Diabetic dogs and cats living longer and healthier lives
We are hearing from more and more of our customers who are caregivers to a dog or cat with diabetes. Animals that have a chronic health condition often have more compromised immune systems, so caregivers have to be even more alert for symtoms of secondary conditions developing. With diabetes, infections are a common conditions that […]
Pet friendly travel. Lily takes to the highway.
My sister and Lily stayed with me last week on their cross country trek to San Diego. They will be staying there for the winter. It was so much fun to have them here. Lily was originally adopted from Noah’s Ark Animal Shelter here in Fairfield in 1999. Her best friend at the shelter was […]
Mortgage crisis and economy affects pet households
The news about dog and cats and other pets being surrendered in these tough economic times keeps getting worse. Many dogs and cats are being surrendered to shelters that are already full and crowded. I can’t imagine what it would take to have to give up an animal. And I can’t imagine what it would […]
If your dog receives a cancer diagnosis
Another very cool benefit I receive from being involved with ThePetCheckup is talking with some pretty amazing people who are doing great things for the animals. One person I have met through our respective websites is Laurie Kaplan who wrote a book called Help your dog fight cancer: What every caregiver should know about canine […]
Pet test at home saves lives
I know veterinary care is getting costly, but the cost of Lily’s recent trip to the vet ER was still pretty shocking. Like me, I know there are many people out there who will do whatever it takes to keep our animal companions healthy, but I wonder how others can manage when their animals become […]
Lily has incident with elevated liver enzymes
Just as we were leaving for Boston on Friday nite before Labor Day, Lily started throwing up. It was quite intense and was followed by alot of drooling. We brought her to a 24 hour emergency animal hospital in Dennis. After a wait of a few hours, we were seen and a blood sample was […]
