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Ask the Expert: Paraplegic Pup has Bladder Issues
Your Pet Question: I have a nine-year-old paraplegic Pekingese. He has some feeling in his bottom half, and he knows
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Ask the Expert: Curbing Big Puppy’s Rough Play
Your Pet Question: How can I stop my Great Pyrenees puppy from jumping and nipping at my kids while they
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Ask the Expert: Kitten’s Clawing Exasperates Owner
Your Pet Question: How do I get my kitten to stop clawing up the couch? She has a scratching post
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Ask the Expert: Poodle Plays Tag when Called
Your Pet Question: My two-year-old poodle cross runs away every chance he gets–almost like he’s playing tag! My son takes
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Top 5 Dog Commands
There are basic commands that every dog should know. Training your pooch to respond to some essential instructions will help...
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Ask The Expert: Puppy that Pulls Requires Patience
Your Pet Question: My 8-month-old puggle puppy pulls when I walk her. How do I get her to stop? Anonymous,
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Ask the Expert: Feline Halitosis a Turn-off!
Your Pet Question: My five-year-old cat has the nastiest breath ever! What’s up with that? Shelly Cantley The Expert Says:
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Ask the Expert: Overeating Cat a Challenge!
Your Pet Question: One of my two cats eats until he’s sick. He just keeps eating and bringing up the
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Ask the Expert: House Training Mat Mystery
Your Pet Question: How do I get my 13-year-old MaltiPoo to use the new grass mat method to do her
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Ask the Expert: Socializing a Shy Dog
Your Pet Question: How can I help my dog become less shy? W.P. Kowall, Manitoba The Expert Says: Give the
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Ask the Expert: Cat’s Coat Unkempt
Your Pet Question: My neutered male cat is ten-years-old. In the last year his coat has lost its shine and
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Ask the Experts: Stinky Ears Might Signal Infection
Your Pet Question: My three-year-old Lab/shepherd mix has smelly, itchy ears with excessive brown stinky wax, but no mites. What
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Backyard Chickens: Pets With Payback
Even in urban areas, it pays to count your chickens-as pets.
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Ask the Experts: Part Cat, Part Vampire?
Your Pet Question: I adopted a kitten when someone dropped him off at my workplace. He is a male, eight-months-old
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Ask the Experts: Grieving Pug won’t Eat
Your Pet Question: One of my dogs recently passed away and my other dog is a pug. The pug now
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Ask the Experts: What Do I Do About a Malodorous Dog?
Your Pet Question: My dog has a problem with a bad odour coming from the anal area. She gets her
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Ask the Expert: Newcomer Stresses Original Pet
Your Pet Question: My daughter has come to live with me and brought her black male cat with her and
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Ask the Expert: Hairball Help Needed
Your Pet Question: I have three cats; one is always throwing up hair balls and the other two never do!
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5 Incredible Canine Journeys
Brave, bold, daring and loyal, man's best friend is the perfect protagonist in a tale of adventure. (Though Spot's propensity...
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Ask the Expert: Dachshund Obsessed with Biting Backside
Your Pet Question: My wire-haired dachshund is constantly chewing at her hind end. I’ve had her anal glands checked and
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Ask the Experts: Setter has Severe Skin Problems
Your Pet Question: My Irish setter is continually biting, scratching and licking her fur. She’s had everything from dandruff to
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Ask the Experts: Dog Might Have Dermatitis
Your Pet Question: My dog has chewed a bare spot on his hind quarters. It’s pink, but no skin is
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Ask The Experts: Cat Can’t Master Water Bowl
Your Pet Question: My cat has great difficulty drinking water out of the water bowl. She hits the side of
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Ask The Expert: Dog’s Chronic Itchiness a Mystery
Your Pet Question My 6-year-old black lab cross is chronically itchy and scratches until he gets bad sores and his
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Ask The Experts: Cat Refuses to Do Business in Box
Your Pet Question Our three-year-old cat refuses to use her litter box. What can we do? Marnie Pollock, Redcliff The
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Ask The Experts: Electric Fence Doesn’t Keep Dog at Home
You Pet Question Our five-year-old female chocolate Labrador is still very hyper and often goes right through the electric fence
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Ask The Expert: Dog ‘Dances’ to Go Out, but ‘Goes’ Indoors!
Your Pet Question Our 16-month-old female Shih Tzu, Taffy, still soils our home. She does a little dance to tell
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Cat Dental Care: Common Problems
Feline odontoclastic resorptive lesions (FORL) affect more than sixty percent of cats older than the age of six, though many...
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Back Problems in Dogs
Back problems are common in many breeds of dogs, especially the Dachshund, Pekingese, Shih Tzu, and Lhasa Apso.