Healthy Pets

When one of our loves, Ally, became lethargic and wouldn’t eat we rushed her to our veterinarian. Tests were run and we were told that Ally had kidney disease. We were stunned. How could a 4-year-old lab that was the picture of health one week earlier be dying from kidney disease? Not believing that this was to be Ally’s fate we took her to the Carolina Vet specialists who confirmed the first prognosis. There was nothing to be done. They recommended that Ally be put down. We refused.

It happened again. We were out walking our dogs on our recent trip and we pass by the person who has the ten pound dog off leash going for a stroll. The dog owner had no leash, no cleanup up bags and quite frankly no consideration for others.

Most of us are animal lovers. More specifically, we are dog lovers. We remember the dog we had as a kid and we probably remember how sad we were when we found out that our faithful friend died. For many of us, the saying, "man's best friend" rings true. When we bring our dog home we focus on training him the basic commands like sit, stay and come. We also realize that there are lessons for us to learn. One valuable lesson focuses on dog bite prevention.