When do I start using flea preventatives for my cat and dog, Lulu and Sparky? And once I start, how do I actually apply them? No one has ever really explained that to me.
I just adopted a puppy, Bongo, about six months old, a greyhound/retriever/maybe a little Jack Russell mix (or something like that) and boy is he full of energy! I am working hard on basic training but I would like to get him involved in some dog sports as soon as he is ready.
There is a stray cat who has been hanging around my house for the past several weeks, well OK, I’ve been feeding her, but I can’t really help myself. I have asked all my neighbors, put up flyers in the usual places, checked the lost and found listings to try to find her owners, but no luck with that. So I am thinking I will get her to a vet and let her move in.
My vet told me I need to give my dog, Spot, heartworm prevention medication, but it is so expensive and Spot hardly ever goes outside. Is it really necessary?
Help! I can tell that spring is right around the corner because my dog, Rudy, came home smelling of skunk. I wasn’t expecting that so soon and didn’t have any of the commercial stuff available so I tried the tomato juice trick that I had heard about and then he just smelled like skunk mixed with tomato juice.
I love your column and read it every week! I have four cats and recently took one of them to the vet. She said his back teeth looked very dirty and need to be cleaned. I have scheduled his surgery (yes, it is considered surgery because he needs to be anesthetized), and I know that his teeth would have been in much better shape if I had just brushed them.
My cat Otis is a beautiful sweet boy but just lately, when I go to kiss him (you betcha, right on the lips), I have been noticing that he has bad breath – really yucky bad breath. He seems OK otherwise. Should I be worried about this or is it just too many indescribable mouse parts?
My cat, Sophie, is 16 years old and I suspect that I don’t have much longer to spend with her. No disease or anything that I know of, but she just seems to be slowing down. She has always been a little cranky but seems to be much more mellow now. What can I do to make her last years the best years possible?
My cat, Amanda, has an infection and the vet prescribed antibiotics for her in tablet form. I know it is important to give them to her, but what was she thinking? Right now Amanda is hiding under the couch and my arm is all scratched up and the pill flew off somewhere that I can’t find it. Help!
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