Imagine the horror of having your beloved dog run away from home. What would you do? How would you go about finding him? According to statistics from the National Council on Pet Population, only 15 percent of dogs (and 2 percent of cats!) that enter animal shelters are reunited with their owners. That’s a pretty…
Author Archives: Lorie Huston, DVM
All About Cats – Tips, Tricks and Necessities
According to statistics collected by the American Pet Products Association (APPA), 62% of U.S. households own a pet. That’s 72.9 millions homes that have a pet of one type or another. Of those pet-owning homes, 38.9 million of them own cats and many of them own more than one cat. According to the APPA statistics,…
The Facts About Pet Insurance – Frequently Asked Questions Answered
Advances in veterinary care have given us the opportunity to keep our pet’s healthier and living longer than ever before. However, these advances don’t come cheap. They come at a cost; a very real cost that can adversely affect a pet owner’s wallet. That’s where pet insurance enters the picture. Pet Health Insurance Versus…
Heartworms in Dogs and Cats – The Latest Recommendations
Search for heartworms on the internet and you’ll find tons of information. Unfortunately, as with many other things on the internet, not all of the information you’ll find there is accurate. And, in this case, what you don’t know can hurt your pet. Heartworms are parasites, worms that actually live inside of your pet’s heart…
Loews Hotel Feral Cats: A Model TNRM Colony Threatened
In 2004, when cat lover George Ricci first established the model managed feral cat colony on the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel property in Florida, he likely never dreamed that one day those cats would be cruelly and inhumanely ripped from their home. But that’s exactly what is happening. George Ricci and Loews Model Feral TNRM…
Free Eye Examinations for All Service Dogs
Service dogs perform jobs that are not only difficult but sometimes even dangerous. Their jobs range from detecting bombs and sniffing out drugs to search and rescue missions. Some of them provide more individualized tasks, like guide dogs or diabetes alert dogs. Any way you look at it, these dogs often provide a life-saving function…
