Raising Your Paws Blog
Why Your Dog May Not Listen To You. (Blog #99 – repeat of Blog 12)
Does your dog tend to ignore your cues and commands and basically do whatever they want? If so, you may be accommodating them too much. This is when you let them do whatever they want - whenever they want, most of the time. And this means that when you do ask...
How to Deter Attacking Dogs. (Blog #96)
In this week's podcast episode I tell the story of an incident that happened in my town recently where two dogs broke free from the person that was walking them, and wound up attacking two other different dogs being walked, causing injuries to both the canines and the...
Preventing Children From Getting Bitten By Dogs. (Blog # 95)
We have gotten good at teaching children that they need to ask a person if they can pet their dog before they come close to do so. For the last few years, every child that Rosy and I come upon on our walks, politely asks me if they can pet her. What we don’t think...
How To Pleasantly Groom A Cat (Blog # 95)
In this week’s episode of Raising Your Paws, (listen below) I talked about cat hairballs, why and how they are formed, the two ways your cat gets rid of them and the best thing to do to greatly reduce how often your cat has hairballs. Prevent your cat from swallowing...
How to Stop the Cat from Yowling or Excessively Meowing. (Blog #93)
Does your cat prevent you from sleeping at night or wake you up in the morning with its very loud, piercing yowls or by constant excessive meowing? In this weeks’ podcast episode, I talked about the various reasons a cat will yowl or start meowing more than usual. You...
What to Expect from An Adolescent Dog. (Blog #92)
If your puppy is between 6 - 8 months old, (11 months or older in larger breeds) you may have noticed its cute, compliant and quiet behavior has changed. Almost overnight, your "baby" has gotten rebellious, noisy, is breaking the rules, ignores you AND has an...
Reasons to Get a Small Breed Dog. (Blog # 89)
Nine reasons to get a small breed dog. By no means do I want you to think that I prefer small dogs to larger ones. I don’t. I think all dogs can be wonderful and admire all sizes, breeds and mixed mutts. My dog Rosy is a medium sized mix of Shetland Sheepdog, German...
Dr. Kwane Stewart, the “Street Vet” Talks with Raising Your Paws. (Vlog #88)
Have you heard of the Vet that walks the streets of L. A. in California looking for people that live there that have pets that might need some vet care? Dr. Kwane Stewart has been on numerous TV talk shows lately and can be found all over social media. He also just...
Allergic to Cats? You and Felines Can Co-Exist. (Blog #87)
Are you allergic to cats but love the creatures? That means you either have one living with you and suffer through the symptoms (it was congestion and headaches for me with my cat, Willie) or you have resigned yourself to no feline company. Maybe this describes you -...
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