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Traveling Can Be Highly Stressful for Pets   When traveling with a pet, the first challenge is finding a hotel that allows you to bring him along. You will likely have to pay significantly more per night or put down a deposit in case your pet causes any damages....

Chocolate contains theobromine and caffeine, both of which can cause your pet to become extremely ill. At Minnesota Veterinary Hospital, we recommend not sharing any amount of chocolate with your pet. This is true even if it has only trace amounts of these harmful...

Adopt if You Can In the spirit of the day, many animal shelters nationwide will waive or reduce adoption fees on January 24. Some may choose to offer other incentives as well, such as free vaccinations. Millions of pets wait in animal shelters for someone to bring...

What You Can Do to Prevent Antifreeze Poisoning in Your Pet It's important to consider things from your pet's point of view. She can't tell the difference between antifreeze and water, which means she may lap up a spill faster than you can clean it. For this...

ASPCA Guidelines to Keep Pets Safe in Winter Many of the guidelines the organization offers are common sense, such as limiting your dog or cat's time outside when the temperature is low and the wind chill factor is high. You may not have considered others, such as...