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Top 5 ways to properly care for your senior pet
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A senior cat or dog needs a different level of care than when they were young. The older your pet gets the more they’ll show signs of aging like arthritis, muscle loss, loss of hearing and eyesight, weight gain or loss, lethargy and more. Luckily, there are five things you can do regularly to help your beloved senior pet age comfortably and with ease.

The first step is to stay on top of your senior pets’: 

1) Veterinary Care

No matter your pet’s age, you should be taking them for regular veterinary check-ups to ensure they are healthy in every way. However, the older your pet gets, the more important these regular check-ups become because older animals are more prone to developing hormonal diseases, cancer, diabetes and so much more. 

Getting your senior pet evaluated by a vet at least once a year can help rule out any serious health

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Check Out This Cutie Cat Getting Spoiled During A Visit To Grandma’s House

Going to Grandma’s house is a delight, no matter if you’re a kid or a kitty! Just ask Big Chungus. This cutie cat just spent a couple of weeks getting spoiled by her Grandma and Grandpa.

And like grandmas love to do, she made sure to send Chungus’ mom lots of videos and pictures of her dearest grandcat having fun. Lucky for us, cat mom Kayli shared the visit to grandma’s house on TikTok, where almost three million viewers have watched Chungus getting spoiled!

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Grandmas Know Best How To Spoil Their Grandcats

As a van cat, Big Chungus spends her life on the go with parents Kayli and Logan. So when she recently got a chance to rest her paws at Grandma’s for a while, she was pretty happy because nobody knows how to spoil a kitty like a grandma, as Kayli’s post entirely proves!

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Animal Skin and Allergy Clinic | Top Allergies in Pets this Summer
Dog sneezing.

Summertime brings out a special kind of excitement every year. With beautiful trees budding, flowers blossoming, and long, warm sunsets, summer truly makes its mark. However, along with this amazing mosaic comes a plethora of possible allergens. You have probably seen pollen floating in the air in the summer, some days thick as fog. Perhaps you suffer from seasonal allergies and know that they can become much worse in the heat. 

The veterinary team at Animal Skin and Allergy Clinic points out that you cannot forget your pet when it comes to seasonal allergies. Not only are there various types of pollens floating around from summer plants, but there are stinging creatures thriving in the summer that can cause an allergic reaction in your pet. We offer pet allergy testing to determine the cause and develop treatment plans to alleviate discomfort. The good news is that summer seasonal allergies can

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Adopt-a-Pet.com Blog What’s New at Adopt-a-Pet.com in August 2022
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Are adoptions really down nationwide?

We’ve heard from many of you regarding slowing adoptions and intake increasing, so you may find it interesting to see an analysis of statistical numbers from over 700 hundred organizations comparing this year to 2019 and 2021. Huge thanks to the folks at Shelter Animals Count for letting us share their detailed Q2 2022 Analysis report! Download the full PDF below.
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Free and Low-Cost Pet Support Services

Finding free and low-cost pet services just got a lot easier. pets.findhelp.com is a social care platform to connect all people in

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Clever Dog Hands Itself In At Police Station

A clever Border Collie dog walked into a police station after becoming separated from her owners on a walk. Rosie was being walked by owners Steve and Julie Harper in Southfields Park, Loughborough, on 3 November, when she was startled by a firework and ran off. However, the resourceful pet then calmly took a seat in the local police station.

The moment that Rosie, a 10-year-old rescue dog, walked into Loughborough Police station was captured by CCTV footage, the BBC reports. Fortunately, the Harpers are responsible dog owners, and Rosie was wearing a collar with an ID tag which enabled police to track down her owners with no trouble.

Mrs Harper, 61, said: “She went and stood with her dad, which she does when she is nervous, and then skedaddled [when the firework went off]. She pushed herself through a hedge and handed herself in to the police station.

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