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April 15, 2025
Dog Car Sickness: How to Prevent Upset Tummies
Dog Car Sickness: How to Prevent Upset Tummies
Dog & car sickness go together like treats &wags. Young dogs often get upset tummies during car rides. Dog car sickness happens when the motion of the car stimulates the area of the brain that stimulates vomiting. Stress and excitement also impact how well a dog tolerates car rides.
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April 14, 2025
Potty Buddies? Why Cats Love Bathrooms
Potty Buddies? Why Cats Love Bathrooms
Do you have potty buddies? Do your cats love bathrooms? Does your cat follow you to the bathroom, paw-pat under the toilet door, yowl for attention when you want privacy? What’s up with that?! Why do cats love bathrooms? Our cats’ behavior sometimes challenges the most insightful among us to figure them out. Felines always […]
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April 13, 2025
Why Dogs Love Your Underwear!
Watch this Ask Amy Youtube video to answer this question!
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April 8, 2025
Dog Hairball Prevention, Not Just For Cats!
Dog Hairball Prevention, Not Just For Cats!
Dog Hairball Prevention, Not Just For Cats!
Hairballs are the bane of cat owners but hairballs can also affect dogs. Yes, dogs can get hairballs, too! How many of y'all have discovered Fluffy's "gift" by walking barefoot late at night? That cigar-shaped slick nasty "squish" disgusts pet owners, and though it's quite common for cats to urk up the occasional hairball--it is NOT normal. Dog hairballs happen, too. Learn all about dog hairballs and ways to prevent them...
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April 7, 2025
Cat Hairballs: 7 Tips to Solve the Big Hairy Deal
Cat Hairballs: 7 Tips to Solve the Big Hairy Deal
Karma-Kat recently has "urped" up more cat hairballs, and I know why. I bet you didn't know that in hot weather, cats lick and groom themselves to cool off. Of course, that can lead to more hairballs, so in hot weather or shedding season, you may see an uptick in these problems.
But swallowing lots of fur isn’t healthy, and hairballs are more than a nasty nuisance. Kitties that produce three or more hairballs a month should be checked by the vet to rule out other health issues.
Hairballs cause diarrhea, appetite loss, coughing, retching, constipation—or even deadly intestinal blockage. Cats have had hairballs as big as baseballs that require surgery to be removed! Most cases won’t need surgery, though, and most hairballs can be easily eliminated. Refer to these tips to untangle your cat hairballs problems.
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April 2, 2025
What Are Cat Colds: Kitty Shnorkles & Resorptive Lesions
What Are Cat Colds: Kitty Shnorkles & Resorptive Lesions
We call them cat colds, and they can make our pets feel miserable. Even my dear little old lady cat, Seren, had a bout with an upper respiratory infection back in the day. I hope you can learn something helpful from this older post about Seren-Kitty (she lived another five years and nearly made it […]
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April 1, 2025
Allergic to Cats and Dogs? Deal with The Achoo!
Allergic to Cats and Dogs? Deal with The Achoo!
About 10 percent of the U.S. population suffers from allergies to pets. Cat allergies are twice as common as dog allergies, and nearly 30 percent of cat owners are allergic to their cats. What can you do if you're allergic to the pet you love? Read on for some tips on how to build immunity to cat allergies and deal with the sneeze!
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March 31, 2025
The Truth About Toxoplasmosis
Every once in a while, cats get demonized for causing everything from sucking the breath from babies to causing male pattern baldness. A while ago, they got linked to increase suicide risk. On purpose. Because they're evil.
Huh? Even if they WERE evil, cats are too smart to kill the two-legged servants who hold the keys to the pantry and can openers. Just give me a break!
Yes, some pet illnesses can pass to people. But it takes real effort to catch toxoplasmosis.
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March 27, 2025
Why Does My Cat Eat Grass?
Kitties are obligate carnivores. They MUST eat meat to derive the correct nutrients to live and thrive. So, what's the deal with grazing? Check out some of the reasons...including a video from my Pet Talk days.
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March 26, 2025
Can Pets Get Insomnia? Foiling Furry Insomnia
Can Pets Get Insomnia? Foiling Furry Insomnia
Can animals get insomnia? Maybe you also need tips for foiling furry insomnia with your pets won't sleep.
Last night, I couldn’t sleep, suffering from insomnia. So, I got up, climbed the stairs to my office, and worked on the latest thriller. While I typed, Trinity-Kitten kept me company and decided it was the purr-fect time to play. She woke up Shadow-Pup, who had been snoozing at the foot of the stairs. So even once I was ready to sleep, the “fur-kids” had lost the urge. Here's what to do...
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