• Make sure your children know how to behave around dogs

    Updated: 2010-08-31 01:03:16
    Back-to-school time is a great opportunity to teach kids how to be safe around dogs. From Dr. Marty Becker and Gina Spadafori in this week’s Pet Connection newspaper feature: Hardly a day goes by when there isn’t a news story about a dog attack somewhere. When school starts, children may become especially vulnerable, walking and biking [...]

  • Should you put your money where your pet’s mouth is?

    Updated: 2010-08-28 01:04:05
    Do you ever cringe to look into your pet’s mouth, worried about what you’ll see, wondering how the heck you’re going to scrape up the money to get his teeth cleaned… again? I may be a veterinarian and one of the biggest boosters of oral health in the profession, but as the economy staggers and stumbles, [...]

  • Your pets: Smokey cast in a new role

    Updated: 2010-08-25 20:00:00
    At 6 weeks old, Smokey the kitten finds a place to rest the cast that’s bigger than his tail. Smokey broke his leg in May, a couple of weeks after being adopted by Ted and Dolly Mitchell of Zellwood, but he didn’t have any trouble recuperating in a cozy laundry basket, one of his favorite [...]

  • Petition: Open Brevard beaches to dogs

    Updated: 2010-08-20 06:06:32
    In Brevard County, a movement is afoot to change beachside rules that prohibit dogs on the beaches. A petition has been set up online and a Facebook group has been started for Make Brevard County’s Beaches Dog Friendly. The petition is aiming for 1,000 signatures; so far, it’s approaching the 400 mark. “We’ve drive an hour and [...]

  • Bowl for Florida Boxer Rescue

    Updated: 2010-08-20 05:51:40
    Florida Boxer Rescue is having the All or Nubbin’ Bowl-A-Rama, a fundraiser to benefit its “silver-senior” boxers, at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21,  at the Carter Family Bowl & Pizza, 715 S. Dillard St., in Winter Garden. Several teams are short on bowlers, or people can form their own team. The cost is $30 for two [...]

  • Pets welcome at Stetson dorm

    Updated: 2010-08-20 04:13:19
    We told you in January about Stetson University’s plans to make Nemec Hall a pet-friendly dormitory at the start of the fall term. Well, the pets and their students have settled in and are enjoying the new digs. You can read all about it and watch a video by clicking here.

  • Lost: Lab named Harley

    Updated: 2010-08-20 04:03:46
    Kathy McDonald of Fruitland Park is desperately hoping someone will find her Labrador retriever, Harley, who got away from the Leesburg Veterinary Hospital while the family was on vacation. Kathy found out Harley had gone AWOL when the family returned home. She has put out fliers, posted her loss on Facebook and checked animal shelters [...]

  • Fundraising workshop for animal welfare groups

    Updated: 2010-08-19 06:02:00
    From The Philanthropy Team: The SPCA of Central Florida will play host for a certified fundraising workshop for animal welfare employees on Monday, Sept. 27, at the SPCA’s shelter, 2727 Conroy Road in Orlando. The workshop is being given by The Philanthropy Team, a fundraising and marketing company that specializes in animal welfare and has given this presentation in [...]

  • Reptile rules revisions ready to take effect

    Updated: 2010-08-19 05:44:36
    From the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: A new law on certain nonnative reptiles in Florida went into effect July 1, and new regulations on these same species will take effect Monday, Aug. 23.  The  National Reptile Breeders Expo in Daytona Beach from Friday through Sunday, Aug. 20-22, is a good place to learn more about [...]

  • Lap dogs pose danger to drivers

    Updated: 2010-08-19 05:18:23
    If you drive with your pets, it’s best to keep them in safety harnesses or carriers. Your lap is definitely not the safest place for them. A study released Wednesday, Aug. 18, warns that lap dogs and other unrestrained pets pose a major distraction to drivers and could have deadly results. About two-thirds of dog owners surveyed [...]

  • Your pets: Swamp dog

    Updated: 2010-08-18 21:42:12
    Bauer, a 4-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel named after Jack Bauer of “24” fame, is a “major Gator,” says Nikki Patrick of Orlando. Bauer looks as if he’s ready for some football as he poses in the Swamp for Nikki’s son, Nick Patrick, a recent law-school graduate of University of Florida. Nikki says Bauer is [...]

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