last updated at 1/4/2009 - 1:37 pm | http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/ | By Joseph Robertia
With the ongoing stretch of temperatures dipping to minus 20 to minus 30 at night, and not much higher during the day, pet owners need to take special considerations to protect their furry friends from cold weather injuries and ailments.
"Most animals can do fine in this kind of cold weather if their owners do a little extra work," said Brett Reid, an animal control officer at the Kenai Animal Shelter.
Val Cole, Special to the Vancouver Sun | http://www.canada.com
Published: Monday, September 08, 2008
You've probably heard the saying, "If your dog is overweight, so are you." Well, it turns out, it's true.
The latest numbers from Statistics Canada show that 36 per cent of Canadians meet the criteria for obesity and, according to the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, 35 per cent of Canadian pets do, too.
Just as with humans, obesity in pets can lead to heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis and other health complications.
Wendy Knowler | http://www.iol.co.za/
May 26 2008 at 08:50AM
A year ago, the global pet food industry was thrown into crisis by the "melamine scandal" - many brands of packaged food were found to contain the industrial chemical, which caused the deaths of thousands of pets, mainly in the US and Canada, as well as 19 in South Africa.
So did South Africans suffer a crisis of confidence in packaged pet food? Apparently not.
A year on, it's business as usual.
23 May 2008 5:30 PM | http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/
Pets could be put at risk this Bank Holiday by their owner's designs for the garden, a leading veterinary charity has warned.
Garden treatments and some of our most common plants and flowers can pose a serious poisoning risk to cats, dogs and other pets.
Now PDSA, which provides free veterinary treatment to the sick and injured pets of people in need and promotes pet health, is calling on all green fingered pet owners to carry out a 'garden audit' to eliminate some of these risks.
By staff reports
Published: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 3:16 PM CDT |http://www.mywesttexas.com/
Tips for keeping pets safe and cool for the summer:
-If animals are outside, make sure they have access to shade and water. If you don’t have a dog house, placing a tarp or board over the corner of the fence will create the same effect. Also, make sure water bowls are close enough to the animal they can still reach it if their chain becomes tangled.
-Never leave an animal unattended inside a closed car. Pets don’t perspire like humans do and can overheat more quickly.