Creating a Pet-Friendly Garden

By Amy Lieberman
March 25, 2011
Easy ways to keep your yard safe and pet-proof.
Our pets love exploring the outdoors, and gardens can be especially tempting for curious cats and dogs. So before letting them play in the yard, make sure that your lawn care habits are pet-friendly.
Fertilizers and insecticides might keep weeds [...]

Thank You for More Years With Nicky

I wish to express my everlasting gratitude to Dr. Kane and the entire oncology department for the excellent care that they provided for our dog, Nicky. Through Dr. Kane’s expertise, we were able to enjoy three more years with Nicky after he was diagnosed with lymphoma…and they were three happy [...]

Why Healthy Cats Sometimes Act Sick

By Elijah Merrill for The Daily Cat
Posted March 13, 2011
While he was completing his final year of veterinary school, Dr. Tony Buffington started noticing a relationship between stressful events or environments and evidence of certain “sickness behaviors” in cats. He happened upon a paper in the journal Feline Practice that detailed [...]

Feeding Fido Human Foods

By Amanda Baltazar
Petside.com
March 9, 2011
Dinner’s on the table and the family’s ready to eat, but darn it, you forgot to feed the dog. You could just throw him a little of the lasagna couldn’t you? And then everyone could get on with eating.
Not exactly. While some human food is safe and beneficial [...]

Vegan Diets May Not Be Best For Pets

Kathryn Kattalia
DAILY NEWS WRITER
Friday, March 11th 2011, 4:00 AM
Forget the bacon treats–today’s dog owners are dishing out the tofu.
As more people make the switch to vegan diets themselves, their canine friends are doing the same. Trading in the kibbles and bits for soy products, beans and vegetables, some pet owners swear [...]

Coyotes in NYC?

“Concrete jungle” just took on a whole new meaning.

Following several coyote sightings in Manhattan last year, a coyote appeared among the tombstones of Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Queens last week.
Wildlife expert Paul Curtis of Cornell University said this coyote was likely born last spring and kicked out of his home upstate [...]

Winston Is Alive Thanks to You!

My beloved English bulldog, Winston, was diagnosed with Megaesophagus, he had aspiration pneumonia and upper respiratory distress. After several emergency vet visits and no good news I was referred to Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Center of Kansas City.
I was trying to come to terms with the fact my best friend had little [...]

I Want To Say Thank You

I want to say thank you for taking care of Bugger the dachshund dog in your care when he was bought to the hospital after two German Shepherd attacked us. Thank you for every thing you have done to help my baby dog Bugger.
John, the owner of Bugger

Wonderful Job Done in the Tampa Location

I want to complement your staff on the wonderful job they do with ill pets and worried owners. My chihuahua is alive and well today because of your wonderful care.
From the receptionists, to the nurses, to all of the vets I was in contact with, you were all wonderful. Staff [...]