Ice Cubes and Frozen Items for dogs?

Ice Cubes and Frozen Items for dogs?

PLEASE do NOT give your dogs ice cubes or other frozen items in the heat to cool them down. Ice cubes do not cool dogs down.Giving ice cubes to dogs in the heat has the opposite effect of cooling. The canine anterior hypothalamus is triggered to warm up the body...
Healthy Pet Recipes for Dogs

Healthy Pet Recipes for Dogs

Have you ever come across a time where you’ve asked, “I wonder whether what I’m feeding my dog is actually good?” Most commercial pet foods these days include so much fillers – eg. processed parts of other animals, that it has become difficult for consumers to figure...
Guy Fawkes – keeping your pets safe

Guy Fawkes – keeping your pets safe

With Guy Fawkes on the 5th of November, SPCA would like to remind pet owners that this time of the year can be highly distressing to animals.Each year SPCA receives dozens of calls relating to fireworks, including: animal injuries, frightened animals, missing pets...
Pets get allergies too

Pets get allergies too

Your dog has been scratching non-stop and your cat has an ear infection. Again. The bad news is that allergies among pets are on the increase. So what can you do about it?”Quite a lot, actually,” says Dr Ninette Keller, specialist veterinarian and lecturer...
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