Archive for March, 2009

1 dog + 1 cat + 1 pig = Harmony? You bet!

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Many families, like mine, include Pets of multiple species. For those lucky enough to live outside the city with room for large animals to roam, your brood could include horses, llamas or other large animals. My neighbors, who live in a neighborhood within Portland city limits, have a pot-bellied pig named Gordon who walks [...]

Second-Hand Smoke and your Pets

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

The concern over the impact of second-hand smoke, both indoors and outdoors, is popping up everywhere. Second-hand smoke health hazards prompt many parents to step outside their home or car to smoke so they keep second-hand smoke away from their children and other loved ones. Second-hand smoke has also prompted some states to [...]

Case Study: Dog Not Fazed Despite Being Hit by a Car, Developing a Seroma & Severing His Tongue

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

This is the story about Milton, a lab who deserves every lavish ounce of love and admiration; who tests the bounds of the human-animal bond, but gives back more in sloppy doggy kisses than anything he can dish out.
Milton is a large lab. Most labs are large, but everything about him is more [...]