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Archive for September, 2009
Doctors Find MRSA Can Pass From Pets to Humans
Maybe kissing your pet isn’t such a good idea after all. Doctors have found the superbug MRSA making the jump from pets to humans and back to pets. MRSA, short for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, is a form of staphylococcus bacteria that has become resistant to antibiotics, and can be passed between pet and owner [...]
New Online Microchip Tool
The American Animal Hospital Association reports that it has created the AAHA Universal Pet Microchip Lookup Tool. The free Internet-based resource is designed to help veterinary hospitals, animal control facilities and shelter staff members reunite lost pets with their owners by checking participating pet recovery services’ registries to determine which registry should be contacted. Participating companies include the [...]
Dog Vows to Give Back
Okay, so we all know our pets are darling, but the little guy you see featured here actually has the name “gorgeous” in his name. Meet Bobby Gorgeous. He is vying for the title America’s Cutest Dog. The grand prize is nothing to bark about…a cool one-million bucks. This 5 year old Pomeranian who currently [...]
Vaccinating Your Pet
It’s tragic that a disease as preventable as rabies continues to do so much damage around the world. Perhaps the oldest recognized infectious disease, and quite possibly the first known disease transmissible from animals to people, rabies in humans can be eliminated but still kills more than 55,000 people each year worldwide. That’s why veterinarians [...]
Final Dog Days of Summer
With cooler days and even cooler nights, it is clear summer is winding down. There was a great event in San Diego over the weekend which drew thousands of spectators. The 4th annual Surf Dog Surf-a-Thon is deemed the world’s largest dog surfing event, and raises money for the Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho [...]
