Evidence Suggests Jump In Number Of Stoned Dogs Being Taken To Vets

Legalized cannabis is having a large effect on Canada’s canines as veterinarian clinics across the country are seeing significant increases in the number of dogs being brought in stoned on pot products. Wobbly, shrinking from light and sound and often incontinent and howling, the animals are being rushed in for treatment after scarfing pot-laced brownies and other unattended edibles or …

Overweight Danes More Likely To Have Overweight Dogs

The prevalence of overweight dogs is markedly larger among overweight owners than among normal weight owners, a new Danish study has found. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Copenhagen and published in Preventive Veterinary Medicine, shows that the prevalence of heavy or obese dogs is more than twice as large among overweight or obese owners than among owners …

ASPCA Offers Assistance to Suffering Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Overseas

Explosion-detection dogs work tirelessly to keep Americans safe at home and abroad, often in dangerous situations. When the U.S. government trains working dogs, it bears a responsibility to ensure the animals’ physical and behavioral needs are fully met and that no cruel practices are used in raising, training and caring for them. And yet, a recent report by the State …