So, you left your pets with a friend while you finally lived that dream of travelling the Orient Express and when you came back, they were hardly recognizable. Your dog looks like he’s been working quality assurance at the Scooby Snacks factory and your cat could’ve spent the entire month in an Italian restaurant. What … Read more
For a cat or a dog, being over or underweight can have just as many negative health implications as for a human being. Shorter overall lifespan is probably the most obvious and concerning effect of weight problems for our pets. There are differing schools of thought regarding the best way to gauge your pet’s ideal … Read more
Do our pets have a sense of humor? We’re not sure, but what’s certain is that there’s often a good deal of comedy value in some of the silly things our pets do. In fact, there are entire websites and Internet memes dedicated to pets being silly. It may seem old hat by now, but … Read more
One of the more common things an owner will mention to me as I am performing a physical examination is that they have noticed bad breath (halitosis) coming from the mouth of their beloved pet. Nobody wants a kiss from a stinky mouth! This foul odor is generally the result of bacterial accumulation tarter build-up, … Read more
Everyone knows how to spot a hamster’s abode. You see the stacks of transparent tubes and cylinders zigging and zagging across a table and you think: now that’s probably a home for a hamster. Then you see the exercise wheel and you’re sure. Hamsters can be great fun, and they’re also a good mix with … Read more
With all the focus on dogs, cats, and horses around here, discussion of the more non-traditional pets can sometimes get lost in the shuffle. Let’s talk about a couple of the more common choices outside of the normal dog-cat spectrum. Rabbits are a good non-traditional choice of pet because of their calm demeanor more than … Read more
You’ve probably needed to take a trip away from home and your pet at some point in your life and maybe even felt guilty about leaving your little friend behind. Believe it or not, music has been shown to be an effective soothing influence on pets while owners are away. Some pet owners have taken … Read more
Happy April Fools’ Day! We considered staging an elaborate hoax today that would’ve had our gang of wonderful dogs, cats, and horses here at LCRS conducting a sit-in hunger strike for the right to vote in the 2016 presidential election. But we couldn’t get them all to sit still long enough to take the group … Read more
In keeping with the time of year, and the earlier discussion of pesky weeds, we’d like to mention a few options for making your own weed killer. Not only do you get a simple solution for getting rid of those weeds that is pet safe and better for the environment than a lot of chemical … Read more
According to whatever government official or committee decides these things, today is recognized as weed appreciation day. Yes, I suppose that weeds need their lovin’, too. No one left behind and all that. Just exactly what gets classified as a weed and what gets called a plant or a flower, we’ve never really been able … Read more