Remember when you and your best friend would dress up like twins, carefully coordinating every last barrette and cementing your friendship with mirror-like authenticity, ponytails, bangs, and all? Now your best friend is your French bulldog Mike, a snorting, waddling, 26-pound creature you can’t go anywhere without.

It’s a dream for many people that often can’t be attained in reality due to the exorbitant cost associated with it: owning a horse. Like an oversized child, a horse could cost you an arm and a leg if something goes wrong medically, or if the cost of stabling or livery is so high that board costs as much as …

When it comes time to move from one apartment to the next, there is generally more to it than meets the eye. You must make arrangements for getting out of your old place and renting a new one. Moving furniture is never easy, especially if you’re going to do it yourself. Moving into a new rental always seems to take …

Like their human companions, dogs and cats can suffer from a number of oral health conditions that lead to discomfort and pain. Unfortunately, animal dental care often goes neglected.  A recent study by the American Animal Hospital Association found that roughly two-thirds of pet owners do not provide the essential dental care recommended by veterinarians.

I dropped my chocolate bar and the dog ate it! Should I be concerned? We’ve heard the warnings of how bad chocolate is for dogs, but how much is too much and what are the signs of chocolate poisoning? Can Fido have a bite of my chocolate chip cookie? Well now all you chocoholic owners (and pets) can relax, we’ve …

Pet owners often think of their pets as extended family members. Pets are purchased or gained in a large variety of methods. Some people adopt a dog or kitten from a pound; and others take in stray pets. Some people spend meticulous hours and days searching through breeder’s records to find the breed of dog that will best suit their …

It’s the season for holiday travel and, rather than leave your favourite four-legged pal behind, why not stay in one of the many pet friendly holiday cottages available and take Rover along? We all know that dogs love spending time with their families and dog travel is becoming increasingly popular. As more manufacturers are beginning to understand the bond between …

Whether you want to admit it or not, urinary problems for pets are incredibly challenging. First of all, who wants their pet to suffer from these problems to begin with? And, second of all, who has fun cleaning up the mess that occurs when a pet has urinary problems? Aside from that, the veterinary bills won’t make you smile, either. …

The western world is a nation of pet lovers. The number of households that have a pet of one sort or another is extremely high. In fact, it may be rare to find a home without a cat or dog, or some other pet. Because pets are generally treated as part of the family there is a lot of money …

Our dogs are loving, compassionate, friendly and fun creatures. They have their own personalities, and they also have a range of emotions. Our dogs are just as attached to us as we are to them, possibly even more so, because they depend on us to meet their basic needs.