Hi! I’m Leslie. Pet parents or future pet parents I’m here for you. As a pet nurse, my goal is to give you helpful, professional insight, to elevate your pet parenting experience. Lets keep your four-legged family members happy and healthy. To me, pets are family and the human animal bond is key to the health and wellbeing of both pet and pet parent.
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September 23rd is Dogs in Politics Day or National Checkers Day – not the game, but more about that in a minute. There is a day to learn everything you never wanted to know about First Pet’s. Honesty & Integrity Questioned The first ever nationally televised address by a vice presidential candidate ties politics […]
I hated my ICU rotation. During Vet Tech school we rotated through each of the speciality areas at the Purdue Veterinary College of Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital every two weeks. Vet students rotated through every six weeks (to my recollection). ICU was all hands on deck. Every patient was checked for vitals and general status check, […]
September is Happy Cat Month! Created by the CATalyst Council, with the goal to help pet parents or future pet parents discover things they can do to focus on the health and happiness of their cats. The Council is a group of professionals that are experts in feline healthcare and welfare. The annual event focuses […]
Celebrating DOGust 1st Pet parents who adopted through an animal shelter don’t often know the actual birthday of their beloved pet. Got-ya days are popular but did you know there is a universal birthday for shelter dogs? August 1st or Dogust 1st was created by the North Shore Animal League, the world’s largest no-kill rescue […]
Independence Day Fireworks Cookouts, pool parties, and…festive fireworks? For many pets its’s more like, to quote Banarama, a Cruel, Cruel Summer when it comes to fireworks. Most pets go missing around the 4th of July than any other time of the year. One in three family pets go missing in their lifetime. Across the United […]
Pet parents will have more fur than usual on their clothes today. This year marks the 20th anniversary of PSI’s Take Your Dog to Work Day®. Started by Pet Sitters International to celebrate what great companion’s dogs make and help promote their adoptions. It is estimated that 300 businesses participated in the first TYDTWDay and […]
International Guide Dog Day Today, April 25th , is International Guide Dog Day. This is a day to recognize the importance of guide dogs and how they help children and adults every day who are blind or visually impaired. Guide dogs are expertly trained to avoid obstacles, access public transportation, cross roads safely, and other tasks […]
