STRESS AND US Animals have been sharing spaces with humans since the dawn of human existence. We now know that animal companionship reduces stress on a chemical level. It makes you wonder if early man, at its greatest time of fight or flight reaction, already intuitively knew that animals helped to calm them down! April is Stress Awareness Month. Here is what we know about animals and stress - how they help us and how we can help them. From medieval Belgium to ancient Greece,

While we do our best to reduce our own carbon footprint, do we stop to think about the effect our pets and their products have on the environment? Being eco-responsible pet owners we pick up after our dogs and purchase biodegradable products, but there are other ways to make that extra effort without taking too much time out of our busy day. Here are 11 ways to reduce our ecological pawprint on Earth Day and every day! Get with the program and go digital! Ditch plastic dispo

There are many stories about dog and cat heroes who have saved their owner’s life, but are you prepared to save theirs? When bringing home a new furbaby, most of us don’t want to think about the things that could happen. Being prepared gives us greater security that those things don’t happen. For National Pet First Aid Awareness Month, we want to supply you with a few tools to treat minor matters and also information on immediate emergency care. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation