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Pet-friendly plants: Choose plants that are safe for pets. Some common examples include marigolds, petunias, roses, and sunflowers. Avoid plants that are toxic to pets, such as lilies, tulips, and daffodils. Fencing: Install fencing around your garden…

Today, more and more concerned pet owners are choosing to board their dogs at boarding kennels. Kennel managers who belong to ABKA are professional pet-care providers who make a public commitment to quality pet care and who subscribe to the ABKA Code…

For a variety of reasons, more people are discovering the delight of living with cats. In urban areas, apartment dwellers find that cats offer companionship, without the need for frequent outdoor exercise periods. In rural areas, cats still fulfill their…

Being away from home can be more stressful for older pets than for younger ones. They are more set in their ways, and their patterns more deeply ingrained. Dogs and cats love patterns—knowing what is going to happen, and when—and changing those patterns…

The trend in American society today seems to be work, work, work, and this requires leaving the loyal family dog at home for extended periods of time. Owners then come home to find a stressed out pooch, rampant destruction, either of the house, or the…

One of the public relations problems for pet care facilities continues to be a much misunderstood disease in dogs called “canine cough,” tracheobronchitis, or often improperly referred to as “kennel cough.” As a dog owner you should be aware of…