Recent Blog Posts
  • Pet Friendly Hotels and Banfield Pet Travel Tips

    Tis the season to take a road trip and these important reminders can make traveling with FIDO a pleasure!

     

     

    Banfield Pet Hospital – Pet Travel Tips
     
    The first thing to consider when planning your trip is whether your pet is comfortable with travel; some pets may be better left at home with a trusted caretaker because of illness, injury, age or temperament. You can speak with your...
  • St. Louis Children’s Hospital Patients Reunite With Pets at New Purina Family Pet Center

    Madison Taliaferro spent weeks in the hospital in 2012. After a decade of suffering from cystic fibrosis, she underwent a double lung transplant. She powered through the difficult surgery and the recovery that followed –long days of physical therapy and rehabilitation. Her parents were there. Her best friend visited from Kansas. Grandparents rotated shifts so she was never alone. But one request...

  • We are loopy for Loopies!

    What goes best with a water-loving Lab you ask? It’s the Water Loopie from loopiestoys.com.  

    After you soak the toy, toss it in the water to be retrieved. The pretzel shape lifts the dogs face high on the water decreasing ear infection and water intake.

    With six ends to grab and made of neoprene, they float no matter how soaked they get providing hours of beach, pool or lake fun.  Nylon bite...

  • TopVet Splash Pet Shampoo

    I was sent a bottle of Splash Plus Clear Skin Shampoo to try out on my black Lab, Junior. Junior and his rescue brother Jake travel all over the country with us each year for our annual pet adoption tour: Get Your Licks on Route 66®. So many different climates to be exposed to and Junior seems to be bothered the most with itching.

    Recently he had be scratching, we call it the ‘spring scratch' so...