Ask the Vet: Sore Sockets: Hip Dysplasia
Treating a common canine dilemma
Canine Hip Dysplasia (CHD) is a significant health problem among all dogs. It has been estimated by many veterinarian organizations that up to 30 percent of the canine population are afflicted with this painful hip-socket condition. As a result of the widespread nature of this problem, a non-surgical alternative solution is now available. Read more
Pets Don’t Sweat
Summer heat can be dangerous for dogs
By Robin Brennen
The dog days of summer can be hazardous to your dog. Be a cool owner and help your canine companion beat the heat this summer.
Humans have hundreds of sweat glands which help us cool by releasing moisture that evaporates on the skin’s surface. Read more
Pet of the Month: July 2010
Domino the rabbit has a unique ability to make people smile. He is a certified therapy rabbit, which is rare in a field dominated by dogs. Therapy pets visit hospitals, nursing homes and schools to provide affection to people in need. Read more
Ask the Vet: Tips for Senior Dogs
Keeping your city dog happy and healthy into old age is easy, provided owners follow a few guidelines: Read more
Canine Contest
Photo competition funds guide dog school
Halloween may be months away, but the costumes are on at Beacon Paint and Hardware.
Since February, the family-run store, on Amsterdam Avenue between West 77th and 78th streets, has exchanged its window display of tools and paint cans for a collection of framed photos of neighborhood dogs dressed up as anything from a pumpkin to “Dogth Vader” and even a trumpet. Read more
Pet of the Month: June 2010
Like so many out-of-towners, Peek-A-Boo has fallen in love with New York. The Pekingese, who hails from Phoenix, Ariz., is here for the summer with owner Sherry Sklar, staying in an Upper West Side vacation home. Sklar said one of Peek-A-Boo’s favorite activities is visiting Central Park and ripping the grass between his toes—a pastime he can rarely enjoy in the deserts of the southwest.
—Max A. Goldstein
Screens Save Lives: Preventing High Rise Syndrome in Pets
Ah, the warm air of spring. New Yorkers celebrate by opening their windows wide—and veterinary hospitals brace for an influx of severely injured felines. Read more
Puppy Love
What pets can teach owners about relationships
By Shannon Geis
Several years ago, Sheryl Matthys noticed that it was much easier to meet people when accompanied by her 11-and-a-half-year-old greyhound, Shiraz. These conversations with other dog lovers during her walks on the streets of New York led her to start a series of “Leashes and Lovers” events that she has been hosting since 2003 all over Manhattan.
Word travels around the dog community fast, and pretty soon Matthys had a website (leashesandlovers.com) with an online community connecting dog lovers from all over the country. Read more
Dogs on the Catwalk
FIT fashion show focuses on pet industry
By Samuel Chamberlain
These dogs looked fierce coming down the runway.
Decked out in designs by students in the Fashion Institute of Technology’s pet product design and marketing professional development certificate program, the 14 model dogs married New Yorkers’ love of pets and fashion. “Last Bark For Bryant Park,” produced for the second year by undergraduates majoring in advertising and market communications, was held the evening of April 12 at the Fashion Institute of Technology, on West 27th Street. Read more
Pet of the Month: March 2010
Murphy, a Boston Terrier, in the Snowpocalypse, Photo by Seth Alexander Lassman
