Keep Your Dog Safe This Hunting Season

Keep Your Dog Safe This Hunting Season

Best Practices to Keep Your Hunting Dog Safe Both you and your dog need a blaze orange hunting vest anytime you're in the woods. The bright color enables other hunters to see you both. It also protects your dog's internal organs if he's hit by a bullet or...
Protect Your Dog from Canine Parainfluenza

Protect Your Dog from Canine Parainfluenza

How Dog Flu Spreads This illness is most common among dogs in kennels, shelters, and other environments with multiple dogs present. However, any dog who has not received the parainfluenza vaccine is at risk of picking it up. An uninfected dog can acquire the virus...
Avoid a Hot Asphalt Injury with Your Dog

Avoid a Hot Asphalt Injury with Your Dog

  Although summer is winding down in Minnesota, August is typically the hottest month of the year. Unfortunately, many dog owners fail to realize that the temperature of asphalt often exceeds 100 degrees and can cause serious injuries to uncovered paws. Your...
It’s Almost Time for National Mutt Day

It’s Almost Time for National Mutt Day

    Colleen Paige, a well-known animal activist, created National Mutt Day in 2005. She is also the person behind such campaigns as National Puppy Day, National Cat Day, and numerous others related to the well-being of pets. National Mutt Day now takes place...