Category Pet Health & Safety

Every pet owner lives with the same low-grade anxiety: is this normal, or is this a vet visit? I’ve been on both sides of that question more times than I can count. I’ve called the vet in a panic over…

The first time I pet-proofed a home, I did it wrong in the most predictable way possible: I stood up, looked around the room at adult eye level, and declared it safe. My puppy then spent the next two weeks…

I remember my first vet visit with my first dog like it was yesterday, mostly because of how unprepared I was. I showed up twenty minutes late because I couldn’t find the carrier latch, forgot every piece of paperwork I…

When I brought home my first puppy, I knew embarrassingly little about vaccinations. I knew puppies needed “shots,” and I had a vague sense there was more than one round, but beyond that it was a blur of acronyms I…