Don't forget to take special care of your pets this Independence Day! Here are some important safety tips for you and your pets from our Pet Trends expert, Cindy Alvey.

July is National Doghouse Repairs Month and in honor of this holiday I wanted to encourage you to lend a paw and help your local animal welfare organizations build safe shelters for dogs in their care.

This has been an ongoing topic in our forums so I thought I'd bring it over to our blog for continued discussion. Weigh in with your thoughts here!

Today we're taking the kids for surfing lessons... I just hope they do as well as these cats and dogs!

Hang ten...or sixteen?

The kids -- well, two of them -- really want a dog. We keep telling them no -- after all we've got three cats in constant battle and already have enough trouble getting the kids to clean litter boxes! But on top of that, the third child is allergic.

This week we're leaving our three furbabies in the hands of a pet sitter for the first time. Normally I wouldn't think twice about going on vacation, but after Tom's tail-ectomy I'm watching their every move and if one of them even sneezes I'm on the phone to the vet. Thankfully - and in one of those it's-a-small-world Read More »

The Washington Animal Rescue League (WARL) comes to the rescue of homeless pets once again! This weekend, the League will travel to Cedar Rapids, IA, for a second time to pick up the dozens of pets who were left homeless due to the recent flooding.

As 'Groomer Has It' comes to a close, I was fraught with angst over how I was going to get my dog reality show fix. Imagine my relief when I realized the 'Greatest American Dog' premier is right around the corner!

Sometimes I'll come across a new story that makes my lose all faith in humanity. Did you hear about the man who robbed a Texas animal shelter of $10,000?.

It's been a rainy month here in Nebraska. I'm not complaining, because we have been so fortunate compared to states surrounding us. Frankly, I love mornings like this with the rain on the roof and the rumble of thunder all around. It's a perfect morning to lay in bed and listen to Mother Nature.

My friends often laugh at me when I tell them I'm hooked on John Edward's 'Cross Country' - and they are in disbelief when I say I'm going to see him live!

Last week John came to D.C. and a bunch of us went to see his readings. They were amazing, as usual, but the most interesting things was how many pets came through to their owners!

Awwww! Despite being named this year's World's Ugliest Dog, Gus still has a family who loves him more than anything!

"Gus the dog has three legs, one eye and no hair, except for a white tuft on the top of his head. He's a real winner. The pedigree Chinese crested won the World's Ugliest Dog contest. Read More »

What better for a Monday morning than pictures of a good, old fashioned wedding? Why a doggie wedding, of course!

Many thanks to clydajo for introducing us to the absolutel Read More »

In case you missed the first season of the National Geographic Channel’s TV series “DogTown" -- or want to see it again -- it's now available on DVD!

This past May, thousands of shelters around the world joined North Shore Animal League America in Pet Adoptathon 2008.

Just in time for wedding season comes an amazing idea for animal lovers from the Petfinder.com Foundation.

I received some sad news this afternoon from my friend Amy -- they made the difficult decision to have Sara the Beagle put to sleep next week. She's been battling cancer valiantly for a few years, but the tumors are growing and she's starting to decline rapidly. As with every dog, Sara has a story.

For those of us luckily enough to have our pets with us at work all the time, today's just another ordinary day. But for pups who are at home or at doggie daycare during the work week, today they're in for extra-special treat!

My favorite cat is turning 30 today -- boy do I feel old! Rumor has it that Garfield will celebrate his milestone birthday with, what else, a pan of lasagna!

German Shepherd Harley has found his calling - lifeguard at the family pool! But this story of amazing rescue is a bit different.

I'm not whining, but being away from my dogs is tough on me. They are as important as sunshine to me.

I was sitting at a delightful sidewalk cafe in the Sellwood district of Portland last evening. I was feeling pretty confident I'd get a puppy fix. The fact there was a dog bowl sitting right under a water faucet seeme Read More »

This has got to be one of the saddest stories of the week -- a developer in Florida is bulldozing a pet cemetery in favor of new development and the owners have only a few more days to recover their furbabies' remains.

"Between a few run-down homes and shin-high weeds sits a pet cemetery. Many area pet owners believed this site would be their companions’ final resting place. It appears they were wrong."

… Before You Got Your First Horse

We all worry about our pets escaping the yard through fences or an open gate, but via trampoline? We hope Harvey is found soon!

"One moment Harvey, a three-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier, was alone in the garden, the next he disappeared."