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Dog Flu: What you need to know

It’s flu season and you may not have known that dogs can get the flu too! Canine influenza, or dog flu, first appeared in Florida in 2003 according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. While it cannot be … Continue reading

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Underwater Dog Photos Go Viral

Whether or not you have seen the underwater dog photography floating around on the internet, you’ll likely love it! Photographer Seth Casteel’s unique photos hit Facebook last Friday the 10th and spread like wildfire ever since. Why the hype? Casteel … Continue reading

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Dog Fashion Show in San Francisco

It seems like there is nothing that we can’t do with our pets these days and the recent Haute Dog Fashion Show in San Francisco is no exception. I recently read a news article with a slideshow of some awesome … Continue reading

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Video: Puppies Get Special Treatment at Human Hospital

I just came across this heartwarming story of two puppies who walked into a human hospital in Texas, starved and exhausted, and were lovingly cared for by the doctors and nurses on duty. With all the terrible things we hear … Continue reading

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Pet Lovers Find Perfect Match with Matchmaking Service

We’ve all heard about dating websites, but what if you could meet your future pet through a matchmaking system as well? The Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals became the first to implement ASPCA’s pet matchmaking system … Continue reading

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Pekingese Named Best In Show At Westminster

If you caught the dog show these past two days, then you’ve heard who won Best in Show. That’s right, the winner was a Pekingese dog named Malachy. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show took place over February 13-14th at … Continue reading

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Westminster Dog Show Begins

Yesterday marked the beginning of the 2012 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show which is being held at Madison Square Garden in New York. Over 2,000 dogs of 185 different breeds convened in Manhattan on February 13th for day one of … Continue reading

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Trupanion Offers Coverage for Alternative Therapies

Trupanion, the second-largest and fastest growing pet insurance provider,1 which also provides the best value in the industry according to a leading consumer research study, today announced an expansion in coverage. Due to the increased availability of holistic and rehabilitative … Continue reading

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Study States Dogs Cause More Family Arguments

A recent article in The Telegraph discussed a study that shows that dogs trigger nearly 2,000 family arguments over a lifetime, giving an opposing view of the general thought that dogs provide only positive benefits to a family. Some of the causes … Continue reading

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Review of New Year’s Pet Resolutions

Asha Wise, a reporter for the Walton Tribune, wrote an article at the beginning of January about remembering to include your pets in your new year’s resolutions. Now that we’ve had some time to settle in to the new year, many of … Continue reading

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