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If you’re like me, dogs have always been the loves of your life and at the center of your heart. They never live long enough, and as they...

As animal lovers, it’s easy to get so immersed in caring for our cats and dogs that sometimes we forget to take care of ourselves. It’s...

Sometimes when I work with shelter cats, my first instinct is to fall inside the sadness of the animals’ situations. But thankfully, in...

“My little old dog … a heartbeat at my feet.” —Edith Wharton Anyone who’s loved a cat or dog into his or her golden years understands the...

What is your perfect number of cats? As a child growing up, I never had less than two, but sometimes we had up to four (a real...

“Pray to understand what man has forgotten.” —Native American proverb It’s been a tough several days of news for animal lovers. Right on...

What a sad world we live in, where parental negligence and human error and misjudgment can result in the killing of an innocent. I’m...

I’m just wondering: Why hasn’t the U.S. banned declawing cats? The inhumane practice was once common and even accepted, but times are...

Though a majority of scientists today agree that animals are sentient, that hasn’t stopped outmoded beliefs from persisting. This...

As caregivers for our animals, we work hard to keep them healthy—with vet visits, healthy food, regular brushings and the like. But...

Do you love animals? Are you interested in holistic modalities? Have you ever tried meditation? If you answered “yes” to any of these...

Here are some sobering statistics for you: In companion animals, about 50 percent of all disease-related deaths are attributed to cancer....

When we get angry, sometimes we’re not aware of it. So when we become aware that we’re angry, this is a really good first step in getting...

Before we celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend, I’d like to send my thoughts, love and blessings to the forgotten mothers out there: the...

Loving our animals just comes naturally. No matter what kind of day we’ve had, they always lift our spirits and help us to forget our...

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” –Aristotle We all have bad days—those days when everything seems to go wrong. Even when we strive to...

Tomorrow is April 22—and millions of people worldwide will come together to celebrate Earth Day, the annual event born in 1970 to...

Today is Earth Day—but as lovers of animals and the environment know, every day can (and should) be Earth Day. That’s because every...

Unless your favorite animal companion is a tortoise or a macaw, you know that when you bring home a new dog or cat, that they will...

Animals today face a host of threats—to their habitats, their health, their very survival. And unfortunately, most of the problems they...