Your dog depends on you for all his nutritional requirements. Proper nutrition is essential for a healthy pet to help resist disease and illness, to maintain a lean, healthy weight, and to give your furry friend a shiny coat.
Each dog is different, and your dog’s lifestyle (active or sedentary? young or old? hunting dog? racing [...]

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Pets are an important source of love and friendship
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There is increasing scientific evidence that pets can
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Your pets rely on you to protect them from harm. In general, you should only feed your
pets food and treats specially formulated for the type of pet that you have. Some human
food and drink can make animals sick, so keep them out of your pets’ reach. Here are
some examples:
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When you are away on a trip, do you leave your pet at home? Are you gone for long periods during the day for work or play? If so, have you ever come home to find some of your things (couch, clothes, walls, etc) torn up and you just don’t know why? I mean, you [...]

Trematodes and Nematodes in Fish (Flukes and Internal Round Worms); basics, Identification, and treatment in aquarium and pond fish.
TREMATODES:
The trematodes belong to the Animal Kingdom Phylum Platyhelminthes, the flatworms and are commonly referred to as flukes. Trematodes usually have flattened bodies, a primitive digestive system, suckers for attachment to their hosts, and are hermaphrodites (an [...]

When you feed your dog, be sure to take the following 4 factors into consideration:
- the size of your dog
- how active your dog is
- the life stage of your dog
- your dog’s health conditions
If you don’t take into account all of the above, you can be setting your dog up for a major crash [...]

Do not scream. This may excite the dog even more.
Do not throw things at the dog. This may make him mad and more likely to try and bite you.
Do not run. The dog may chase you.
Do not turn your back on the dog.
Remain motionless. Keep your hands and arms at your side with your hands [...]

Heartworm transmission
Adult  heartworms, about six inches long, live in the heart and large blood vessels.  The adult male and female worms  produce thousands of microscopic baby worms.  These baby heartworms do not grow up in the dog where they were born.   (If they did, the dog would immediately die and that would be the end [...]