August 02, 2018
This week: A veterinary school dropout’s home-surgery attempt goes badly, a drug-sniffing dog faces death threats from angry drug dealers, and the FDA recommends treatment options for dogs with Addison’s disease.
July 31, 2018
It’s time to fight both parasites involved in the heartworm lifecycle—and that means fighting the vector as well as the disease.It’s time to hold the mosquito accountable for the transmission of heartworm disease. It’s time for Double Defense.
July 31, 2018
Research shows that pet owners are willing to make changes and embrace preventive healthcare visits if they know it will benefit their pets. But for pet owners to find value in the recommendations of veterinary professionals and be motivated by their advice, there must be effective communication between the healthcare team and pet owners.
July 26, 2018
This week: The mysterious origin of waving cat statues, a daring canine jailbreak, and Washington, DC, counts cats.
July 19, 2018
This week: An IKEA pet product is both stylish and deadly; more saving, more doing, more monkeys at Home Depot; and posting photos of your cat could mean strangers showing up at your door.
July 12, 2018
This week: It’s high noon in Texas for two rival veterinary schools; if you bought your pet on a payment plan, you better check the fine print; and the world’s smallest living dog gets cloned—a lot!
July 11, 2018
Meet Benedict “Benny” Cumbercat, the new spokescat for Ceva Animal Health’s Catego for Cats flea and tick control. Together, they have some powerful fundraising mojo. With a little assist from Benny, Ceva helped raise more than $10,000 for the Chris Griffey Memorial Feline Foundation at AAHA-accredited Nova Cat Clinic in Arlington, Virginia.
July 05, 2018
This week: A former president gets a service dog, Jaguars get a dog park, and pet meds may help humans, too.
June 29, 2018
How did a wild, fierce, nocturnal predator like the wolf evolve over the course of millennia into a friendly, domesticated companion who likes to sleep on our beds at night? Evolutionary genetics says it’s in the genes, but which genes? A new study by researchers at the University of Michigan may point to an answer.
June 28, 2018
This week: The world’s ugliest dog is crowned, we say goodbye to a talking gorilla, and a dog performs CPR—or does he?
