The Petzine

For Dogs & Cats

Frontline Top Spot (fipronil)
Labeled for: Adult fleas, chewing lice, and ticks. Also may be used as an aid in the control of sarcoptic mange.
Method: Topical
Works in: less than 24 hours from application. Fleas will die within 18 hours of contact with your treated pet, and ticks will die within 48 hours.
Lasts for: at least 4 weeks (but up to three months in dogs, and six weeks in cats)
Approved for dogs and cats 8 weeks and older, and [...]

I know from experience that most pet owners could never dream that their dog or cat would bite somebody. But the reality is, when a dog or a cat is battling an extreme fear of a situation, the natural instinct is to protect themselves and protect you by biting or scratching. This is very, very common when pets go to the veterinarian. Handling it responsibly requires you to set aside all personal embarrassment or surprise, in order for the veterinary [...]

Submitted by beckyogg

The other week, my boyfriend and I were sitting at the bottom of my stairs, cuddling and acting cute and doing our usual sickeningly sweet act. My orange tabby, Apollo, decided that we weren’t the only ones who could have fun on the stairs.

Submitted by mazsdps

I rescued a poodle I named Dexter. He has quite the personality and loves everyone and everything except dogs or cats on TV. We we watching the Animal Planet one evening and out of nowhere Dexter starts barking at the tv and jumping about 4 ft in the air. When the show was over he started going around to the back of the tv, I guess he thought they would come out that way.

Well, that was about [...]

Submitted by Egad!

Our cat, Tom, has always been an odd duck. Shes just a regular tabby cat that we got from the local rescue/pound/whathave you. Shes not terribly friendly but can be very affectionate and vocal when she deems it is time for pets.

Anywho, I grew up with a plastic dollhouse, fairly small rooms. Tom decides she wants to explore. So she hops up onto the table it is sitting on and pokes her head in the one of [...]

Trimming your pet’s nails is a great idea, and by doing so, there are many benefits to be enjoyed. Scratches won’t be nearly as painful, you can eliminate the “click-clack” as your pet walks along the hard wood floor, and your pet can enjoy health benefits as well, such as reducing the amount of strain put on joints from the nails curling the foot pad at an upward angle. This can help reduce arthritis in the future. Unfortunately, many pet [...]

Submitted by Chajara

Our cat, Tarquin, has a bit of a habit of getting into things. The apartment building hallway, closets, cabinets, behind the entertainment center where all the wires are, into my bedroom closet where my plants and a bunch of junk lurk, anything he’s not supposed to be in that he probably can’t get out of by himself.
His new thing lately is the tops of doors.

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Submitted by Serella

My family used to keep guinea pigs when I was a kid, and our very first pair was male-female, due to pet store missexing. Well, one thing led to another and we ended up with a few more pigs. We ended up keeping two, a pair of females. Each of the four guinea pigs lived in their own cages and occasionally we’d swap around a shoebox with one end cut off as a little house for them.

Now, our [...]

Submitted by Cuckoo

I had to change states for college, but my mom has 2 cats and a dog. (gray tabbies, boston terrier.) The Boston’s name is Poochy - shut up, I named her when I was 12 - and despite being 8 1/2 years old she still has freakish levels of puppy energy and is obsessed with playtime. All of the animals get along fine, and of course since I moved out the house they all want mom’s attention when [...]

Ear infections, most often known in the medical world as “otitis externa”, are extremely common in all breeds of dogs. Cats and dogs with small, stand-up ears are less likely to deal with ear infections, but it can happen. As someone with a cocker spaniel mix, I know all about the pains of dealing with long, floppy ears and the chronic ear problems that come with them. The good news is that there are a number of inexpensive ways of [...]