Second Chance Humane Society regularly receives calls from pet parents seeking assistance in providing needed medical care for their pet. Unexpected pet illnesses and injuries can represent a serious financial challenge for many families with pets. As a preventative measure Second Chance recommends that pet parents...
Dear Pet Column, I learned some important things by reading your column last week about how to keep dogs cool in the summer heat, but I am now wondering about my cat. She seems to sleep a lot more when it is hot and I wonder if...
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Like most people dogs love summer, but not the summer heat. But it is often forgotten that dogs have a tougher time coping with heat than people do. Just think about how uncomfortable you would be if you could only shed heat through your tongue...
To continue the topic of Second Chance Humane Society’s Pet Column from last week on emergency preparedness, and how to be prepared to evacuate your animals if the need arose, I will be reviewing how to create a pet emergency kit that can be available...
With recent wildfires raging in the region and the weather pointing to a high risk for more, Second Chance Humane Society has been hearing from concerned pet parents as to how to be better prepared for emergency situations. Our next few Pet Columns will be devoted...
Weekly, the Second Chance Pet Column focuses on suggesting ways its readers can become better pet parents – or just better people in general, but this week we are going to focus on helping two homeless pets in need. We may pull on a heart string...
Dear Pet Column, Last winter I adopted a young male dog. I know little of his history, but he has quickly adapted to our family and does well during most of our outdoor activities. However, he appears to be fearful of water and, as I love...
As with human, an animal's biggest organ is the skin. And sometimes your pets have as much trouble with their skin as you do with yours. Like itching. [caption id="attachment_74311" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Dusty[/caption] There are so many things can cause an animal to itch: parasites (blech!), food allergies, plant allergies,...
I just watched the fun animated kid’s movie called "Boss Baby" in which Baby Corp. – You know… the corporation that makes babies and delivers them to families – was deeply concerned about the competition they were seeing from pets. [caption id="attachment_74185" align="aligncenter" width="399"] Panda[/caption] Baby Corp....
