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Soldiers with JBLM Veterinary Treatment Facility busy caring for military dogs, cats
March 03, 2011 • Health & Wellness • Rescue •
By: Lorin T. Smith/Northwest Guardian
One Joint Base Lewis-McChord clinic caters to a special clientele, one with four legs that pants, fetches and provides years of loyalty to its owners.
Some even help heal their masters, but in turn, require their own medical attention to stay in shape.
Tucked away in the dense McChord Field woods near the Whispering Firs Golf Course is a clinic that treats... -
Cuteness.com wants to see your dog! What’s Cuteness.com? Check it out!
March 01, 2011 • Trends •
Ello, I’m Sully, the mascot and puppy sheriff of Cuteness.com. Cuteness is a fun community and shopping site made exclusively for us pets (no humans allowed!). Our good friends here at FIDO Friendly asked me to introduce some of our coolest and unique members. Below is the first in a series of interviews I’ll be doing in the coming months…hot diggity dog! So I hopped on the Cuteness jet, flew...
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Fighting Fido Fat: What to do about a heavy dog
February 28, 2011 • Health & Wellness •
by: Kellene Stockwell
All of us, at one time or another give our dogs and cats treats and other delicious nibbles.
Over time that sign of affection adds up weight wise. In fact, more than half of America’s dogs and cats are overweight or obese according to a new survey from the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP) and Mars Inc’s Banfield Pet Hospital. That translates to about 93 million... -
Prefer pets to children? George Clooney’s girlfriend stirs the controversy pot
February 27, 2011 • Trends •
This article courtesy of Patty Khuly, VMD, MBA, PetMD.com; shared with permission from Dogtime.com.
George Clooney’s got a new-ish girlfriend. This one’s name is Elisabetta Canalis. She made waves recently after she spoke frankly about not wanting to have children. Her dogs are enough, she explained (which seemed like a good policy to me, given her choice of partners). But it turns out her dogged...
