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Amy Shojai, CABC, Pet Expert & Award-Winning Author

DWAA Hall of Fame & AVMA Veterinary Media Award Winner 

Dog Vomiting: How to Treat Puppy Vomiting At Home

Dog Vomiting: How to Treat Puppy Vomiting At Home

A vomiting dog or puppy vomiting can be very dangerous for your pet, and while we don’t like to talk about it, pet vomit is a fact of life. Dogs tend to vomit more readily than almost all other animals. (The cats just started snickering . . . ) When we brought a new puppy into our house, we became even more alert to the issue.

Water Binging Vomit

Bravo-Dawg used to vomit due to high-energy play immediately after eating–or gulping down buckets of water. We learned to keep him calm for at least a half-hour after meals, and to interrupt his water-binging antics.

With tiny puppies, it’s even more important for them to get a health evaluation more quickly since they can get even sicker quicker than the bigger or adult dogs. Puppy vomiting is even more serious when accompanied by diarrhea. It’s important to understand why dogs vomit, and whether or not to treat puppy vomiting at home.

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Get the Sweet Smell of Success Choosing a New Cat Litter: Here’s How

Get the Sweet Smell of Success Choosing a New Cat Litter: Here’s How

For those of us who live with cats, and especially multi-cat households, choosing new cat litter is a very big deal. My Seren-Kitty (age 20!) and Karma-Kat had very different potty behavior, with the expected stink-icity. Cat litter odor offends us all, so it’s important to choose a new cat litter wisely. Read about kinds of litter and the history of litter here.

NOTE: This is an update of an older post. Even though Seren-Kitty has transitioned to her next life, much of the information remains helpful.

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Dream Big, Be You: What Do You Want To Be?

Dream Big, Be You: What Do You Want To Be?

I didn't start out to be a writer, so how the @#$%^&*! did I end up here? I just heard from the Cat Writers' Association that my fiction book HIT AND RUN just won a Certificate of Excellence Award, with consideration for a Muse Medallion. I always wanted to write...

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You. Are. Enough! How to Handle Rejection

You. Are. Enough! How to Handle Rejection

I'm feeling philosophical today, after a disappointing experience a few weeks ago. Doesn't matter what that might be (plenty disappointments come along, that's life). But I also feel guilty for feeling bad--cuz I'm way more fortunate than many. So I'm revisiting how...

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