Fish Oil – and Its Associated Nitty-Gritty

Fish oil has had a reputation for decades as helping with itchy skin, dry skin, and allergies. Of course, this only works if your cat or dog is not allergic to fish, but that’s a different topic.   So, let’s talk about how to pick a good fish oil.   Anyone who has met...

Is “Socialization” Worth It?

We’ve heard our animals need to be socialized . Dogs and cats are better citizens when they get along with other dogs and cats.   But what are the circumstances under which this can happen?    Well, there’s doggy daycare. But animals are required to have “all of their...

Happy Turkey Day

No matter where you are in the world, there’s some kind of a celebration of thanks, and  every country has different traditional “Thanksgiving” foods. It doesn’t really matter where you are, there’s a safe way to share Thanksgiving food with pets… and a not safe...

Keeping Your Pet Safe in the Kid’s Playroom

No, this is not a holiday shopping guide or even a holiday shopping avoidance guide!    This is a pet safety guide.    It was inspired by a question about someone’s dog who ate her daughter‘s crayons.    Fortunately, crayon eating just leads to multicolored poop....

What To Do About Flaky Skin

We have a huge disconnect between humans and animals when it comes to flaky skin. Sometimes called dandruff.  In humans, if we have flaky skin, we know what to do. We wash it. A lot. In animals, we are terrified to touch it, which makes it build up more.  So we don’t...

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