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Healthy pets are happy pets. Find news, videos and advice about your four-legged family member.

  • 5 reasons why you shouldn't raise wild animals as pets

    Tue, May 31, 2011 8:00 AM by Jenn Savedge

    Should you try to rescue that abandoned baby bunny or bird? Absolutely not, and here's why.

  • PTSD Service Dogs

    Facebook challenge grant aims to donate 100 service dogs to vets with PTSD

    Fri, May 27, 2011 11:30 AM by John Platt

    For every 5,000 Facebook likes, a service dog will be donated to a war veteran in need.

  • Dog crawls home on broken legs 3 weeks after Alabama tornadoes

    Thu, May 26, 2011 1:06 PM

    Video: Mason was blown away during the storms, but he finally made his way home on two broken legs.

  • A beagle drinks from a puddle.

    Why dogs are sloppy drinkers

    Wed, May 25, 2011 12:15 PM by LiveScience

    Dogs, like cats, use physics to drink, according to a new study that uses X-ray video to peer inside the mouth of a drinking dog.

  • How do I safely approach a stray dog?

    Wed, May 25, 2011 10:35 AM by Morieka Johnson

    Caution, patience and preparation go a long way in helping a lost pup find its way home.

  • Young girl with a puppy

    Girls and puppies partner in NYC's Unleashed

    Mon, May 23, 2011 2:00 PM by Jenn Savedge

    NYC program pairs middle school girls with stray puppies and offers both guidance and direction.

  • 11 of the bravest dogs in history

    11 of the bravest dogs in history

    Mon, May 23, 2011 12:10 PM by Noel Kirkpatrick

    We highlight some of the bravest dogs in history, from a black poodle who fought in the Napoleonic Wars to the Belgian Malinois involved in the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound.

  • Survivor: My dogs warned me of tornado

    Mon, May 23, 2011 10:15 AM

    Video: Tornado survivor Ken Ayton says he credits his dogs with helping him to survive the deadly tornado that claimed at least 89 lives in Joplin, Mo.

  • A dog is blessed by a priest in the church of San Anton in Madrid.

    Dog, bless you: U.S. church exalts man's best friend

    Sun, May 22, 2011 5:57 PM by Karin Zeitvogel, AFP

    The annual blessing of the dogs is a way to introduce more people to the National City Christian church in Washington.

  • pet dog swimming in flood waters

    Disasters squeeze animal shelters, but reunions bring joy

    Sun, May 22, 2011 3:36 PM by Peggy Gargis, Reuters

    The large number of pets displaced by tornadoes and flood waters this spring is straining animal shelters in the Southeast.

  • Dog in a bath

    How to outsmart your pet

    Sun, May 22, 2011 12:02 AM by WomansDay.com

    Get solutions for giving medication, soothing a bleeding nail and dodging the post-bath shake.

  • Smoke the Donkey

    Marines' donkey mascot comes to U.S. after Iraq rescue

    Wed, May 18, 2011 3:30 PM by David Hendee, Reuters

    Donkey was declared a 'therapy animal' so it could stay with Marines while in Iraq.

  • elderly woman holding pet dog

    Atheists offer pet rescue after judgment day

    Wed, May 18, 2011 2:03 PM by Agence France-Presse

    Enterprising atheists set up a business to care for the pets of Christians who go to heaven when judgment day comes — which some say will be May 21.

  • How do I make the vet less scary for my pets?

    Wed, May 18, 2011 8:15 AM by Morieka Johnson

    Some positive, non-probing experiences at the vet can go a long way in soothing an anxious dog or cat.

  • Denise Richards

    Denise Richards adopts blind dog

    Tue, May 17, 2011 1:06 PM by Michael d'Estries

    Actress picked up the new pooch from an animal shelter after mourning the loss of another family pet.

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