Blog: Health

This is a question we get asked all the time. It’s important to budget for the first year of your new puppy’s life; if you don’t plan, the costs can add up and be surprising. To help you organize expenses, we’ve created three checklists to follow when gathering information about...

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How Much Will a Puppy Cost in the First Year?

This is a question we get asked all the time. It’s important to budget for the first year of your new puppy’s life; if you don’t plan, the costs can add up and be surprising. To help you organize expenses, we’ve created three checklists to follow when gathering information about...

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Choosing The Right Veterinarian For Your Pets

When selecting a veterinarian, you’re doing more than searching for a medical expert. You’re looking for someone to meet your needs and your pets’ needs, which is a doctor who has people as well as animal skills. The worst time to look for a vet is when you really need...

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Why Having Pets Are Good for the Mind, Body, and Spirit

If you are like me or for some people,and you get some of those “having their moments” kind of day.  You will try your very hardest to get yourself up, and yet so difficult to do so, and all you want to do is stay away from everyone.

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Pup Jaspers and his battle with kidney disease

Let me start by saying this is not a sad story.  It is an educational story about what can happen to our pets as they age, and the options we have to make a difference.  In December of last year (2014), my 14-year-old silky terrier mix, Jasper, was diagnosed with...