Your dog is itching like crazy and shaking their head constantly. Your vet just told you it could be a food allergy. What does that mean? To find out, we talked to Susan Wynn, an internationally known ...

An estimated 5 million to 8 million animals are euthanized in shelters across this country every year. Many organizations are trying to decrease that number by opening low-cost spay/neuter clinics to ...

Meloxicam (brand names: Alloxate, Loxicom, Meloxidyl, Meloxivet, Metacam, Mobic, Ostilox, Vivlodex) is a medicine used in dogs and cats for pain and inflammation (swelling) relief of muscles and bones ...

People make decisions about what to eat based on their beliefs and backgrounds, including health, political, environmental, cultural, or religious ideals. For some people, that carries over into what ...

People love to pamper their pets, lavishing them with treats and affection. Although you can probably never give too much affection, cat treats are another thing. Cats can develop weight problems just ...

Cephalexin (Keflex, Rilexine) is a medicine used to treat dogs and cats for skin infections caused by certain bacteria, especially staph infections. It’s also used extra-label or off-label to treat ...

Pets and hotels are two words that aren’t often used in the same sentence. Maybe you’ve avoided traveling with your pet because finding the right place to stay can be difficult. Many hotels will claim ...

While most reptiles are wild, many are kept as pets because of their reputation for being mysterious and exotic. Having an unconventional pet comes with its own concerns, though, that you'll need to ...

Loperamide (brand names: Imodium A-D, Difixn) is a medicine classified as an opioid antidiarrheal. It can be used in dogs and cats to treat loose stool and diarrhea that is not linked to an infection ...

A pet is certainly a great friend. After a difficult day, pet owners quite literally feel the love. In fact, for nearly 25 years, research has shown that living with pets provides certain health ...

This exercise is called "focus" and this is one of the most important exercises in teaching your dog to pay attention to you, which also helps with all your other training. For little dogs because ...

Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs are fast and adaptable dogs from southern Africa. Rhodesian ridgebacks are known as an all-purpose “Renaissance hound.” They have a defined ridge or strip of hair that grows ...