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Unwanted Guests in Your Yard? One Way to Keep Outdoor Cats and Dogs Off Your Property

June 23, 2011

As a pet owner it’s pretty easy to care for our pets responsibly, but when it comes to what others do, we have less control. Take the plight of this cat lover for instance: Our female, spayed, indoor-only cat is the recipient of unwanted nocturnal visits from a neighborhood male cat. We have floor-to-ceiling windows in our garden through which this intruding cat can practically touch noses with ours. Our cat howls, snarls and spits when he appears (usually in the middle of the night) and practically flings herself into the glass to get at him. We have tried lowering

Cloning Cats: Rainbow and CC Prove That Cloning Won’t Resurrect Your Pet

June 21, 2011

Even with the most recent advances in veterinary medicine, your beloved cat won’t live forever, but is the next best thing just around the corner? Will it someday be possible to resurrect your cat with cloning? Nearly a decade ago, on December 22, 2001, scientists at Texas A&M University announced the birth of CC, the world’s first cloned cat. CC, as in Copy Cat, has the same DNA blueprint as her genetic mother, Rainbow. So, like identical twins they share the same genetic code. That means everything’s the same—their looks, their mannerisms, their…. But wait. rainbowandcc Although Rainbow and her

Testicular Implants in Dogs Make Dr. Yin Wonder… Who’s Looking?

June 21, 2011

   …and asked me what I thought of these testicular implants for dogs. While I’ve never seen a pair in person, I had researched and written about them in the past. Since their invention in the 1990s they have become fairly popular—relatively speaking. Over 425,000 people have had their male dogs implanted worldwide. To find out  why, who would want Neuticles for their dog, and what Neuticles are really like, read the article I wrote for Victoria Stilwell’s Postively.com blog, “Testicular Implants in Dogs Make Dr. Yin Wonder… Who’s Looking?”      

A Dog with Diabetes: Drinking Too Much Water May Be a Sign of Trouble

June 16, 2011

The problem with treating pets is that they can’t tell you what’s wrong which can make being a veterinarian quite tricky. For instance for the general practitioner in a busy area of town, not a week goes by where someone comes in with an animal with an old festering wound or a large relatively slow growing tumor, who says, “It just appeared yesterday”. Or owners who have no idea if their pet’s appetite or energy level are normal. Luckily for veterinarians, sometimes owners are quite observant and help draw a beeline to what’s wrong. Take for instance my visit with

Meowing Cats and Barking Dogs: Why Are Some Pets So Vocal?

June 13, 2011

It’s wonderful to come home after a long day of work to relax and spend quality time with your pet. But when quality time includes the following pet owner’s predicament, relaxation is far from the picture. “My Springer Spaniel barks constantly at the table when we eat dinner and it’s annoying,” says one perplexed pooch owner. “He gets table scraps occasionally but he always has dog food available. Any ideas or thoughts?” At this point, cat owners are gloating over their choice of a more peaceful pet, but before you feline fanciers let it go to you head, listen to

June is Adopt a Cat Month: Training Your New Cat to Stop Scratching Furniture

June 9, 2011

June is Adopt-a-Cat Month which means it’s a great time to adopt a kitten or a cat.  In honor of this month, I’ll be running a series of articles that will help you understand your cat and set up his environment for success. You’ll also learn to train your cat and modify his behavior so that you actually want to keep him beyond the first weeks. Let’s face it, a huge segment of the population will get rid of their cats as soon as having a cat is no longer convenient. For instance, if the cat potties outside the litter

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