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Read Your Dog’s Medicine Label Carefully
The last time my senior dog, Otto, had a wellness examination, our veterinarian recommended that I start giving him a medication that treats arthritis...
An Update on Foster Puppy Coco
If only it was summer. I have been so eager for the end of the hot, dry weather that characterizes every summer in my...
Keeping Your Dogs At a Healthy Weight Can Be Tricky
Over the past two years, my senior dog, Otto, has started having trouble maintaining his body mass at a healthy weight. He has had...
Preparing Your Family For A New Dog
Those of us who love dogs find the prospect of bringing home a new canine family member intoxicating and exhilarating. Well-planned in advance or...
Rescue Workers From Across the Country Join the California Wildfire Animal Rescue Efforts
Last week, I mentioned that there were a number of people coming to help locally with the emergency animal shelters established here in Butte...
Going Viral: A Detailed Look at Canine Viruses
Canine viruses have existed for thousands of years. Today we have tools to combat and prevent many of the diseases they cause. But despite...
The New Normal
September is when we editors are expected to write “back to school” pieces. Dog magazine editors tweak the usual parenting advice about helping kids...
Are You And Your Dogs Prepared For Emergencies?
I was really hoping to not write this post this year. But here we go again: There are wildfires in my neighborhood, and in...
Ringworm Isn’t Either
Ringworm is not a worm. Nor is it always ring-shaped. This misnomer of a term derived from an early inaccurate belief that the infection...
Counter Fit
About five years ago, we ran an article about “counter surfing” – the euphemism for the act of dogs taking any food they can...
Interested in Fostering? Protect Your Foster Dog – And Your Heart
In the April 2020 issue, we published an article by WDJ Training Editor Pat Miller, CCBC-KA, CPDT-KA, about fostering dogs and puppies. Pat has...
Howling Good Fun
My sister and her husband used to live down the street from a fire station. At least 10 times a day (often many more),...