POTCAKES NEED HOMES Lauren Barrow Wait a minute, what is a Potcake? This most exceptional kind of canine wasn’t cooked up by ambitious breeders or trendy pet stores, but rather by Mother Nature, God or the cruel circumstances of the Bahamian streets, depending on your view of the world. The original meaning of the word ...
Reese, a 5-year old Skye terrier, underwent surgery for vertebral disc extrusion at the thoracolumbar junction. Post operatively, she was unable to stand, had feeling to her hind limbs but only a little motion. A rehabilitation protocol was instituted that included acupuncture, range of motion, scratching and tapping to stimulate nerve input to ...
Paws & Read was well overdue for a trip to the dog park. So, we packed up our magazines and headed for Surrey Ridge Dog Park just of I25 and Surrey Ridge Rd going toward Castle Rock, CO 80108 Huge area for pups to run off leash. There are rolling hills, a Doggie assault course, and for ...
Space is a premium in Japan and most city residents live in tiny apartments where pets are forbidden. With long work days coupled with a declining population of children a new trend has hit the radar: Pet Café’s. Pet-less patrons pay by the hour to hang out, have tea and of course for every ...
Why Japan prefers pets to parenthood. We’ll we’re covering Japan’s pet population over the next few blogs and will compare this with our own love for our four legged friend. As Japan’s birthrate plummets, the estimated worth of its pet industry has risen to $10b n, with pampered pooches enjoying holidays at hot spring resorts, ...
Some pets have been trained to sound the alarm when their owner is having health problems; blood sugar that is too high or low and helping moments before their owner has a seizure but can sense when you are pregnant? Animal behaviourist, Nikole Gipps who wrote about this subject on babycenter.com thinks they can. “Your pets probably don’t understand that in ...
This week, running up to Veterans Day on Sunday November 11, 2012, we are celebrating veterans of the armed forces, both human and animal, as well as the pets who support our heroes on their return home. We also send our gratitude to those who are in active service right now. SHARE YOUR STORY ...
Therapy Dog at Children’s Hospital Colorado © Kristin Adams Dogs With The Healing Touch We love to find out about the working pets in our community and share their stories. One of our favorite local groups is the Prescription Pets Program at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Our “Rx Pets” feature appeared in the March/April issue ...
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