herbs and Raw Fed Dogs
From a holistic standpoint and according to expert Gregory Tilford in Herbs for Pets, “the holistic herbalist looks beyond the symptoms of disease to identify and correct their underlying causes.

Is Your Dog’s Diet Making Them Crazy?
Is your dog is lunging and pulling at the end of his leash and acting aggressive or reactive towards other dogs? Dog reactivity, or over reactive dogs, can be a serious problem. Besides training, diet might be an issue.

Dog Obesity & One Dog’s Weight Loss
We checked in with one of our favorite vets, Jackie Sehn at Mercy Vet on Mercer Island in Washington. Ouch. Olive was more than a few pounds’ overweight.

Why Does My Dog Eat Grass?
Most vets I’ve asked about eating grass – say generally speaking it’s OK if our dogs eat a little bit of grass. Today on a hike, Walter couldn’t get enough of it so I thought I’d look at some articles to see what folks are saying across the board.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease
I live with three dogs – two doxies and a beagle/basset mix. The one characteristic that they are share is that they are incredibly picky eaters!

Fighting Fleas with Diatomaceous Earth
Diatomaceous earth is the fossilized remains of marine plants; when we use it, it’s a fine, white powder. Many people are familiar with the use of diatomaceous earth (DE) as a natural flea killer.

Raw Feeding a Service Dog
In honor of International Assistance Dog Week, I wanted to speak to someone who works with a service dog first hand about their experience with raw feeding.

10 Ways to Support Your Pet’s Immune System
The immune system is an intricate biological protection system responsible for determining what belongs to and in the body versus what does not belong and requires elimination.

Dog Training Philosophies and Methods
Whether you have a new puppy or would like to teach your old dog some new tricks, finding the best training method is always the first step.

Helping Your Pets Detox
Detoxification is essential for any animal that has been treated with multiple courses of medications such as steroids, antibiotics or antihistamines which are often prescribed for animals with itchy skin or digestive disorders.