Dear Pet Lovers: I noticed my dog is sneezing a lot lately; I know this is a bad time of year for seasonal allergies and was wondering, can dogs have seasonal allergies? Thank you, Mom of Sneezing Sammy Dear MOSS: Yes, dogs can have seasonal  - or environmental - allergies, but it is unlikely that your dog has allergies as their symptoms are typically in some form of dermatitis or skin inflammation - not sneezing. Just like humans, dogs can go years without having allergies yet develop them when they are older. Dogs typically will not have an allergic reaction when they inhale something, but when their...

I don’t know about you, but I would love to be able to take our yellow lab with us when we go on a vacation via airplane, but the thought of him confined in a cage in the belly of a plane for hours is not a comforting image. And, never having traveled with my dog on an airplane, I hear some details that may be true or not - the cages get not-that-gently tossed in the cargo hold, it is freezing cold in the space where the animals are, they need to be drugged, animals have been lost, etc. That...

Okay so we always talk about dressing up our pets and whether or not this is a good idea.  Rachael has no problem putting a sweater on Isaboo when it is cold out, but really not for looks, for warmth.  She has managed to find some stylish duds, and Izzy seems to like to cuddle up, but some people have a slightly different philosophy on the matter. There is a website called Pets Who Want to Kill Themselves which features photos of pets in hysterical get ups, and you know they are just saying to themselves, ” I can’t believe my owner...

I saw this guy on my walk to work this morning.  The owner was nearby so I wasn’t worried about him being in the car alone.  I was thinking more about how cute he looked and how he patiently waited for his owner to come back.  Man’s best friend&#...

The annual Ugly Dog contest was held last week in Del Mar, California. These dogs are too cute to be ugly! Take a l...

This one was too good to pass up-we had to share it with you.  One of our editors who lives in Florida caught an ad for a pet “casting call” in the Gucci courtyard of fashionable and ritzy Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, Florida.  Winners will be eligible to compete nationally in the America’s Top Dog Model contest and appear in the calendar.  We don’t know much about the contest, but some of the photos are too priceless not to share!  Here’s a look at last year’s final...

Dear Rachael, I just happened to see your advertisement for Nutrish.  I was very interested as my Walter is a Westie with allergies.  So I purchased it and both my dogs absolutely love it.  When it time to eat they are wagging their tails and literally licking their bowls.  Thank you for providing a healthy choice for our dogs. Thanks, Donna DeWeese St. Charles, Mi...

Dear Rachael, Thanks so much for creating Nutrish. We knew that if you had anything to do with product, it would be good stuff! I found retail locations on your website and was very excited to purchase our first bag. Napoleon is our 5 year old, red Cockapoo. He went crazy. He absolutely loves the chicken and veggies! We have been taking him to the same groomer since he was a puppy. At his last salon visit this past Saturday, she was amazed at the difference in his coat and wanted to know what we changed in his diet (that’s only after three weeks of eating Nutrish). Thank you, again! Sincerely, Napoleon...

This story was all over the news a few months ago, but I just watched it again - it still brought me to tears. If you’ve seen it already or not, check out this clip showing the reunion of Christian the lion with the two men who rescued him from the Harrod’s store in London as a cub, raised him for a year until he got too big and then brought him to Africa, where he became the head of his pride. Be sure to watch until the end when Christian introduces his ...