Always give all medications as directed and notify your vet immediately if you notice any concerning side effects. Don’t abruptly stop any medications without first consulting your vet. Never decide to give your dog your own pain medications as human pain-relievers likeAdvil can be toxic for d...
Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal. —Val Kilmer 67 A dog is the only creature on earth that loves you more than he loves himse...
I hope that we still have all four candidates by this fall. I’m not really sure that they understand that they won’t really have much power to change things radically. The humans listen, but they don’t really do anything unless they want to. And it’s unpaid. And they only get a...
My kids (who live in Florida) want us to move there to be with them. Z of course wants to move yesterday, I am like “I like our entirely-paid-for house in Michigan plus I don’t want to pack up all our shit & move to a place that’s gonna be literally underwater in 10...
For some it’s never enough. What I write or don’t, my publication schedule, what Laura posts on the Robb and Roberts pages–and baffling to me–the fact that she does those posts and I don’t. I’m going to say this, then move on. When Laura, who has more patience and diploma...
Now that you know how much salt your dog needs, what happens if they don’t get enough, and why they need it, we want to talk about why too much salt is also a bad thing. In the section above, we mentioned that the maximum level of sodium in your dog’s diet should be approxima...
watchdogs. This breed is low-shedding, long-lived, and happy to make new friends of all ages. Females of this breed tend to live one year longer than their male counterparts, but all Maltese pups are expected to have long life spans since they don't suffer from many serious genetic ...
I know it might seem like the dog's eyes are probably the same as ours, so you assume, “Well, why don't I use my eye drops for my dog?” DO NOT use your eye drops on your dog's eyes without consulting your vet first. Medication for dogs is almost always different, even if ...
Once you recognize that dogs don’t just respond to the moon but can bark at night for a wide range of reasons, you may be able to better focus on those reasons and thus address the actual cause of their howling. For example, as mentioned, dogs typically use howls as a means of lon...
If you don’t have access to somewhere suitable, you could look for a local doggy pool or even put up a paddling pool in your backyard. (You can buy pools which are strong enough to resist tears from canine claws.) Let your dog direct the adventure. On their very first try, your ...