Pet Food Recall Information Keep your pet safe. For the latest pet food recalls, click here. Dog and cat food brands included are: J.M. Smucker Company 9Lives EverPet Special Kitty Evanger’s Pet Food Did you like what you…
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By MARCY WRIGHT Many people understand the wonderful benefits of holistic care for humans, however, did you know that pets derive the very same benefits from this type of care? We tend to forget that animals are living beings with…
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Vacationing with a cause Nose down. Ears up. Feet on the move. Lots to check out! 175 acres of country paradise designed FOR dogs BY dogs… where dogs rule and can let go. The Getaway at Glen Highland Farm…
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February 28 is National Spay Day! By BERNADETTE E. KAZMARSKI Cats left unspayed and unneutered whether in free-ranging colonies or in your own home will produce as many kittens as their bodies will allow. Some hoarding situations begin with…
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By VICTORIA A. VETERE, PHD, HC “The smallest feline is a masterpiece.” ~ Leonardo Da Vinci Who can cast their eye upon a cat and not see poise, grace, calm and beauty? From the tiniest kittens to the great jungle cats,…
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Need a little (or a lot) of love? Laughter? Spend some time with a Basset Hound and you will soon begin to appreciate the unique characteristics of the breed. Bassets have long reigned supreme as the clowns of the canine…
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By CHRISTINE ANDERSON, DVM, MS, DACVIM (ONCOLOGY), DACVR (RADIATION ONCOLOGY) PITTSBURGH VETERINARY SPECIALTY AND EMERGENCY CENTER Canine soft tissue sarcomas Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are a collection of tumors of connective tissues, most commonly located in the skin and subcutaneous…
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DR. DOUG KNUEVEN, DVM, CVA, CVC, CVCH Nutritional supplements can be very beneficial to our pets because most pet foods are deficient in certain nutritional factors. Conventional pet foods are especially devoid of nutrients because the high-heat processing destroys most…
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By KRISTEN LANE It Happens Every Year Every year, beginning in springtime, the Western PA Humane Society as well as other shelters across the country experience a steady stream of Good Samaritans bringing in hundreds of homeless kittens. This phenomenon…
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By DR. DOUG KNUEVEN, DVM, CVA, CVC, CVCH As a veterinarian, the recommendation to spay/neuter pets has always been very simple – do it, and the sooner the better. Having worked at an animal shelter for five years, I was…
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