Five Ways Cats Provide Health Benefits
As a nutrition and health coach who also loves animals, I like to say that I specialize in wellness–for BOTH the 4-legged as well as the 2-legged, especially since they experience many of the same...
View ArticleShould You Take Your Cat for her Routine Vet Visits?
A recent survey by the American Animal Hospital Association has revealed an alarming trend: Only 28 percent of cats go to the veterinarian for routine examinations. Dogs fare only slightly better at...
View ArticlePets May Help Autistic Children With Socialization Skills, Study Shows
Just more proof of the way pets can help humans: French researchers studied 260 autistic children and found that giving them a cuddly pet after age five could actually aid socialization, suggesting...
View ArticleTHE WELLNESS CENTERED FAMILY INCLUDES EVERYONE–INCLUDING THE 4-LEGGED FURRY...
For years we’ve been hearing that pets are good for our health and, today, 62 percent of all households in the United States own a dog or a cat. That compares to 56 percent in 1988. In 2011, pet owners...
View ArticleWouldn’t you be grouchy if you had a toothache that wasn’t treated?
February is both National Pet Health Month and National Pet Dental Month. What better way to celebrate than to take your furry little child to the vet for a check-up? A lot of people tend to ignore...
View ArticlePets, our health and happiness: 3 things animals teach people
I first wrote about this subject last March. I’ve been doing an enormous amount of thinking about it lately, especially since I’m constantly drawing correlations between the health needs of humans and...
View ArticleSummer Vacations: Don’t Leave Your Pet Out in the Cold!
To live life to the fullest you have to make the most of every opportunity to explore the world and enjoy yourself. This is exactly the same for our most beloved pets. Domesticated animals suffer from...
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