A dog who has been seriously injured will not tell you that he is in pain or how seriously wounded he is. Never assume that your dog is fine, just because he is quiet.

In this hospital, the veterinarians, doctors who are specially trained to care for animals, gave me oxygen and fluids so that [...]

When we got to Rotherwood, the animal hospital, Jane parked the car in the “Handicapped Parking” spot.
Then she got out of the car, closed the car door behind her, and ran up the ramp and into the hospital, and in a moment two technicians, holding a stretcher, ran out of the hospital and down the [...]

A dog who has been seriously injured will not act like a human would: He will probably not let you know that he has been hurt at all.   If you have a pet, do you have the telephone number of an emergency animal hospital easily available in case of an emergency?  Is it on a [...]

You may think you have your dog trained – but when you’re not around, there’s no telling what your dog could do! When faced with smells that humans cannot smell, and instincts that humans do not have, your dog may do what comes naturally.  Let’s read Joey’s side of the story: Here my dog tells [...]

My dog likes to dig. How do I stop my dog from digging?

From my spot, I crawled into our neighbor’s yard, and from there I contentedly trotted out onto the street, past green bushes and green grass. And there I met my destiny. My parents say that I was escaping again, but I was [...]

Digging clearly has its challenges when all eyes are on me. But when nobody is looking, it’s a challenge that I cannot resist.  All the other dogs and rabbits in the neighborhood seem to call in unison: “Joey, Joey…Come out to play…Dig here…Now…”
Though Jane lay chicken wire in lots of places, she omitted one: at [...]