Pet Talk with Vicki Davis

Does your sudden appearance in the kitchen at your dog's mealtime elicit a glare and a growl? Does a gift of rawhide or marrow bone send your usually mild-mannered canine diving under the nearest coffee table while snarling, "Grrr, mine!"? If these scenarios sound familiar to you, your dog is suffering from canine possession aggression (CPA), also known as food or object guarding...

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Guidelines to Help Protect Your Pets From Cold Weather...

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As primates, we humans are big on eye contact. We can’t help but gaze into a cute dog’s eyes (especially those of our own beloved pooches!), but eye contact is actually an unnatural behavior for canines. In fact, some dogs find eye contact downright intimidating!

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What could be more nerve-racking than fixing dinner for your new boss and her husband? You put tons of effort into making sure that everything is just perfect. But no sooner have you hung up their coats than your adolescent sheep dog, Hughie, grasps Mrs. Boss's thigh in his forelegs and ardently "welcomes" her to your home...

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Surprising as it may seem, few young birds need human intervention in order to survive.  In many cases, the most successful strategy is to leave young birds alone.  However, if they appear ill or...

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Just over 25 years ago a hunter in Washington State discovered something incredible. He had taken his yellow lab pup out to hunt for the very first time. As he watched, he saw something that amazed him ...

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Every spring and summer hundreds of young, orphaned animals are brought to wildlife rehabilitators. Often these animals are not true orphans. Here is some information on identifying, caring for and transporting orphaned mammals... 

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Previously, Menu Foods  had recalled only cat and dog food made at its plants in New Jersey and Kansas, saying they were its only facilities to have taken delivery of imported wheat gluten later found contaminated with melamine...

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Our relationship with a pet can be one of the truest experiences of friendship we ever encounter. Their love is unconditional. When others disappoint you, they are at your side to make us laugh, lend an ear and in general, do what they can to soothe us. So when this pet dies...

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This wild rabbit does not have horns, big whiskers or dread locks...

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Very young baby birds (nestlings) have no feathers, and they cannot perch or feed themselves. They need their parents to take care of them and keep them warm. If you find a very young baby bird...

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Fido used to come when you called him and now he doesn't -- what's with that? Here's a  suggestion for when your dog starts to ignore your "come" command...

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The shelter receives many calls related to a pet's unacceptable or disruptive behaviors. Separation Anxiety is a common reaction of pets, especially dogs, when left alone for long periods of time. Owners are plagued by the disruptive behaviors that...

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The old theory that one year in the life of the dog is equivalent to seven years in the life of a human has been abandoned. The new scale...

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A recipe to remove skunk odor...

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