Heart disease symptom
When Pam Cheatham rescued a dog living in a junkyard about three years ago, she expected to get the dog spayed, fatten her up, then find her a good home. She hadn’t counted on the dog having heartworms.
Keep your house and pets free of heartworms
This is the second article in a series. Heartworm disease is a preventable, but serious and potentially fatal parasitic disease that primarily affects dogs, but can also impact cats as well.
Don’t forget that pets can suffer from tick-borne disease, too
Blame it on global warming (warmer winters), less snow, increased deer populations, or natural tick population cycles; Lyme disease caused by a Borrelia species and spread by feeding ticks, is on the rise and has been for several years.
Loose cats disappearing
Dr. Michael Fox / Pet Doctor Q: My neighbor has captured two of my cats, and I don’t know whether he has killed them or dumped them somewhere far away. I know it is my neighbor who has done this because we saw a trap with bait in his yard.
Pets, Pets, Pets
The ancients erroneously named the “Dog Days of Summer”. From about July 3rd to August 11th, the brightest star in the sky, Sirius, aka the “Dog Star”, rises and sets with the sun so even astute Romans back then (who didn’t know about the earth’s tilt yet) blamed the Dog Star for adding to the swelt
Mosquito Control: Fighting the fight
Sulphur Sunrise Rotarians learned more about the inner workings of Mosquito Control at last week’s meeting.
Katrina leading to better pet rescue efforts
About 250,000 pets were left behind when Katrina struck the Gulf. New laws are aiming to change that.
Ticks threaten you and your dog
But a new diagnostic tool makes it easier for veterinarians to test for Lyme and other tick-borne dangers.
Unjust loss of their dogs adds to devastation of Katrina
Re: Dogs should be reunited with original owners, Diane Steinle column, July 19. It is nice to see there is someone besides myself who thinks that this whole issue is one that, first of all, should not have gotten to this point, and secondly, one that can easily be resolved.
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