Pet Care – It’s More than an App
I was reading about a veterinarian in Texas who is in trouble for practicing veterinary medicine by giving advice on a website to “patients” that he has never actually seen. The Texas Veterinary Practice Act requires that a veterinarian see the animal before providing veterinary care. The veterinarian claims that this requirement violates his First…
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Tufts Veterinary School Would Love Our Pet Lodging Services!
I’m an avid reader of trade magazines. Every month I read a host of materials from various veterinary schools, veterinary magazines, grooming magazines (you could call that my personal fashion fix), and of course magazines for the pet lodging industry. I rarely think of these articles as an advertisement for Pet Camp – but that’s…
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San Francisco Housing Crisis Impacts Pet-Friendly Housing, Too
It’s hard to have a conversation with anyone in San Francisco these days without two things coming up: tech and the cost of housing. For most San Franciscans it comes down to there being too much tech (you know the Google buses and $5.00 toast) and not enough housing (which of course drives up the…
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Dog Food Facts and Fiction
We see all kinds of dog food at Pet Camp, from what is perceived as ultra high end to supermarket brands to raw diet to homemade. The mix of what we see changes and what is “in” can be as fickle as fashion. Gone are the days of simply asking if the protein source is…
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Pay More for Pet Food to Provide Low Cost Spay and Neuter?
We all know that spay and neuter programs are essential to keeping the dog and cat population under control. In San Francisco we are fortunate to have a host of low cost spay and neuter programs; in fact for many years Pet Camp was proud to host the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA’s free mobile spay/neuter clinic…
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Harvard Medical School’s Guidelines for Dogs Show They Should Stick to Humans
The other day someone handed me a Harvard University Medical School “Special Health Report” on the health benefits of canine companionship and exercise guidelines for dogs. There have been plenty of studies on how dogs lower our blood pressure, help us relax, encourage us to get more exercise, etc. Of course since we’ve spent thousands…
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