Riding the Horse “Over the Back”
By Kristin Hermann “Over the back, round, on the bit, coming through, connected, and or on the aids” … what do all these phrases have in common when training a horse? As riders we would like the horse to lift their back and carry our weight, as opposed to going concave and hollow. The back […]
Nate’s Reptile Rescue
fb@NatesReptileRescue www.NatesReptiles.org #NatesReptileRescue on Instagram Nathan Lysaght has been in the rescue business for about four years now; or since he was thirteen. What drew him to reptiles? “Well I’m allergic to all the fuzzy stuff, so I started with my first reptiles around age four. My dad got me a ball python for Christmas,” […]
Animal Friends’ New Re-Tail Resale Store
Save a Dollar … Save a Life Calling all animal lovers and bargain shoppers! One of the newest additions to Animal Friends’ campus is saving lives while helping pet parents save money on high-quality, gently used products and supplies. If you haven’t paid a visit to our new Howard Ash Animal Wellness Center, then you’re […]
Five ways to keep your pets safe from winter cold
You might think dogs and cats are immune from winter, because of their nice, warm coats and thick paw pads. Actually, pets can suffer from frostbite, hypothermia and other winter dangers. Fortunately, our pets have a secret weapon to protect them, and it’s not fur. The secret weapon is you. As a pet owner, you […]
HCMT Free and Low-cost Spay/Neuter Clinics January to June 2019
PRESS RELEASE/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Between January and June 2019 HCMT has seven free and low-cost spay/neuter clinics scheduled for stray/feral and rescued/pet cats. Each spay and neuter reduces the number of homeless cats in the Pittsburgh region, and helps everyone be a part of the solution. Clinics fill up fast and registration well ahead of […]
Yours Truly & Grateful, Ruth Maloy-Carter
Integrative Veterinary Medicine involves the use of the most appropriate Western medicine techniques along with the best of what holistic medicine has to offer. In this way, the pet benefits from the best of both worlds! When I speak of using the “most appropriate” Western medicine techniques, I mean the art of choosing the right […]
Beaver County Humane Society
The Beaver County Humane Society was incorporated in 1950 and had several locations, including behind the Beaver County Mall before building its large, modern and current location in 2013 at 3394 Brodhead Road in Aliquippa. “We can care for about 250 animals at one time,” explains Executive Director Susan Salyards. Each year about 4,000 animals […]
The Art of Medicine
Medicine has been defined in Stedman’s Medical Dictionary as, “the art of preventing or curing disease; the science concerned with disease and all its relations.” So, according to this medical reference book, medicine is first and foremost, an art. This concept may feel strange to us modern Americans. We are all too familiar with the […]
Water for Pets, Wildlife—and People—in Summer’s Heat
Many people think that since animals live in the wild and survive, all animals can survive the heat “naturally”. Nothing could be further from the truth for either our pets or the creatures that live right outside our doors. Any body, human, cat, dog, rabbit, bird, groundhog, squirrel…all need to take special care in the […]
HCMT Free and Low-cost Spay/Neuter Clinics June to December 2019
Between June and December 2019 HCMT has 14 free and low-cost spay/neuter clinics scheduled for stray/feral and rescued/pet cats. Each spay and neuter reduces the number of homeless cats in the Pittsburgh region, and helps everyone be a part of the solution. Clinics fill up fast and registration well ahead of time is required. NO-CHARGE […]