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Caring For Your Pets Post Pandemic

Tips for Helping Dogs, Cats Adjust to Life Post-Pandemic

(FOX NEWS) – With fewer COVID-19 restrictions in place, you may be spending less time at home, and that could be causing your pet emotional pain. In this week’s Animal Answers, more on the new rise in separation anxiety among dogs and cats, and how you can help them adjust to life post-COVID. Categories: Animal Answers Tags: animal answers, anxiety,…

Keeping Fido Calm Ahead of Fireworks This Independence Day

Tips and Tricks for Keeping Your Animals Stress-Free as Bright, Loud Booms and Bangs Illuminate the Sky this Weekend

DULUTH, Minn. – The 4th of July is always a fun, festive time. However, for pets, it’s quite the opposite. Local veterinarians are urging pet owners and residents to be mindful of their furry friends ahead of the holiday weekend. “Stress can actually decrease their immune system,” said Brianna Piechowski, shelter veterinarian at Animal Allies Humane Society in Duluth. Independence…

Parents and Kids ‘Climb’ Out of Darkness of Postpartum Disorders

Walk through Chester Park raises awareness for perinatal and postpartum disorders.

DULUTH, Minn.- With babies strapped in strollers, on backs, or sitting on shoulders, families took to the trails of Chester Park for Duluth’s very first Climb Out of the Darkness hiking event, to bring awareness to a very common problem among new parents. “As new moms there’s a lot of change that we’re going through and it can be very…