“Recently, the UK has seen the rise of a campaign known as Ask to Pet. It’s an attempt to bring awareness to the phenomenon of strangers reaching out to interact with dogs in public, without first confirming with the owner that it’s alright for them to do so. For many of us, we don’t see this as much of a problem; after all, our…
You know what really sucks? The flu. We’ve all been there. One minute you’re feeling great, until all of a sudden it starts; the scratchy throat, the sneezing, the runny nose. The body aches are the worst as far as I’m concerned, but for an active young adult like me, maybe that’s to be expected. Either way, regardless of your opinions of the worst…
We tend to fear the things that we don’t know; death, aliens, our new neighbors – it’s almost a rite of passage as human beings. We struggle to come to grips with confusing topics that push our minds to the limits of our understanding, in attempt to soothe our concerns. As pet owners, one of those topics that can often push our understanding is…
When we think about bloat, generally one thing comes to mind: the sensation we get after Thanksgiving dinner when we need to undo our belt a hole and we ask ourselves why we went for the third helping of stuffing. In all fairness, that isn’t the wrong situation under which to be using that term. At its core, bloat is simply, “any abdominal swelling.”…