Crate Training Your Puppy

Search for: A TIME FOR PAWS Crate Training Your Puppy Thoughts of puppies are dominating my life right now since we have a new puppy in our lives. One of our first concerns was how to address crate training. For those of you who do not know or have forgotten, crate...

Picking a Dog Breed

Search for: A TIME FOR PAWS Picking a Dog Breed Spring represents many things to us, such as the greening of the world around us and new life. For me, since I am a veterinarian, the new life aspect to spring brings to mind all of the new puppies that I will get to...

Outside the Litter Box

Search for: A TIME FOR PAWS Outside the Litter Box Why do indoor cats go to the bathroom outside of the litter box? I wish there were an easy answer to this question. However, the psyche of cats is usually not an easy thing to decipher. Sometimes, there is an easy...

Anxiety in Dogs

Search for: A TIME FOR PAWS Anxiety in Dogs It seems as if I have been seeing many more anxious dogs over the last few years than I did earlier in my veterinary career. Why are so many dogs anxious? And what can we do to help them or even prevent this from occurring?...