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Pet danger zones to avoid during summer – PetsOnBoard.com

Summer in the city can be dangerous for pets.Hot cars, swimming pools with steep sides or waterfront docks, and picnics where dogs can sneak a helping of raisins or grapes...

Search Continues For Missing Dog After Tornado – PetsOnBoard.com

A Murray State student who lost most of his belongings in a tornado earlier this month has continued his search for his beloved dog, who was torn from his arms...

How To Keep Your Pet Safe This Summer – PetsOnBoard.com

While you’re having fun in the summer heat, make sure your pet does also, says Joey Teixeira, senior manager, ASPCA Adoption Center, along with his outrageously cute dog, Mervin the...

Massive snake slithers out of ladies’ room toilet in Australia, becomes your next nightmare – PetsOnBoard.com

There are a lot of really — really — good reasons to look before you sit when visiting a public restroom. But park rangers at Australia’s Charles Darwin National Park...

Couple found love while rescuing chimps in the Congo – PetsOnBoard.com

Eight years ago, Laura Darby was offered the chance to move to the Congo and research chimps in the wild.The opportunity was Darby’s dream, but there was one problem. She...

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Does Your Pet Need to go on a Diet? PetsOnBoard.com

There’s a good chance that your pet is too fat. A startling new study finds that over half of America’s pet population is overweight or obese. That’s about 89 million...

Canadian airlines let wildfire evacuees bring pets onboard | PetsOnBoard.com

As thousands of Fort McMurray residents were forced to flee the devastating wildfire, two Canadian airlines ensured no four-legged friend was left behind.WestJet and Canadian North have been letting evacuees from the stricken city bring their...

Siberian husky throws hilarious bath-time temper tantrum -PetsOnBoard.com

“But mom … I don’t want to get out of the bathtub yet!”If you’re a parent (or have given any child a bath, for that matter), you’ve probably heard a...

5 Affordable Alternatives to Pet Boarding-PetsOnBoard.com

Summer is just around the corner and you can’t stop daydreaming about getting away for the week. There is only one problem. What are you going to do with your...

Texas girl laughs off viral goose attack photo: ‘It’s so funny!’ – PetsOnBoard.com

little girl in Texas is laughing off a recent attack by one of nature’s most ferocious beasts — a goose.Five-year-old Summer Gidden was chasing geese with her friends when the...

Vermont family win battle to keep pet duck – PetsOnBoard.com

MIDDLESEX, Vt. — State game officials have backed down and allowed a woman to keep a 3-year-old wood duck that was brought home by one of her dogs when it...

Pet owners deserve family leave, too | PetsOnBoard.com

Photo: Megan MartinBringing my adopted cat, Jameson, home with me in 2014 was one of the happiest days of my life.Having to go back to work two days later was...

7 Cleaning Tips for Pet Households- PetsOnBoard.com

I’ve been on a passionate spring cleaning and de-cluttering mission recently. It’s made my home feel calmer and more spacious, and it’s been energizing for me personally. That’s not an...

FDA: Tainted pet food more dangerous to people than pets | PetsOnBoard.com

Answers Pet Food got some questions recently from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which it probably did not want to hear.Samples of Detailed Answers Chicken Formula dog food...

Maggie, the ‘world’s oldest dog,’ dies at 30 – PetsOnBoard.com

An Australian sheep dog named Maggie made headlines this week after it was revealed that she passed away at a potentially record-breaking 30-years-old.The elderly pup’s heartbroken owner, dairy farmer Brian...

Is It OK to Mourn On Social Media After Losing a Pet? PetsOnBoard.com

Harper loved squirrels. So hours before their final trip to the vet in November, John Loughney brought the eight-year-old spaniel mix to Capitol Hill’s Garfield Park and watched as she...

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7 pet parenting mistakes -PetsOnBoard.com

Out of all the stupid stuff I did in my 20s, being a bad pet owner is what I’m most ashamed of. Right around the time I was signing a...

Victorian farmer says Farewell, believed to be world’s oldest dog Age 30 – PetsOnBoard.com

Victorian farmer farewells best mate, believed to be world’s oldest dogMel Buttigieg – Yahoo7 News on April 19, 2016, 2:55 pmVIDEO Maggie’s long life with a dash of mystery SHARE...

Firefighters rescue 33 dogs found ‘gasping for air’ in Florida house fire – PetsOnBoard.com

  When firefighters in Broward County, Florida arrived late Thursday at a home on fire, they assumed the evening emergency would include pulling trapped residents to safety.share linkFirefighters rescue 33...

Firefighters rescue guinea pig from burning house, treat him with oxygen – PetsOnBoard.com

Polk County firefighter John Williams was doing a sweep of a single-family home in Mulberry, Florida, that had erupted in flames after a grease fire started in the kitchen on...

Firefighters rescue adorable bear cub ‘Smokey Jr.’ from Florida blaze – PetsOnBoard.com

After a group of Florida firefighters protected several homes and lives by containing a wildfire on Thursday, they had one more tiny rescue to make.Once the fire that spread over...