Maskot/Getty Images “Your dog needs surgery.” It’s the news no pet owner wants to hear, both from your heart and your wallet’s perspectives. However, serious medical procedures are something pet owners often eventually encounter, whether your cat eats something it shouldn’t or your dog develops a serious condition. It leaves pet owners asking one of...
alvarez/E+/Getty Images We hold this truth to be self-evident: that if a pet needs to throw up, it is going to find a rug, carpet, or other upholstered item to do it on. Without fail, whenever our dogs and cats start to retch, they always do that uncomfortable, tail-tucked shuffle over to the rug to...
STasker/Getty Images When I left, I didn’t take much. Some clothes for Joey and me. My toothbrush, my makeup. And Sundae, tail wagging, clueless to the life we were leaving behind. I thought maybe there would be a conversation later — some objection, some claim to her. But there wasn’t. Instead, when I returned the...
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images When my 9-year-old dog, Judy, began showing signs of weakness in her back legs, I started brainstorming all the ways I could help her strengthen those muscles. During a routine vet visit, our primary veterinarian asked if I had ever considered acupuncture. Yes, I told her — and proceeded to explain...