Thursday , 28 March 2024

Tag Archives: Family Pets

Intro : New blogger in town

Lo and behold my very first blog article with Montreal Dog Blog!  I want to thank the team for inviting me to blog about the benefits of caring for animals professionally. I hope you will enjoy the topics. Feel free to comment and suggest so we can all learn from each other. I’m not a writer, but I love writing …

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Warning issued for pet owners: Trapping accidents on the rise

The animal advocacy group, Fur-Bearer Defenders, informs that the trapping of companion animals has been on the raise. According to the organization, the recent death of two family pets in the central Okanagan region of British Columbia is prompting them to issue a warning to pet owners to be extra vigilant while out with their companions. The Vancouver-based Association for …

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From a Vet’s Point of View: Shelter vs Puppy Mill

(cover photo is copyright (c) 2009 Brett McBain and made available under a Creative Commons Attribution) Christina Nosotti is a local veterinarian and a contributor to MDB.  An opinion piece she wrote was recently published in the Gazette – but edited for space. Below is the piece in its entirety:  It’s not so black and white. There is much debate over whether to …

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WIN! Do you have a Dirty Dog?

(Front page photo courtesy of normanack on Flickr) Do you have a Dirty Dog? Spring can be messy! Has your pooch been running through puddles, trampling through mud and rolling in god-knows-what?! Good! We want to know about it!  Anna Maria Ranieri is a member of the Montreal Dog Blog team. She is a local, trusted groomer who treats all …

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Welcome to my blog!

Hi – I’m Alex! Before I formally start this blog, I would like to make it clear that I am not a vet, a trainer, a behaviorist, or a nutritionist. I have been working with animals since I was a kid, starting with rescues and later working in the companion animal industry. I have always had dogs in my life, …

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