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Just like any two-legged member of the family, our furry friends can encounter little accidents around the house, yard, or neighborhood. If your precious pooch or faithful feline suffers a minor injury, there may be a quick fix within your reach. Bee sting. Bees tend to sting animals on the paw or face. Bee stings are quite painful and it is possible your pet may experience an allergic reaction as a result of a sting. If your pet receives a sting, you will need to remove the bee’s stinger. Nope, don’t reach for the tweezers! Instead, grab a credit card from your wallet and scrape away the stinger, making sure the venom sac comes out with it. If Fluffy or Fido experiences a mild allergic reaction to the sting, give him/her a bit of Benadryl or any allergy medication that lists diphenhydramine or cetirizine as the only active ingredient. The average dosage for treating your pet is 1 mg per pound, given every 8 hours. If your pet suffers a serious allergic reaction, seek immediat...

Most of us think of our pets as family, and that means that we have a responsibility to care for them after our life ends. For that reason there is a new innovation in the word of pet care that is called a pet trust. This will let you know what to do in the event that there is an issue and you pass away while your furry family members are still alive. What Does a Pet Trust Do? A pet trust is an agreement that means that there is a permanent arrangement for the care of a pet. This means that there will be an agreement between the owner and the person they choose as their primary caretaker to ensure that they are able to act and assist those pets in the event of the owner’s disability or death. The owner of the pet or the one who creates the trust is often called the settlor; the person who is caring for the pet is called the trustee. The person who cares for the pet will usually be offered funds to care for the pet and that means that there are usually going to be funds th...

Obesity is a problem for animals as well as for people and it ultimately can affect the lifespan of your pets. The pet has many added stresses such as additional joint pain, liver issues and may have diabetes. For that reason it is very important as a pet owner to take care of the pet and ensure that the pet has plenty of exercise. Here are a few faces that you need to know as a pet owner. Obesity will come when more food is eaten than energy is expended. The extra energy that is taken in is stored on your dog as fat. Your pet may stay obese even after he has stopped consuming so many calories. That means that you need to know that the obesity may be a combination of too much food but also as well of lack of exercise. There are certain breeds of dogs that are also more prone to being obese than other dogs. How to tell if your dog is overweight? Make sure that when you are looking at your dog that you are able to feel the ...

How do you know if you have an alpha dog on your hands? When scientists talk about this role they speak in terms of dominant and subordinate, however most people use these terms to represent behavior. That means they are adding a label that represents the dogs aggressiveness, its ability to connect as well with others and confidence. Once thing as well that is important to understand is that these characteristics have nothing to do with whether or not the dog would be dominant in a social group. Quite often in wolf packs you will see that the alpha is not usually the most aggressive animal and that means that there are other things that make one dog more dominant than another. The term Alpha for example being used to describe a personality of a dog is not accurate and it gives the dog a bad name. That means usually that those dogs cause trouble and they are headstrong. Whether or not a dog has a strong personality has nothing to do with whether or not that dog will make a goo...