I‘m really delighted to be able announce a mammoth step forward for my 4PetsOnline pet blog. I’ve established a partnership with a professional veterinary consulting service, which means that beginning immediately you can get unlimited instant access to a fully qualified veterinarian online!
This is a HIGH QUALITY service run by veterinarians providing HIGH QUALITY medical information and helping pet lovers around the world. In fact, hundreds of thousands of pet owners have already used their services.
While setting up my partnership with them, I tested their level of service on …

Are your pets traumatized when you take a vacation and board them at the local pet shelter while you are away? Well, why not just leave them in their own home environment and hire a pet sitter to visit daily to take care of them? Pet sitters have come a long way over recent years, they are now a band of serious, dedicated professionals. Many pet sitters have obtained a high level of expertise through personal study by completing a course of study in pet care, health, nutrition and behavior, …

Oscar the cat can put a collision with a combine harvester behind him as custom-made implants provide new back paws. Oscar may not be better than he was before – not faster, not stronger – but he is, indisputably, more bionic.
The cat, who took a nap in a sunny field unaware of the combine harvester steaming towards his hind paws, is back on his feet thanks to a world-first operation and state-of-the-art bioengineering.
His new kitten heels were designed with custom-made implants, which “peg” the ankle to the foot and mimic …

Do you watch the hit reality based TV series Housecat Housecall, presented by Purina® Cat Chow®?
We are giving away two Season 2 DVDs, plus two coupons for Purina® Cat Chow® or Purina® Kitten Chow®, each worth up to $11.00.
To enter, just send us a story about your cat or kitten. It can be funny, endearing, exasperating, anything Just make it entertaining and at least 100 words long. The best submissions will be published on this blog and the two winning entries will be announced here on July 5th.
Send all …

After an exciting month with some especially good photographs submitted from all around the world, I’m delighted to be able to announce the winners of both classes. Both winners will receive an autographed copy of the beautiful new book “Pet Photography 101″ by Andrew Darlow. I will be contacting the two winners to notify them of their success and the two books will be mailed out withing the next few days. It’s a pity that the author only provided me with two autographed books because the choice was a difficult …

Here are a few of my favorite entries received so far for our Pet Photography 101 Contest. Think you could do better? The get clicking and get your entries in!
Sibling Love is an entry from Anna Priest from West Hills, CA. The babies are called Boo and Thor.

 
 
Pikey Man Is this guy’s name, sent by Helen McDonald from Warwick, QD, Australia. She titles it ‘Just Chilling.’
 

 
 
Ferdie is an entry from Josh Wiggins from Torquay, Devon, UK. He says it is a photo of his sister’s new puppy.

 
 
Sleeping Beauty is an …

Win a Copy of Pet Photography 101
4PetsOnline has recently received two copies of this great new book—both signed by the author, Andrew Darlow, who is an award winning author and photographer. His book is packed with beautiful photographs and helpful tips on everything you need to take better photographs of your pets.
The book’s promotional material only mentions cats and dogs, but having just finished reading it from cover to cover, I would say the author is doing himself a big injustice—Pet Photography 101 will guide you in taking better photos …

There are a huge number of people who, for one reason or another, have problems training their dogs. I receive emails all the time from people begging for dog training advice, for puppy training tips, how to house train a dog, etc. When I delve a little deeper, their problems invariably involve a general lack of communication with their dogs and puppies. Dogs are intelligent animals and can easily learn the meaning of many words, but the key word here is “learn”.
All too many people think that they only need …

Ringworm is a fungus that can not only infect dogs it can infect other types of animals and people. One of the easiest ways to spot ringworm in dogs is through missing patches of fur. Ringworm hardens the skin and fur follicles which causes the fur to break off at the bottom. The ringworm dog skin in the area of the infection will appear as a red raised circular rash. It may look kind of hard or flaking, with the center area appearing mostly natural.
You will probably observe your dog …

Yesterday’s post featured a free dog training report I’ve made available to visitors to this blog. Today, I want to introduce you to my recently completed e-book Dog Training 4 Life. For me, this e-book was a true labor of love. It really breaks my heart when I see and hear of the thousands of dogs and even puppies that have been written off and cast aside, labeled as “untrainable”. Sorry, but I have yet to encounter a dog that is untrainable!
My interest in dog training began more than thirty …