A joint report from USA Today and Investigate Midwest is questioning the safety of one of the most popular flea collars on the market. The news article has noted that the Environmental Protection Agency has received 75,000 complaints from pet owners about the Seresto Flea and Tick collar in the past few years. The report…
Search dog Fern sense of smell gets put to the test when she is tasked to find a canister filled with pork meat. That would be simple for most dogs, but she has to find it in the middle of a lake, under 7 meters (23 feet) of water and mud! Joined by her handler,…
Why do dogs smell each other’s butts? It turns out the reasons are more complex that you would think. This dog behavior is one of the animal kingdom’s more interesting forms of chemical communication. Not only that, but they have a secondary olfactory system called the Vomeronasal or Jacobson’s Organ that has its own fascinating…
Service dogs carry out numerous helpful tasks every day for millions of people around the globe. Korey is one such dog. He’s a diabetic service dog trained to alert his human when her blood sugar levels are off. Recently, his human filmed a few TikTok videos to reveal how the pair practise his alert skills…
Mitral Valve Dysplasia (MVD) is also known as Mitral Valve Disease, Mitral Valve Disorder, Mitral Valve Malformation, Mitral Dysplasia, Mitral Systolic Murmur, Cardiac Valve Disease (CVD), Endocardiosis, Atrioventricular Valve Endocardiosis, Chronic Degenerative Valvular Disease, Chronic Valvular Disease, Chronic Mitral Valve Insufficiency, Myxomatous Atrioventricular Degeneration, Chronic Valvular Fibrosis, Acquired Mitral Regurgitation or Insufficiency, and Mitral Valve…
We love making homemade dog treats. Not only are they healthy (as they often contain a lot less fat than store-bought treats, if any) but they can also save you a whole bunch of money. DogHeirs member Dogmama shared this delicious recipe for oatmeal dog cookies. It will yield 100 or so little dog-bone shaped…
When it comes to trick or treating, these dogs know how to have a whole lot of spooky fun on Halloween. Decked out in costumes, the dogs figure out how to go door to door in their neighborhood to get treats. One dog – Jasmine the Pup – figures out the best way to get…
“WTF is wrong with people? It’s 95 degrees and he’s been here for at least 30 min. I’m waiting for the police now,” declared a Good Samaritan. The concerned man took a photo of the distressed dog left in the hot car with his cell phone. After calling police, he waited for them to arrive….
Trixxie the chi-weenie was waiting outside on her leash while her mom used the restroom at their home. While she was outside (less than 5 minutes), she was suddenly attacked by a hungry coyote! That’s when her friend Happy (the neighbor’s Rottweiler) came to the rescue! It’s dramatic footage that would have ended badly for…
This video is a scary reminder to never let go of a dog’s leash, especially around elevators. Tamara Seibert was getting on the elevator with her two dogs when something incredibly scary happened. She was taking Vado, her 110-pound Rottweiler, and her friend’s Pit Bull down from the 11th floor of her apartment to the…
You wouldn’t be far off if you asked if these dogs were statues. Dogs Jackson, Cash and X know a great trick thanks to their human Evelyn Edblad – they can stand perfectly still. With one simple command, the dogs freeze in position and don’t move an inch. Not even their tails wag. Edblad, who…
Degenerative Myelopathy (DM), sometimes referred to as CDRM (Chronic Degenerative RadiculoMylopathy), is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease characterized by a general lack of coordination of muscle movements in the pelvic limbs. Dogs affected slowly lose control and function of their hind limbs. Dogs diagnosed with DM have axonal (a part of a nerve cell, or neuron)…