How To Recognise & Prevent Paralysis Tick In Dogs And Cats If you live in Australia, especially along the eastern seaboard then you need to be aware of the tick  Ixodes holocyclusis otherwise known as the paralysis tick. These ticks inject a toxin into the dog or cat (also farm animals) when it feeds. [...]
Monitor Your Cat's or Dog's Heart Condition Heart disease in our pets is nearly as common as it is in us humans. It can also occur with little warning. Keeping an eye on your pet is crucial when they have heart disease and also as they get older and heart disease hasn't yet [...]
How To Recognise & Manage Heart Disease In Dogs & Cats Heart disease or heart failure is a common cause of death in our pets. Often it has gone unrecognised for quite some time because owners aren't familiar with the signs and symptoms of heart disease. In this video tutorial, Dr Leigh provides you with [...]
How To Improve Your Pet's Dental Care At Home Our pet's dental care needs to be a top priority because just like us, poor dental hygiene can lead to disease and ill-health. Over 85% of dogs and 70% of cats from the age of 3 years suffer from dental disease. We can prevent [...]
Why Pet Obesity Is A Problem For Your Dog & Cat Our world is in the midst of a pet obesity crisis and we are to blame. According to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP), nearly 59 percent of cats and 54 percent of dogs suffer from obesity.The sad thing about this is that [...]
Top Tips To Help Your Pet Lose Weight Have you been told that your cat or dog is overweight? Perhaps your vet has given you the hard work - they must lose weight. Or maybe, you just need some reassurance that you are being the best pet parent that you can be? Then [...]
Signs Of Dementia In Dogs & Cats -Â How To Slow Progression Our pets are living longer than ever before due to advances in veterinary medicine, sadly this means we often see more signs of dementia. However, it's not just old dogs and old cats that might show signs of a cognitive disorder. [...]
When Do We Worry About Lumps & Bumps On Our Pets? As you have probably heard me say before, prevention is better than cure, well in this circumstance we might not be able to prevent, but we can certainly look out for and act immediately when we see lumps and bumps on skin [...]
Best Joint Supplements For My Dog, Cat Or Horse We often take joint supplements for ourselves, so when our pets or horses become a little slow, painful or arthritic, we'd like to do the same for them. Due to licensing laws, many supplements don't need to meet the same rigors of scientific testing [...]
How To Handle Grief When An Animal Dies Our pets are a huge and significant part of family life for many of us. So when they pass, the grief we feel can be as devastating as that of losing a close member of our human family. There would be few of us around [...]
