When I first moved to Nova Scotia I decided to get my first dog. I had always had cats growing up so I wasn’t sure what to expect.

Crate training can be a very useful tool in creating a safe and comfortable place for your puppy. It can help with house-breaking, destructive behaviour and vocalization.

The normal hip joint in dogs is in the form of a ball and socket. Hip dysplasia is a disease that over time breaks down this joint and makes it in imperfect fit.

Fleas are tiny ectoparasites, belonging to the insect family- they like to live on the skin of their hosts, and people tend to notice the ‘Flea Dirt’.

Lyme disease is one of the most common and well-known tick-born diseases in the world. It is a bacteria that can live in the black-legged tick.

A study following therapy dogs over the course of one year, it showed raw-fed dogs were 17 times as likely to be shedding multi-resistant E. coli compared to non-raw-fed dogs.

You are out walking your dog at the park. It’s a lovely afternoon and there are many people and their furry friends enjoying the break from the dreary weather of winter.