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Coping Tips For When You Lose Your Best Friend

BY VERONICA VAN HOF Our pets are our family, when we lose a pet it can affect us just as much or even more than the loss of a friend …

Cushing’s Disease: Hero’s Story

By Lynn Molnar Many of you perhaps remember, Hero the Golden, the sweet and sensitive golden retriever that once graced Maryland Dog Magazine’s cover as well as the canine ambassador …

Animal Communication – What Do They Want Us To Know?

BY KATHLEEN LESTER, M.S. Animals talk with us all the time, although we may not hear them. Our evolution and socialization has rendered our telepathic capabilities temporarily mute, as we …

Chesapeake Veterinary Referral Center Announces Grand Opening Of New Annapolis Hospital

In December (CVRC) opened the doors to a new, expanded facility in Annapolis. The new state-of-the-art building is located directly behind the original Annapolis facility on Bestgate Road. The 28,000 …

Skylos Sports Medicine Opens Second Location In Frederick, MD

A Homecoming for Doctors Peter and Faith Lotsikas Skylos (“ski-los”, the Greek word for dog) Sports Medicine is the united vision of Drs. Peter and Faith Lotsikas. Their collective experience, …

Heroic Tails With Project Go

By Joan Allen People helping animals helping people. “Porter has helped find and arrest numerous criminals, save lives and bring closure to families of missing and deceased people and with …

Emergency & Specialty Care In Columbia, Maryland

Residents in Howard County, MD, and surrounding areas now have a 24-hour emergency hospital to take their pet to in the event of an emergency. The Pet E.R. and CVRC …

Camping With Canines

Tips for taking your dog to the great outdoors. By Dr. Marianne Alcan, Pet+E.R. As summer arrives, every day is getting a little longer and a little warmer and soon …

Manage Diabetic Pets At Home

The chances are good that you know someone who has diabetes. However, you may not realize this disease that commonly affects humans is on the rise among dogs and cats. …

Ask The Vet

I just spent $200 on blood tests at my vet’s office trying to figure out what is wrong with my dog. How can I avoid expensive testing in the future? …