Pets

Whether you’re a loving pet parent, are thinking of getting one, or are just an animal lover, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve got the answers to your pet questions and advice, fascinating facts about your favourite creatures, and, yes, cute pictures.

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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


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


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!


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.