Pet Care - PetsLady.com

While “Puppy Dust” sounds and kinda looks like a new flea control product, it is actually a fantastic way to make any mealtime into a special treat for your canine pal. This all-natural, easy to use food enhancer has plenty of practical uses that any pampered pooch would enjoy.

As most dog owners know, some dogs just need their space -- whether it is because they are shy or afraid, or because they are recovering from illness or injury. The Yellow Dog Project is spreading the word and trying to create a safer environment for these dogs by getting their owners to tie a yellow ribbon around the leash so that others know to be careful of approaching the dog and to keep their dogs away.

I know what you’re thinking, and I’m totally onboard: “Petchup” and “Meowstard” are both ridiculous names… Ridiculously awesome! There are plenty of good reasons to buy condiments to compliment your dog or cat’s kibble, but bragging to your friends that you slather kitty’s breakfast with Meowstard comes close to topping the list.

If you’re looking for an exotic companion that will take away some of the thunder from dog and cat owners and their adorably fuzzy friends, there are plenty of viable options to choose from depending on where you live. For example, throughout most of the United States, you could adopt an iguana, hedgehog or macaw and you’d turn heads as the most unique pet owner on the block. However, there are some nature fans who try to raise the bar by bringing home a creature that they probably shouldn’t, like today’s featured fauna: The Howler Monkey.

The Biggest Shedder might lose a pound of hair in the summer time, but this Biggest Shedder contest is about pounds - the real kind of weight loss. If your cat or dog is overweight, you can both get motivated now with a national pet weight loss contest, The Biggest Shedder, sponsored by Blue Veterinary Partners, a provider of veterinary internships and residency programs.

If you gave your horses a chance to pick which kind of music they preferred, would it be classical, jazz, rock, or country music?  British researchers at the Hartpury College in Gloucester, England, have researched this for you. The horses didn't dance or bob their heads in coordinated rhythm, but they did give away their preferences.

The Hartz Mountain Corporation, makers of Hartz Chicken Chews and Hartz Oinkies® Pig Skin Twists (pig skins wrapped in chicken) dog treats, pulled those products off store shelves yesterday in response to the company's own findings of contamination in the products. These two chicken products, like many other chicken treats made in China, were found to contain residue of unapproved antibiotics in them.

Nobody pampers their pets like the Japanese do, and there's no spa treatment more pampering than an “Animal Ayurveda” full-body aloe & herb mud pack.

The city of Boulder, Colorado, and its residents have spent decades working to create an environment filled with nature to compliment the beautiful views of the Rocky Mountains and the iconic Flatirons that tower over the valley. Open space and green belt areas, as well as a plethora of hiking and biking trails surround and wend through the city environs. For the most part, residents have gotten used to living cheek by jowl with the wildlife that comes with these areas, but the coyotes are taking things just a bit too far.

Nearly every day another pet food company is recalling its jerky treats for dogs; there are so many recalls of treats made in China, and even some supposedly made in the U.S., that I have alligned myself with the make-it-yourself crowd.  I buy and use the same ingredients for my dog as I do for myself from the same grocers. Here are the tools I use and a make-your-dog-go-nuts recipe for chicken jerky.