Pet pedicures – How to Trim Your Dog’s Nails
How to Trim Your Dog’s Nails. Pet pedicures for your canine are important because overgrown nails can cause painful infections.
Pet Antioxidants: Benefits for Dogs & Cats
Pet Antioxidants: Benefits for Dogs & Cats. Your pet’s body naturally contains many antioxidants that work together, in a variety of ways to help protect and insure your pet’s health.
How to Detect & Treat Overweight Dogs
How to Detect & Treat Overweight Dogs. Over half of America’s dogs are clinically obese, which by definition means they are 15 percent or more above their ideal weight.
Senior Dog Health Care and Canine Golden Years
Senior Dog Health Care. Of the 62.4 million dogs in the United States, 18 million are age seven and older; therefore they qualify as ‘Seniors’. This represents almost one-third of our canine population.
Dog Dementia and Canine Cognitive Dysfunction
Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome. A lapse in dog house training behavior can occur later in a dog’s life. Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome (CDS) is the equivalent of Alzheimer’s disease in humans.
Ask Dr Carol: Is it Kennel Cough?
My dog developed a cough a few weeks ago. The vet said everything appeared fine, and she recovered fairly quickly. Recently, the cough has returned and now she’s started “snorting” in what seems to be an effort to clear a blocked nasal passage or something
What Not to Feed Your Pet
What Not to Feed Your Pet. Because we routinely feed our pets bits and pieces of “human food” as a treat or snack, it is important that pet owners keep in mind a list of foods that are not safe to feed.
Getting Ready for Easter
Easter is a favorite holiday for kids and adults alike. Family and church gatherings are often filled with delicious foods and candy treats, not to mention Easter egg hunts that are enjoyed by the young and old alike.
When Animals Get Car Sick
It’s not uncommon for an animal to become car sick. Just as humans sometimes suffer from motion sickness, sea sickness, or car sickness, these same afflictions can occur in our pets.
Anemia in Dogs and Cats
Anemia in Dogs and Cats. Like humans, dogs and cats can suffer from anemia, or a deficiency of red blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen to the body’s tissue. Anemia in dogs and cats is generally found after a routine blood test by the veterinarian.
Pet Vaccines: New Standards for Dogs & Cats
Pet Vaccines. NEW PRINCIPLES OF PET IMMUNOLOGY Dr. Carol presents a Web Series on Today’s New Approved Veterinary Vaccination Standards & Protocols for Dogs & Cats
Gretchen’s Flowers
Here is a nice letter I received from a client: Hi Dr. Carol, So glad you like the plants and can’t wait for you to see them bloom. They are always free for you.
Pet Longevity Tips for Dogs and Cats
Pet Longevity is attributed to 70% to lifestyle and 30% to genetics. Up to 90% of diseases in pets are due to the degenerative processes associated with aging.
Puppy Mill Pug Gets New Leash on Life!
Puppy Mill. Dear Dr. Carol, I wanted to update you on our dog Chloe. First of all, I want you to know that she is an absolute sweetheart!
Pet Product Offers Senior Dogs New Natural Hope
I received this heart warming note and wanted to share it with my pet loving friends. LuLu’s Story, I kept worrying about, LuLu, my 10 1/2 year old lab mutt and thinking about her dying.
Pet Wintertime Hazards & Safety Tips for Dogs & Cats
Pet lovers whose dogs and cats have to endure the cold winter weather may want to brush up on their wintertime pet health IQ to help keep Fido and Fluffy warm and safe while frolicking in the snow.
Pet New Year Health Tips: Toxic Plants & Medications to Avoid
Toxic Plants & Medications to Avoid. Last year nearly 150,000 cases of pet poisoning and pet toxicities were reported for dogs and cats. To help ensure pets and their people enjoy a safe, healthy holiday this New Year
Pet Holiday Hazards & Safety Tips for Dogs & Cats
For most of us the holidays are a time to eat, drink and be merry with good friends and family. I wanted to offer my fellow pet lovers tips to refresh your pet festivity IQ and offers some helpful hints
Pet Product Skeptics Become Believers
Normally, I would not write about a product! I’ve read similar stories and thought, what the hell kind of crappy food have you been feeding your dog for you to get such great results with any product
Old Dogs Arthritis & Dementia Reversed Naturally
Hi Dr. Carol, So nice to walk into the house, listen to your message on the answering machine and then read this! Jenna amazes me. She may already be 15…we don’t know her exact date of birth since she was a rescue.
Senior Dogs Health & Behavior Enjoy “Complete Turnaround”
I wanted to get back to you and let you know how our 14 year old dog, Scruffy is doing… Since you changed his Paaws vitamin supplements to Senior dogs I have had no problems whatsoever with him.
Dog Arthritis Product : Natural Alternative to Rimadyl &Tramadol
Hello Dr. Carol, I recently wrote to thank you for PAAWS and all your personal assistance with my 14 (nearly 15) year old Lhasa Apso Samson.
Pet Anti-Aging Wellness Medicine: A New Reality!
Over the last decade advances in veterinary medicine have nearly doubled the canine life span. The technological innovations we now offer for pets, parallel those available for people, reaching far beyond our previous expectations.
Arthritis Relief for Retired Greyhound with Natural Pet Product
Dear Dr. Carol, We want to thank you for the introduction to your amazing Paaws vitamins that we have been giving to Windy Wag. Windy Wag is a retired racing greyhound that we rescued on Christmas day of 2003.
Dog with IBD respond to Paaws
I forgot to tell you when I took Meeka in for her (Lepto) shot, our vet could not get over how healthy Meeka looked and was surprised at how well she is doing.
Natural Hormone Therapy for Pets?
Hormones naturally decline as people age… but what about hormones in our pets? In general, and as televised by Oprah herself, hormones are needed by the body and brain to grow, sustain life and function normally.
Pet Product Resolves Dog’s Allergy’s Naturally
Dear Dr. Carol, My dog Sebastian is 12 years old. He has severe allergies. His coat had spots that were bald and his ears were very dark and the skin was thick and infected looking.
The Flu Virus in Fido – Canine Influenza Virus
Canine Influenza Virus (H3N8) is a novel canine virus first identified in September of 2004 as a respiratory disease in racing greyhounds in Florida.
Pet Product Provides Allergy Relief for Senior Dogs
I just wanted to let you know that my 10 year old maltese, Flower is enjoying her Paaws vitamins each day. She loves them and we can already see improvement in her attitude, energy and arthritis.
Stop, Drop and Roll Over? Fire Safety for Pets
Each year in the United States, thousands of people lose their lives to fire. Tens of thousands are injured and the financial costs can reach into the billions of dollars.