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PetPoint Summit – Niagara Venue Confirmed!
Posted in General Interest, PetPoint Summits, tagged Niagara Falls, PetPoint Summit on January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hairless Cats and Dogs
Posted in Cats, Dogs, General Interest on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Naturally hairless cats and dogs are a rare and, to some, unsettling sight. Wrinkled and bald they look like extraterrestrials set adrift on an alien and inhospitable planet. These unusual animals are so vulnerable to extremes of temperature and excess sunshine that hairless cats are almost always kept indoors and hairless dogs are usually only [...]
Should you be Growing a Lawn?
Posted in General Interest on May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is one of those oddities in life that well fed cats and dogs from loving caring homes, when given the opportunity, will go outside and act like a four-legged version of a lawnmower. No one really knows why cats and dogs eat grass or whether there is a physical need that drives them to [...]
Pethealth Inc. Launches PetPoint Lite™
Posted in General Interest, Pethealth, ShelterCare Pet Insurance on May 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Pethealth Inc. today announced the launch of the PetPoint Lite™ animal management system designed specifically for the needs of Animal Rescue Organizations. PetPoint Lite will be available free of charge to these organizations across the U.S. and Canada, in early June. PetPoint Lite is a streamlined version of PetPoint®, the most advanced web-based animal management [...]
ShelterCare Pet Insurance Program to be Expanded!
Posted in Cats, General Interest, Pet Adoption, Pethealth, Shelter Cats, ShelterCare Pet Insurance on May 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
North America’s #1 Pet Insurance Program for Adopted Dogs and Cats to Offer Four New Enhancements Pethealth, owner of ShelterCare® Pet Insurance Program for newly adopted pets, is pleased to announce it has added four new enhancements to its industry-leading pet insurance program designed for those pet parents who choose to adopt their new dog [...]
Light fur with tear stains – advising adopters that “looks can be deceiving”
Posted in General Interest on May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the frustrations for workers in the animal welfare community is that “looks can be deceiving” and in many cases an animal with a wonderful nature is overlooked by potential adopters due to his or her looks. One of the issues that is off-putting but should not be is that of reddish brown tear [...]
Overcoming Preconceptions about Indoor Cats
Posted in Cats, General Interest, Pethealth, tagged Cats, health, myths, outdoors tips, pets on April 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The question for pet parents over whether to allow their cats outdoors or to keep them indoors is one which elicits a barrage of responses from proponents on both sides of the debate. The HSUS and most members of the animal welfare community are unequivocally in favor of keeping cats indoors, in addition two out [...]
Spring is Here – Wildlife Beware
Posted in General Interest on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Spring has officially sprung, although for those of us who live in the North the validity of that statement remains debatable! However, irrespective of whether you live in the snowy north or the balmy south, the evidence around us that spring is here is unmistakable – the wild animals and the birds know, and they [...]
Caring for Blind Cats and Dogs
Posted in Cats, Dogs, General Interest on March 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The animal welfare community has to deal with many highly charged and emotional situations during the course of their everyday working lives and one that is particularly hard on humans and animals alike is the intake of blind animals. While blind cats and dogs can live happy and fulfilling lives as part of a family [...]
Here’s Your Chance to Win a Holiday Gift!
Posted in General Interest on December 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As 2007 draws to a close we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our readers of the Pethealth Post. We hope that you have found our weekly Posts thought provoking and informative and we look forward to providing you with more topics of interest in 2008. This week, however, we would [...]