It’s a fun time of the year with costumes, kids dressed up like animals and animals dressed up like people, candy everywhere, scary noises and special effects, everybody wandering around at night, haunted houses and many out of the ordinary events. Pet owners might think ahead to some special precautions in order to protect our furry friends and keep them comfortable and safe. We don’t want doggie to react defensively by biting what might be perceived as a scary threat. We don’t want our cats and dogs to be the victims of pranks either.
With all this noise and commotion, what steps can we take so that Halloween craziness will not over stress our little family members? Consider these tips (more…)
Up to this point, no cases of dogs having caught the swine flu have been reported. The disease that is currently showing up in various areas, have doctors commenting that thus far, domesticated pets seem immune to the disease. Although the swine flu is able to affect humans, usually human viruses do not affect dogs because of their genetic makeup. It is extremely rare that any type of animal virus is able to be passed onto humans. The problem is that this strain of swine flu going around has managed to mutate so that it does indeed infect humans.
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