As fish become more popular as pets, the demand for veterinarians to look after their health also increases. Whether you’ve got a guppie or a koi, any fish owner who develops a strong bond with their fish wants access to the best health care they can find. As the field of aquatic veterinary medicine expands, so do the medical options available for sick or injured fish. One of these options, explains Dr. Craig Adams, a mixed-animal veterinarian and owner of Aquatic Veterinary Services in western Washington, is surgery.
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Selecting a Dog Trainer
Dogs aren’t born programmed to sit, stay, or heel, but they are born ready to learn, and a good trainer can be an invaluable asset in helping your puppy become a well-behaved dog. In this podcast, certified animal behaviorist Dr. Suzanne Hetts discusses what you should look for when selecting a dog trainer.
Exercising With Your Pet
Recent reports indicate that 25 to 40 percent of dogs are overweight or obese, and obesity is now the most common nutritional disease in human beings and dogs. So what’s to be done? For many the answer may be as simple as a leash and good pair of walking shoes. Dr. Heidi Hulon, a small animal veterinarian with the Buckner Animal Clinic in Buckner, Ky., talks about how pets can help motivate exercise and physical activity to benefit both humans and their pets.
A hard pill to swallow? Not necessarily.
In our latest podcast, Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald offers advice on how to give pills to cats.
Fourth of July Pet Safety Tips
With the Fourth of July fast approaching, many of us are making plans to celebrate the holiday with family and friends. Many of those plans will include, at some point or another, oohing and ahhing over fireworks. While entertaining to us humans, firew…
What to Do if Your Pet Is Sprayed by a Skunk
We humans know better than to cross paths with skunks, but our pets might not know just how bad an idea it is to pick a fight with-or even just investigate-a skunk. Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald from Alameda East Veterinary Hospital in Denver, Colorado, and a featured veterinarian in Animal Planet’s television series E-Vet Interns, talks about what to do if your pet is sprayed by a skunk.