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Featured Articles
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How To Help the Animal Shelter Crisis
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20 Dog Boredom Busters: What To Do When Your Dog Is Bored
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Ten Siberian Husky Behavior Problems
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Dog Cones: All You Need To Know (Plus Cone Alternatives)
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My Dog Bit Someone, Now What?
My Dog Bit Someone, Now What?
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How Much Does It Cost to Adopt a Dog?
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How to Become a Pet Sitter
How to Become a Pet Sitter
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How to Protect Yourself From the Top Pet Scams
How to Protect Yourself From the Top Pet Scams
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How to Find a Lost Dog
How to Find a Lost Dog
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Golden Rules For Giving Cat Treats
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Estate Planning for Your Pets: What To Do Now (Before It's Too Late!)
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Home Security: Does Having a Dog Help?
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Danger Alert: How cold is too cold for a dog to be left outside?
Danger Alert: How cold is too cold for a dog to be left outside?
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Ode to Daisy: the Yellow Rescue Lab Who Stole Our Hearts
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Dog Photography Tips for Your Holiday Cards
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Do Dogs Dream? Should You Let Sleeping Dogs Lie?
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The Truth About Puppy Dog Eyes and What They Do to Us
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Why a Microchip Can Save Your Dog's Life
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Five Ways You and Your Cat Can Go Green
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Traveling With Your Dog? Know The Rules Of The Road
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Message To All Fathers: Give Your Kids Wings
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All You Ever Wanted to Know About Dog Poop But Were Afraid to Ask
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Say Hello to Veterinary House Calls for Your Cat
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Shelter Dog Spots Girl Having an Anxiety Attack and Rushes To Help
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Danger Alert: How cold is too cold for a dog to be left outside?
Danger Alert: How cold is too cold for a dog to be left outside?

The moment the mercury starts to drop reports about dogs left out in the cold start coming in, sometimes the stories are horrifying.

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Healthy Heart, Healthy Start: How to Keep Your Dog's Ticker Ticking
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COVID-19 and Cats: What You Need to Know
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Sniffing Below the Surface
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Does Your Dog Need Liability Insurance?
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Woman Brings Entire Sanctuary Inside House to Survive Winter Storm
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Featured Videos
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Operation Delta Dog: Rescuing Dogs and Helping Veterans
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Pet CPR Demonstration
Pet CPR Demonstration
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Amazing rescue: Coast Guard saves dog swept out to sea
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Hannah the Lab
Dog is so worried when her best pup pal has to go to the vet
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Guy asks girl to prom with the help of some rescued kittens
Guy asks girl to prom with the help of some rescued kittens
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Amazing video: Women and dog narrowly saved from rapidly rising floodwaters
Amazing video: Women and dog narrowly saved from rapidly rising floodwaters
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Merlin the Duck, Walkin' Pets by HandicappedPets.com
Rescued duck gets new wheels (If you want to smile you've got to see this video!)
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Dog saved from shelter after having motor oil poured on her face
Dog saved from shelter after having motor oil poured on her face
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How often should you brush your dog's teeth? And how the heck do you do it?
How often should you brush your dog's teeth? And how the heck do you do it?
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Volunteers say finding Rosa, the missing rescue dog, is a holiday miracle
Volunteers say finding Rosa, the missing rescue dog, is a holiday miracle
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How to perform the pet Heimlich maneuver
How to perform the pet Heimlich maneuver
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Facebook Live: Pet CPR demonstration
Facebook Live: Pet CPR demonstration
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Facebook Live: Spay and neuter myths and misunderstandings
Facebook Live: Spay and neuter myths and misunderstandings
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Facebook Live: "Ask the Vet" How much exercise does your dog need?
Facebook Live: "Ask the Vet" How much exercise does your dog need?
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Facebook Live: How to make your shelter No Kill with Dr. Ellen Jefferson
Facebook Live: How to make your shelter No Kill with Dr. Ellen Jefferson

Dr. Ellen Jefferson helped Austin, Texas become a no-kill community. Watch for tips on how to make a difference in your city or town.

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Facebook Live: Why you should microchip your pet
Facebook Live: Why you should microchip your pet

Why you should microchip your pet.

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Facebook Live: Man takes over city shelter and saves all the animals
Facebook Live: Man takes over city shelter and saves all the animals

This man took over a city shelter and saved all the animals!

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Facebook Live: Dog shot makes recovery and is up for adoption
Facebook Live: Dog shot makes recovery and is up for adoption

Mission Miracle K9 Rescue saves a dog who was shot. Hear Grace's incredible story.

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Facebook Live: Pet Hospice
Facebook Live: Pet Hospice

Facebook live about pet hospice with Dr. Dani McVety. 

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Facbeook Live: Secrets on how to get your dogs to like baths
Facbeook Live: Secrets on how to get your dogs to like baths

How to get your dog to actually like baths!

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Facebook Live: Ask the Trainer
Facebook Live: Ask the Trainer

Many common dog training questions answered. 

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Live from dog swim therapy
Live from dog swim therapy

Live from dog swim therapy.

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Live from Happy Hooves Healing Hearts Animal Sanctuary
Live from Happy Hooves Healing Hearts Animal Sanctuary

Live from Happy Hooves Healing Hearts Animal Sanctuary

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Live from the American Pets Alive! No Kill Conference: How to start a foster program
Live from the American Pets Alive! No Kill Conference: How to start a foster program

How to start a foster program in your community. 

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Live with Austin Pets Alive! featuring their Canine Good Citizen pit bull program
Live with Austin Pets Alive! featuring their Canine Good Citizen pit bull program

Live at Austin Pets Alive, featuring their Canine Good Citizen pit bull training program. 

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Live on Cambridge Community TV with Survivor Tails Animal Rescue
Live on Cambridge Community TV with Survivor Tails Animal Rescue

Live on Cambridge Community TV with Survivor Tails Animal Rescue.

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Dog flu: Live with what you need to know
Dog flu: Live with what you need to know

All you need to know about the dog flu. 

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Facebook Live: Pet dental health
Facebook Live: Pet dental health

How often should you brush your pet's teeth?  What happens if you don't brush? Those questions and more answered in this ask the vet segement.

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Live from the Scituate Animal Shelter
Live from the Scituate Animal Shelter

Live from the Scituate Animal Shelter's pet food bank.

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Live from the Buddy Foundation animal shelter
Live from the Buddy Foundation animal shelter

Live from the Buddy Foundation in Chicagoland meeting dogs and cats up for adoption. 

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