Are Pets a Good Gift? You Might be Surprised

Too much hubbub is no good, right? If your household is like mine, the activity level is turned up to 11 out of 10 around the holidays. You’d think that this would be a bad time to introduce a new pet into the mix. But you know what they say: if you need someone to […]

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Keeping Pets Out of Animal Shelters Saves Lives

Lori Schluth, DVM, explains why we must keep pets out of shelters. AS A VETERINARIAN who has worked at a large city shelter, I have unfortunately seen and treated numerous diseases that are preventable by keeping dogs and cats out of the shelter in the first place. Stress sickens cats For cats, the number one medical problem in the […]

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Success – Our First Pet Adoption!

One Pet Adoption Down, 2.499999 Million to Go. OUR FIRST PET ADOPTION! I have said from day one that if we are able to keep just one pet out of the shelter, I would consider Get Your Pet a success. Ok, maybe that sets the bar a tad low, with 2.5 million pets needlessly being surrendered each […]

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