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Help! My cat’s choking!

Posted on: Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 in: emergency

First thing first: Confirm that it is indeed choking, not coughing, not vomiting. Check your cat’s adrenaline level. A coughing or vomiting cat may be lethargic, depressed, but they will never be frantic. A choking cat (just like a human), will frantically try to paw at his neck, struggle or cough. And the cat’s not [...]

Phantom pregnancy - not pregnant, but lactating?

Posted on: Monday, July 28th, 2008 in: Pregnancy

A question by Jack, the proud owner of Brainie, 2-year-old female bull terrier.
 Hi, Brainie has her heat every 4 months since she was 6 months old. Her last season was a month ago, so she is not due yet. But her boobs are huge, and milk is coming out! (???) Lately she’s been really fussy [...]

Help! My pup won’t use the toilet!

Posted on: Saturday, July 26th, 2008 in: Behaviour & trainings, Puppy care

Yesterday a friend of mine sent an SOS - her 2mth old puppy Micey just would not pooh in the toilet! No matter how high the urgency to defecate was, the moment they picked Micey and placed her in the toilet - everything stops abruptly. Micey no longer sniffs around, anus no more bulging out. [...]

Choosing your puppy

Posted on: Thursday, July 24th, 2008 in: Puppy care

Does this sweetest tone from a child sound familiar to you, “Daddy, mummy, I want a puppy… please…”

Choosing a puppy is not as simple as it seemed. While most of the time it is the children doing the “choosings”, but it will be the parents/adults doing the “carings” most of the time. Puppies are small, [...]

Edgar & Zaria - safely removing ticks

Posted on: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 in: Health (dog)

As Edgar looked closely to the welts on Zaria, he noticed that he had left some parts of the tick within Zaria! Edgar should have used a fine-tipped tweezers or special tick removal instruments to remove the ticks. He may still use his fingers shall he not have those instruments at home, bearing in mind [...]

Edgar & Zaria - Tick prevention

Posted on: Sunday, July 20th, 2008 in: Health (dog)

Edgar loved hugging Zaria, his 5-month-old shih tzu. Zaria literally followed him everywhere around the house, she even played in Edgar’s bedroom. One day, Edgar found something unusual. There was a tick on Zaria. He pulled the tick out. Where did it come from?
The next day, he found three ticks. The next day five. There [...]