Month: January 2013
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Tips On How To Help Your Pet Cross Over | Video
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIbuWt_Aw0w From Animal Planet, Sonya Fitzpatrick offers her wisdom and advice for helping your beloved pet when it is dying. This is such a hard time in your life and it can be so difficult to know when to let go. Fitzpatrick says that she made the mistake many years…
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Crate Training Older Dogs
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You may happen to be one of the wonderful and amazing pet owners that picked out your new family member from a shelter. This is so wonderful since shelters often have lots of older dogs. Older dogs are usually a lot more calm and are able to pay attention better…
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A Final Farewell To Mark | Video
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doEE_y4gm9w Warning: This video might be hard for you to watch. We see Mark as his parents take him to the vet’s to be euthanized. Mark had cancer of the bones and throat and was very sick. His parents made the decision to end his suffering, and since they had…
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Possible Reasons To Consider Pet Insurance
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The most common reason most dog parents think about getting pet insurance is to cover health costs as your dog ages. This can also cover any accident your fur baby may encounter and either illness or an injury is a likely event in the life of any pet. As we…
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5 Ways To Deal With Losing Your Beloved Dog
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It is perfectly normal to feel all the regular and documented stages of grief. So if losing your dog has brought you to your knees and has you feeling angry, guilty, depressed or even if you are in a bit of denial, know that this is all okay. When lose…
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A Wonderful Tribute To Several Furry Friends | Video
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wedshx2J6iE This is a wonderful tribute to lives of several furry friends and a celebration of the way they touched their owner’s lives. There are several wonderful quotes and plenty of beautiful images of beloved dogs as they smile lovingly for their parents and the camera. They are such huge…
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Senior Dogs Should See Vet Every 6 Months
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Everyone knows that dogs age differently than humans. In fact, they age in a nonlinear way where one human year is the equivalent to about seven to ten dog years. A dog’s social and physical growth is quite fast and can make you wish time moved a little slower at…
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How Old is “Old”?
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It may seem like an odd question, but it is actually completely legitimate. How does your dog need to be before you really consider it to be a senior dog? It is a bit of a relative question and subject. Some dogs simply age different due to different factors that…
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Seeing Your Dog In Heaven | Video
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlpukVYbrrY Losing your beloved dog is never easy, but this dog parent found themselves struggling with the question of “will I see you in heaven?” This video is their prayer to God, their questions and their grief and ultimately…their hope. In a dark time, they asked questions and they were…
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Dementia In Senior Dogs
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You may be noticing some odd behavior in your senior dog, but it may or may not be dementia. To be sure, you will always want to take your dog to the vet first and rule out any other issue that could be causing similar behavior as dementia. Obviously, if…
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Tribute To The Dogs We Love | Video
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAlE7fMYXaU A dog is so often more than just a pet. They are there for us when we are sad, when we feel alone, when we don’t know what we are doing, when we are feeling mean and when we are going through the hardest times in our lives. They…
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Keeping Your Senior Dog Comfortable
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As your dog ages, there will certainly be some differences in their behavior. Some things will be perfectly normal and to be expected and some are not normal but can certainly come up. It is highly likely that you will need to take your canine family member to the vet…