Category: Behaviour
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Inappropriate Urination in Cats Part I: Help! My cat is peeing too much! By Dr. Emma Bush
One of the strongest and most offensive smells in the home is that of cat urine, particularly when it is outside of the litter box. Inappropriate urination is a common cause of cat-owner strife, culminating in putting feline pets outdoors, rehoming or even euthanasia! But what causes your cat to urinate outside of the litter…
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Hallowe’en with Your Pet- By Dr. Emma Bush
In just over a week, we will be donning costumes and face paint, lighting our jack-o’-lanterns, and putting candy, chips and chocolate by the door in preparation for a night of trick-or-treating. We prepare ourselves, our children and our homes for Hallowe’en, but how do we prepare our pets? Caring for our pets and having…
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Back to School (the vet) (Part 1): Fear-Free Vet Visits
By Dr. Emma Bush It is fall and the kids are back in school! Just like the nervousness that your child may struggle with when going into the new environment of a new class or a new school; your pet too can be anxious when going to the vet. Anything out of the ordinary can…
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5 Ways to HAVE FUN with your Cat!
Cats have acquired many reputations as their media portrayal is always changing, but a persistent belief that continues to show up is that cats are lazy and uncooperative. Some people would probably say, “If you want a fun animal, get a dog!” The truth is that there are many ways to engage with cats to…
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Feces eating in Dogs and Cats: Why do they do that?!!
Eating feces (known as coprophagia) is a frustrating thing. You may have a dog or cat that is constantly trying to eat their own (or others) feces and unfortunately this can be a hard habit to break. There is nothing worse than chasing your dog around the backyard as he playfully runs away, or seeing…
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Crazy Things Pets Eat!
In the run of a year, we find ourselves needing to do surgery on both dogs and cats to remove “foreign bodies” from their digestive tract because for some reason they thought they should eat things they shouldn’t! Here are some of the most common, and some of the strangest things, we have seen. …