Pet Care Articles

If you’re looking into getting a new pet, and considering a rabbit, you’re making a great choice for a family with older children or no children. Rabbits are great pets, and very loving and fun to own. They respond to their names, can…

Dogs are not our whole lives, but they make our lives whole. - Roger Caras

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall Public Domain The canine heroes among us deserve an applause, and that is part of what National K9 Veterans' Day seeks to achieve. Across the nation, state legislators…

Buster in the picture above is deaf. He turns 16 this month. We had him and another dog named Bonnie. They were inseparable. They both stayed in the same kennel and slept together. If Buster was laying down, she was sitting right…

Keeping a guinea pig as a pet is not as difficult as grooming it. A well-groomed guinea pig can become an object of admiration in your home, but a badly groomed guinea pig will shower you with plenty of bad compliments. So, why take the…

If you are thinking of buying a rabbit as a family pet, you should be aware that very small or rough children are actually not good companions for rabbits. While we think of bunnies as cute, fluffy pets, and they are, they’re not…

As all cat owners know, a feline can be a wonderful addition to any family. One of the most basic aspects of cat ownership is proper health care for the cat. Health care for a cat encompasses a wide array of vaccine shots, flea protection,…

We visited Repticon in West Palm Beach this last weekend. My family had a blast looking at all the different reptiles that the show had to offer. I was surprised at how much the girls were interested in holding the geckos and snakes that…

Offering your dog praise and encouragement is a powerful training tool; but by adding clicker dog training methods to this tool you can cut your dog training time in half. The ‘clicker’ referred to in the name of this method is a simple…