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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What the Heck is a Vet Tech? Today kick’s off National Veterinary Technician Week! Many pet parents I speak to don’t know veterinary technology is a profession or how their pet benefits from the specialized care these nursing professionals provide to their patients who dedicate themselves to their care. First celebrated in 1993, National Veterinary Technician […]
National Walk Your Dog Week According to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, approximately 56% of dogs in the United States are overweight. That is equal to an estimated 50 million dogs. This is National Walk Your Dog Week. One week to update or start a walking routine with your pet. Something as simple as […]
Black Dog Syndrome Black dogs (and cats) are often passed over for adoption because of one thing, their color. October 1st is National Black Dog Day! Challenges are real for these dogs in the adoption process, but there shouldn’t be. Just as with humans, it is the love they have to give and how they […]
Rabies: Share the message. Save a life. Today is World Rabies Day. Rabies, a fatal viral infection that is preventable in pets and people. Yet it remains a major concern worldwide, killing around 59,000 people every year. Almost all of these deaths are due to rabies transmitted by dogs. Theses deaths occur in countries where […]
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 […]
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 […]