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What to Do When Your Cat and Dog Fight

What to Do When Your Cat and Dog Fight

Cats and dogs can live together peacefully with the right setup. Feed rivals separately, keep newcomers apart until they are familiar, and step in early at any bullying.

Pet Health 📅 January 2, 2021
How to Read Your Cat’s Personality

How to Read Your Cat’s Personality

A cat's coat color often hints at its temperament, but upbringing matters just as much. Learning these patterns helps you pick a cat whose personality fits your home.

Pet Health 📅 December 31, 2020
What to Do When Your Cat Flops in Front of You

What to Do When Your Cat Flops in Front of You

When a cat throws itself on the floor and rolls onto its back, it is not always asking for a belly rub. Understanding this defensive yet trusting posture helps you respond without getting scratched.

Pet Health 📅 December 31, 2020
How to Help an Aloof Cat Become More Affectionate

How to Help an Aloof Cat Become More Affectionate

An adult cat's personality is shaped by genetics, environment, and how you interact with it. While you can't change the genes, the right handling and daily bonding can help a standoffish cat learn to trust and even enjoy you.

Pet Health 📅 December 28, 2020
Why Labs Make the Best Guide Dogs

Why Labs Make the Best Guide Dogs

Labradors combine a gentle nature, unusual self-control, quick learning, and strong obedience, which is why they lead the guide-dog world. If you meet one working, leave it be.

Pet Health 📅 November 28, 2020
Why Corgis Have Such Short Legs

Why Corgis Have Such Short Legs

The Corgi's stubby legs are no accident of body fat but the result of inherited genes shaped by its herding past. Though short, the breed is agile, calm, and a patient companion well suited to families and older owners.

Pet Health 📅 November 9, 2020
When a Dog Is Infected with Rabies

When a Dog Is Infected with Rabies

Rabies is not passed before birth or through milk; a dog catches it from the saliva of a rabid animal entering a wound. Once symptoms appear there is no cure and death follows within days, so vaccination is the only real protection.

Pet Health 📅 November 9, 2020
Most Dog Behavior Problems Actually Start With the Owner

Most Dog Behavior Problems Actually Start With the Owner

Many behavior issues, from random elimination to resource guarding, trace back to owners who lack basic dog-handling knowledge and never set clear rules. Learning canine behavior, training consistently, and committing for the right reasons reduce problem dogs and strays.

Pet Health 📅 November 9, 2020
Can Dog Hair Carry Rabies Virus?

Can Dog Hair Carry Rabies Virus?

Rabies virus lives in the saliva and nerve tissue of an infected dog, not in its hair, so simply touching a dog's coat cannot transmit rabies. Infection comes from a bite or scratch, and any bite should be cleaned at once and followed by a rabies vaccine.

Pet Health 📅 October 28, 2020