Dog Care
Can Dogs Have Onion? The Danger Most Owners Miss
Onion damages a dog's red blood cells, cooked or raw, and symptoms can take days. How much is dangerous, the hidden foods…
Stories
Dog Breeds
Read This Before Getting an Anatolian Pyrenees
A fluffy white puppy that grows into a 140-pound night-patrolling guardian. Size, barking, roaming, health, and why shelters take in so many.
Cats
5 Safe Natural Ways to Get Rid of Fleas on Cats
Tea tree oil, citrus and garlic can poison a cat. Five natural flea methods that are actually safe, and why your cat…
Dog Breeds
7 Dog Breeds That Look Like a German Shepherd
Pointed ears, black face, tan body. It may not be a German Shepherd. Seven look-alikes, from a wolf-blooded Czech breed to a…
Viral & Famous Pets
The Story of Grumpy Cat (Who Wasn’t Actually Grumpy)
Tardar Sauce had the internet's most famous frown, a movie, a wax figure and a $710,001 court win. Her family says she…
Pet History
69 Dogs Sailed to Antarctica and Never Came Back
Scott's crevasse rescue, Amundsen's cold arithmetic, Shackleton's "dogloos." The forgotten sled dogs of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration.
Pet History
Forgotten Dogs of WWI: Messengers and Mercy Dogs
Satan at Verdun, Jack of the Sherwood Foresters, Sergeant Stubby, and the mercy dogs who stayed with dying men. The dogs of…
Dog Breeds
Phu Quoc Ridgeback: The Rarest Ridged Dog
A Vietnamese island dog that climbs trees, swims with webbed feet and carries a backward-growing ridge. Its history, genetics and why it's…
Dog Breeds
Maltipoos: What Breeders Won’t Tell You
Same litter, different dogs. The genetics behind Maltipoo coats, what the science says about "hypoallergenic," grooming, separation anxiety and scam warning signs.
Pet History
300 Dogs Searched Ground Zero on 9/11. One Never Came Out.
Why rescuers hid in the rubble for the dogs to find, Trakr's last live find, Riley's famous basket ride, Sirius, and what…
Dog Breeds
Why Are French Bulldogs So Expensive?
The price of a Frenchie is built into its anatomy: artificial insemination, C-sections and litters of three. Plus the truth about rare…
Dog Breeds
Why South African Farmers Built the Boerboel (And What They Bred Out)
Sold as a 350-year-old lion fighter, the modern Boerboel was rebuilt in the 1980s from 72 farm dogs. Its real history, genetics…
