Blog: General

Chomp

Chomp. Can’t you just feel that cat’s teeth on your skin? Yes, “chomp” is a very descriptive word, almost musical. Now what can you do to avoid getting chomped by the cat again? Aggression in cats is a complicated behaviour problem. Of course it is. Nothing’s ever simple with cats...

Canine Nutrition

The first thing that dog owners need to understand about their dogs is that DOGS ARE NOT CARNIVORES!! The favourite line (read this as “mis-truth?”) that advertisers and salesmen like to tell dog owners is that dogs need meat in their diet because they are carnivores (anybody remember the old...

Pet Names

After waiting nearly 30 years, I finally got to meet Donny Osmond and he totally stole my heart, rubbing against me, twitching his tail happily. Doreen Osmond, the kind lady who took Donny in after a serious car accident, gave us a lot of laughs with her choice of name...

Ticks! Yuck!

If you’ve ever found a revolting grayish pink insect sucking blood out of your dog’s neck, it won’t likely help much to know that, here in Quinte West (Trenton), ticks don’t often carry disease. The “yuck” factor associated with these ugly bugs is enough to send most pet owners scrambling...