Healthy Living For Today

A couple in the northwest McHenry County suburb of Harvard are accused of mistreating five horses on their property. John F. Lekich and Carla Pruitt Lekich, … pet health dog enthusiast cat enthusiast bird enthusiast pet enthusiast

Destructive behavior, such as scratching furniture, is one of the leading reasons people give up on pet cats. Declawing is one method of addressing the problem, but what if you don’t want to declaw your cat, or live in an area that doesn’t allow the procedure? Dr. Bonnie Beaver, a veterinary behaviorist and past president [...]

Have you ever been out walking with your dog when you spot one or more other dogs, off-leash and with or without an owner, coming towards you? Here’s a tip for handling that situation. Of course, if your dog is perfectly socialized, there probably won’t  be any issue. Or if you know those dogs and [...]

The other evening, we happened to catch a PBS program called Through a Dog’s Eyes. It’s the story of Jennifer Arnold and others, who have overcome an amazing number of obstacles to found and run a place outside of Atlanta called Canine Assistants (link to its website). There, Jennifer Arnold, her brother, her veterinarian husband, [...]