It's a sad fact of life that certain small, furry quadrupeds don't make for suitable house pets. |
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Or, he might have to recall all of the pets to whom he gave a substandard dose and revaccinate them at full dosages. |
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Unless we can find a place on the sea, that takes pets, for the same price, we won't be moving. |
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Most people, it should be said, like to name their pets after mythological and legendary figures. |
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First and foremost, they are saved the cost and worry of boarding their pets while they are away. |
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Animal welfare organisations cite allergies and the fear of zoonoses as common reasons for people giving up their pets. |
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To all those parents and teachers that think it's cute and educational to have pets in children's classrooms, listen up! |
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He generally riffed a lot at weddings, making warm jokes about pets or the new wedding china. |
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There are still many thousands of lost or abandoned pets in need of rescue in the areas hit by Hurricane Katrina. |
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An American government advisor kept abandoned deer, squirrels and even a bear as pets on the grounds of his manor. |
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More than 2,500 neglected, unwanted or abandoned exotic pets were seized by inspectors last year. |
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They say they have picked up more than 900 abandoned pets, since the storm ended. |
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Search teams are tonight stepping up their efforts to rescue abandoned pets in New Orleans as well. |
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The two richly dressed infants have brought their pets, as bright-eyed as themselves, with them. |
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All cities have ordinances against unleashed pets, and calling Animal Control about a loose dog will usually get someone to show up. |
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Dog walkers, who exercise their pets in the fields, have complained to the police, claiming substances at the site have poisoned their pets. |
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The dog is small enough to meet the size requirements of leases that put limits on the size of pets. |
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Dogs are prized for hunting purpose, and as watchdogs and as pets, and, further, many dogs have actual commercial and market value. |
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Plus, with its slightly sweet taste, pets will lick the floor or other surfaces. |
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Clever collies Bethan and Pip are man's best friend in two different languages after the pets learned to understand Welsh. |
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Remember that if you smoke in your home or have pets, you may not be able to smell a lingering aroma but your buyer can. |
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Most people are familiar with mice, rats, hamsters, and guinea pigs, which are commonly kept as pets. |
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The shop, which sells donated books and CDs, helps owners on benefits to pay for treatment for sick pets. |
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Dog wardens are going undercover to catch owners who don't clean up after their pets. |
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People turn up in cars to allow their dogs to exercise, which is fine, but then do not clean up after their pets. |
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Sometimes we personalise the titles for the owners, naming them after family members or pets. |
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Children exposed to pets in their first year of life suffer less frequently from allergic rhinitis and asthma. |
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But the RSPCA and other leading animal welfare groups advise people not to keep exotic pets. |
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Diane licks his face and her bushy tail wags with happiness as Louis pets her beautiful fur with gentle strokes. |
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Many pet owners find they are not able to enjoy their vacation when they are forced to leave their pets at a kennel. |
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Homemade diets are also hard to provide for pets who may be kenneled from time to time. |
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Insect repellents for humans and shampoos or collars containing insecticide for pets can help control or reduce tick infestations. |
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Poisoned rodents may still contain undigested rodenticide and their carcasses present a danger to pets and other animals. |
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Pampered pets can relax to the sounds of tranquil music as they recline on miniature lounge furniture in their luxury heated rooms. |
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The dogs included King Charles spaniels, West Highland terriers and Shih-tzus, all popular domestic pets. |
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But of course the owls, along with the centre's other creatures, are hunters red in tooth and claw, and far from suitable as cuddly pets. |
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He said the dogs were treated as working dogs rather than as pets but were still loved by their handlers. |
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So therefore there is no reason they cant be pets rather than working dogs. |
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Such songbirds were considered the most elegant and refined of pets, a living reference to traditional Chinese art and poetry. |
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You can prevent your child from becoming reinfected by deworming your pets and by keeping your child away from areas where pets defecate. |
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Prompt treatment is vital for the well-being of your pets, so ensure you can afford to lay money aside for contingencies such as these. |
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However, most dog lovers do not intend to leash their house pets indefinitely. |
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The literally tens of thousands of dollars spent on pets in this country could be much better spent on feeding the hungry and housing the poor. |
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Moreover, the puppies have not been socialized and tend to act in disturbing and aggressive ways, making them poor risks as pets. |
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How do prospective renters convince landlords that they and their pets are model citizens? |
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If orphaned cubs don't die of cold or hunger, they may be sold as pets or circus animals by hunters or poachers. |
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Automotive products such as gasoline, oil and antifreeze should be stored in areas that are inaccessible to your pets. |
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Furthermore, that could climb as marketers find increasingly more ways to humanise our pets. |
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Thus, owners seeking to recover their lost pets will often look to the civil law for a remedy. |
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The stolen pets change hands within a day or two and are sold to people outside the city limits, which make it very difficult for the owner to trace the stolen pet. |
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Active, lively and rugged, they make fun-loving and gentle pets. |
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There was boggle, the tooth fairy, Sesame Street, family pets, and school plays. |
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Although it is true to say that keeping pigs as pets has been extremely popular, there are not as many pet pigs around at the moment according to a pig organisation. |
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Congress is mulling a bill that would allow pets to ride along with their owners on Amtrak trains. |
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Always keep pets and children off lawns that have been sprayed with weedkillers until the spray has dried and preferably for twenty-four hours afterwards. |
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Supervise children and pets closely around wood stoves and fireplaces. |
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Other safeguards are emerging to keep adoptable pets out of harm's way. |
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But could that be a justifiable reason to go on and ban pets altogether? |
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Elderly women score more favorably on measures of mental health and college-aged women report less loneliness if they live with pets rather than alone. |
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Fluffy does not do well when she goes to the vet, so I would not be able to kennel her because they require pets to have certain shots before they will accept them. |
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Feral cats are the offspring of stray or abandoned household pets. |
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Our little mini apartment at the Beach House hotel is right on the boardwalk where the world and his wife, their babies and assorted pets are jogging. |
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Lamontagne also blames an airline policy that restricts passengers to carrying small dogs, cats and rabbits in cabin while other pets travel in storage. |
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When I was a child I can remember I had kangaroo rats, wallabies, wallaroos, brush wallabies, all different marsupials as pets, and they were really very, very interesting. |
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The problem here is not simply that pet owners anthropomorphically see themselves in their pets. |
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Mr Thorneycroft, 43, doused deadly embers while 20 women and children sheltered in the Kinglake National Park Hotel coolroom with their pets. |
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Marjorie handfeeds one of her many pets, an orphaned joey, at Campbell Town. |
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The electrodes are housed in an insulated or plastic box to prevent accidental injury to humans and pets. |
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Much of her childhood was spent alone and separate from other children, although she spent much time with her pets, whom she adored. |
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One of the more gruesome tactics used was that of the killings of Chagossian pets. |
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The Gilberts had no children, but they had many pets, including some exotic ones. |
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Bulldogs are recognized as excellent family pets because of their tendency to form strong bonds with children. |
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Generally, Bulldogs are known for getting along well with children, other dogs, and other pets. |
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For example, it is not known whether dolphins are more effective than common pets. |
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They also have been introduced to Hawaii, California, and Florida, and often are kept as household pets. |
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They are also caught by recreational fishers, kept as pets, raised by fishkeepers, and exhibited in public aquaria. |
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Ancient Egyptians kept herds of gazelles and addax for meat, and occasionally pets. |
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In their unmodified wild state, red foxes are generally unsuitable as pets. |
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Rodents have been used as food, for clothing, as pets, and as laboratory animals in research. |
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Urbanized European rabbits descended from pets have become pest problems in some cities. |
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Tame badgers can be affectionate pets, and can be trained to come to their owners when their names are called. |
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Despite being closely related to the domestic cat, wildcats have a reputation for being effectively impossible to raise as pets. |
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Wild wolves are sometimes kept as exotic pets and, in some rarer occasions, as working animals. |
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Snakes bred in captivity tend to make better pets and are considered preferable to wild caught specimens. |
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Snakes can be very low maintenance pets, especially compared to more traditional species. |
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Many consider it a weed due its tendency to grow in neglected areas and its sharp, tough thorns which can be hazardous to children and pets. |
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Turtles, particularly small terrestrial and freshwater turtles, are commonly kept as pets. |
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Once in captivity and out of their natural habitat, many pets die or fail to reproduce. |
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Other horse breeds developed specifically for light agricultural work, carriage and road work, various sport disciplines, or simply as pets. |
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Domestication has vastly enhanced the reproductive output of crop plants, livestock, and pets far beyond that of their wild progenitors. |
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Animals domesticated for home companionship are called pets, while those domesticated for food or work are known as livestock. |
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As children, Beatrix and Bertram had numerous small animals as pets which they observed closely and drew endlessly. |
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As with other exotic pets, sound husbandry is essential for captive sugar gliders to flourish. |
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Studies show that professional photos of adoptable pets have a direct impact on their adoptability,'' Tellier said. |
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Most household pets have more of a talent for widdling on the furniture than tinkling on the ivories. |
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Alaskan Malamutes have become popular as family pets, but they were originally bred as sled dogs for work in the Arctic. |
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She raises and trains Yorkshire terriers and miniature dachshunds, not as show dogs, but as family pets. |
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Instead, the pampered pets basked in names such as Zendique Zebedee, Cullykhan Hercules, Filensio Pandora Charm and Alderstar Andro. |
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Raccoon dogs have become increasingly popular as pets in this country in recent years. |
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Extrordinair started operating the animal reception centre last month and the airport has now opened a border inspection post for pets. |
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In the future, the experts concurred, killer applications could be used to book a restaurant reservation or track down your children or pets. |
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It also shares photos of animals it wants to rehouse, as well as using the site to send out messages about microchipping pets. |
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Obyrne said he has transported several kinds of pets from cats and dogs to rabbits and bearded dragons. |
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The loblolly pine pollen that coated your home, car, and pets this spring is the tree's attempt to spread its genes far and wide. |
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Attractions include a Blue Cross dog who will teach children how to take care of their pets, lucky dips and a tombola. |
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Run a black operation to tow pie-shaped discs behind camouflaged aircraft, leave scorch marks in the grass and traumatize pets. |
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Alaskan Malamutes were originally bred as sled dogs for work in the Arctic, but are now popular as family pets. |
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I am worried about other people's pets, but boa constrictors can go without food for months. |
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Radiator boilovers, leaks, spills and improper disposal are common sources for accidental poisonings of pets as well as animals in the wild. |
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The RSPCA visited the Broadways in August last year after acting on a tip off from a member of the public about the poor condition of the pets. |
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Now, my little pesky pets, you're going to travel first-class in your own private compartment all the way to Timbuktu. And this time, you'll never come back. |
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Because there's a whole lot more on the table when it comes to building better pets via the business end of a scalpel. Consider the neuticles some owners clamor for. |
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Tayras can be tamed and make interesting but fairly destructive pets. |
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I have pets too, but not nearly as many as you! Same, same but different! |
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From sunstroke to skin allergies, grass seeds in paws, upset stomachs and lungworm, the number of pets needing treatment rises with the temperature. |
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These are generally believed to have been escaped or released pets that had been held illegally, possibly released after the animals became too difficult to manage. |
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She had numerous pets and spent holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, developing a love of landscape, flora, and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted. |
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Neutering or spaying, which involves removing some of the reproductive organs, is often carried out as a method of birth control in household pets. |
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Trade of animals and plants for food, pets, medicinal purposes, souvenirs and photo props is common across Morocco, despite laws making much of it illegal. |
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The practice of keeping wild animals as pets threatens several species. |
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Bulldogs as pets were continually promoted by dog dealer Bill George. |
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They are the most popular of pets, with tens of millions of dogs, cats and other animals including rabbits and mice kept by families around the world. |
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Companies that sell kits for large-scale domes offer custom options like cupolas, balconies, rectangular additions for extra rooms and even matching minidomes for pets. |
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Cornish names are adopted for children, pets, houses and boats. |
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House sparrows have been kept as pets at many times in history, though they have no bright plumage or attractive songs, and raising them is difficult. |
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I find that I am constantly reminding you to feed your pets. |
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As well as food and pets, domesticated pigeons are used as homing pigeons. |
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Neighbours named the farm as The Klondyke, owned by Sally Hepplethwaite, who keeps a small herd of cattle, sheep and other farmyard animals as pets. |
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It was not too far-fetched to imagine artificially intelligent robots pets in the future that can learn, think and respond on their own, Dr Rault maintained. |
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Bred originally in Germany to hunt wild boar and stags, Weimaraners are now becoming more popular as pets in Britain due to their striking appearance and unique coat colour. |
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Cuttlefish are rarely kept as pets, due in part to their fairly short lifetimes, but the most common to be kept are Sepia officinalis or Sepia bandensis. |
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Being the proud parent of Yoda, a Yorkie, and Hank, a Weimaraner, she has become attuned to the unique nutritional needs of pets, both big and small. |
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Pharmacy groups had generally recommended flushing away these leftovers, arguing that the practice prevents pets and curious children from retrieving drugs from wastebaskets. |
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On Sunday, PDSA Walkies is inviting dog owners and animal lovers to take part in a sponsored dog walk to raise vital funds for pets in need of vets. |
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