Giving Your Dog a Pill: The Easy Peasy Way

Giving pills to my dogs is a breeze and they love it! No kidding. These three are lined up anxiously waiting their turn to get their pill. It should not be necessary with any dog to fight with them or force a pill down their throat.
Only one of the dogs is really getting a pill [...]

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Does Your Dog Need a De-Wormer?

Do you suspect your dog has worms? Do you self medicate your dog? If you do suspect that your dog may have worms, you should never self medicate your dog by purchasing a dewormer over-the-counter from your local pet supply store.
If you have reason to suspect your dog may have worms, what you should do [...]

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Resolve to Feed Your Dog (or cat) Real Food this Year

One good thing that came from the tragedy of the tainted commercial dog food and the resulting scandal is that many pet owners began to realize that commercial foods are not what dogs are intended to eat. Not only that, when you feed a commercial dry diet, you put your dog at risk every single [...]

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Giving Your Dog a Pill Should be Easy and Fun. Here’s how

Giving pills to my dogs is a breeze and they love it! No kidding. These three are lined up anxiously waiting their turn to get their pill. It should not be necessary with any dog to fight with them or force a pill down their throat.
Only one of the dogs is really getting a pill [...]

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Feeding Dogs With Cancer — and possible Cancer Prevention foods …

I’m not at all a person who jumps on fad bandwagons. That’s important to know before introducing this topic. The following information is researched and certainly appears to have benefit but, as with all things, there are NO miracle cures/preventions, and moderation is most certainly in order with everything/anything. This is good information to know [...]

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Home-Safe-Home for your Dog and other Pets

Danger lurks in many everyday products in our home. Though many of us know about these products, it’s good to be reminded and to ensure our home has these items safely locked away — or removed entirely.
I recently read a newspaper article about a pet owner whose young dog bit into a container of “Gorilla [...]

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Fat dogs = Cancer risk

No doubt most of you have read or heard on the news about the study just released that demonstrates a definite link between people who are fat or obese and the link to cancer. http://www.dietandcancerreport.org/
This applies to dogs as well, for similar reasons.
In people there is an additional component because of the processed foods (because [...]

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Caught Between A Rock and a Hard Place: Constipation in Dogs

If you’ve ever been constipated, you have some idea how painful and uncomfortable it can be. Your dog suffers in the same manner if he becomes constipated. Why does a dog get constipation and what can we do about it?
… that’s the topic of my monthly online column. Please visit Dog Life: A Wider View [...]

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Canine Dental Care

Healthy teeth on a 9 yr. old dog not fed kibble.
Photos and Writing Copyright © Diane M. Schuller 2007
It is illegal to copy, duplicate, or remove these photos or writings.
I was just reading Dr Lonsdale’s most recent newsletter and he makes reference in several locations to proper dental care for dogs and provides links to scientific [...]

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vinegar for dogs? Is this a good natural remedy?

Yes, some people do give their dogs vinegar. Now, it’s not the white (clear) vinegar we are most commonly familiar with. There are those who have used Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) for their own personal use and now some pet owners are giving it to their dogs. Here’s an explanation and cautions before giving your [...]

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Second Hand Smoke Does Affect Dogs/Pets

Just as second hand smoke affects humans, I’ve always believed the same applies to our pets. Here is a recent newspaper article based on a completed study that proves the claim.
Second-hand smoke affects pets, study says
Angela Hill, Special to The StarPhoenix
Published: Monday, October 30, 2006
Are pets affected by second-hand smoke?
New University of Saskatchewan research — [...]

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Please Someone. I Need Water

There was a monotonous and plaintive bark. I scanned the sun-soaked parking lot looking for a dog hopefully visible from one of the vehicles. The barking, a definite plea, continued. I could tell from the tone it came from a large dog, but it was weak, yet persistent.
I purposely drove right past a few available [...]

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