Emergencies come in many forms and may require anything from a brief absence from your home to a permanent evacuation. The best thing you can do for yourself and your pets is to be prepared. Step 1: Evacuate with your pet There are many options for your pets in the event of an evacuation. DO [...]
Fourth of July celebrations are wonderful opportunities for family and friends to gather and celebrate our nation’s independence. These celebrations include camping, picnics, barbecues and of course, fireworks. Many of our pets are as intrepid and adventurous as we are and some of them not so much. Listed below are safety tips that can help [...]
Puppies and kittens are babies. All babies are cute, cuddly, and fun to watch playing and sleeping. It’s wonderful to see a baby grow, explore, and learn. But we cannot predict what kind of personality that baby will have as an adult. It is impossible to look at the rows of human babies [...]
Our vaccination clinics are held once a month at different locations across Atlanta. Upcoming dates and locations will be posted on this page as soon as they are made available. At our clinics, all are welcome to bring their dogs or cats, but we will only be able to provide services to the first [...]
We know that pets are like family. We also know that should your pet ever get sick or have a serious accident, as a pet owner, the last thing you want to worry about is how you’ll pay for vet expenses. Pet insurance allows you to focus on the care and wellbeing of your pet [...]
'Tis the season for friends, family and holiday feasts—but also for possible distress for our animal companions. Pets won’t be so thankful if they munch on under-cooked turkey or an unfriendly floral arrangement, or if they stumble upon an unattended alcoholic drink. Watch out for those tempting nibbles! Chocolate, raisins, garlic, onions or onion powder, sage, [...]
Virtually everything we love about Halloween – candy, costumes, jack-o-lanterns and the party atmosphere, can become a source of fear or harm to our pets. Because pets are such integral members of our families, we should ensure that the holiday is as safe and fun for them as it is for us. Let’s keep our [...]
Has your Atlanta Humane Society adopted pet changed your life? You can help thousands of animals at AHS this year by submitting your adoption story to the Petco Foundation's Holiday Wishes Grant Campaign! Winning adopters will receive a Petco shopping spree, and the organization they adopted from will receive up to $100,000 in lifesaving [...]
A microchip is a small implant used in a variety of animals for identification. A veterinarian can easily insert the chip into a pet in a matter of minutes, and no sedation is necessary. The microchip is about the size of a grain of rice and causes little discomfort during placement. In dogs and cats, [...]
This litter of six puppies had been thoughtlessly left in a car on a hot summer day. They were left there for hours before a good Samaritan found them and called their local Animal Control Department. By the time they were rescued, several of the puppies were unconscious from heat exhaustion, and no [...]
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