By: Chryssa Rich For Pets Best Insurance While the weather slowly warms, many pet owners find themselves with some pretty serious cabin fever this time of year. Even though the ground has started to thaw, the sun is still setting early and trails and backyards can still be muddy. What’s a dog owner to do? [...]

Oh Behave! Q&A with Pet Expert Arden Moore For Pets Best Insurance Q. My 3-year-old Dachshund, Schotzi, goes into my closet when I’m not home and takes my shoes out to chew on them. I try to keep the closet door closed, but if I inadvertently leave it open even a few inches, she pushes [...]

Posted by: H.R. For Pets Best Insurance You asked, she answered! Pets Best Insurance solicited questions from our Facebook page friends relating to baffling pet behavior. Pet expert and author of The Dog Bible and the Cat Bible, Tracie Hotchner, weighs in! Read on to see if your question was answered: Question from Bridget: I [...]

Posted by: H.R. February 23rd is National Dog Biscuit Day. In celebration, give your dog a healthy treat. And while your at it, get them the gift of a pet insurance plan. Eric Ward, DVM, and president of the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention says that many of the commercial treats available contain too much [...]

By: Dr. Fiona Caldwell For Pets Best Insurance I met an inspirational canine the other day named Maggie*, a 14 year old german shepherd. She came to me unable to walk due to a degenerative nerve disease common in older German Shepherd dogs and couldn’t use her back legs. She also had a serious heart [...]

By: Lisa Deanne Gilman The Rescue Train, for Pets Best Insurance The scariest news a pet owner can hear is that their dog or cat is lost. Whether the gardener left the gate open, a child didn’t close the door all the way or your pet escaped from a friend’s house while you were vacationing, [...]

By: Dr. Fiona Caldwell For Pets Best Insurance It is an unfortunate fact that our pets age faster than we do. Even with pet insurance and the best care, Fido will likely reach his or her senior years before you, or will eventually surpass you. In addition to common medical problems such as dental disease [...]

Posted by: H.R. For Pets Best Insurance You asked, she answered! Pets Best Insurance solicited questions from our Facebook page friends relating to baffling pet behavior. Pet expert and author of The Dog Bible and the Cat Bible, Tracie Hotchner, weighs in! Read on to see if your question was answered: Question by Kathleen: How [...]

Posted by: H.R. For Pets Best Insurance Pets Best Insurance solicited questions from our Facebook page fans relating to pet health, happiness and everything in between. Dr. Fiona Caldwell, a practicing veterinarian at Idaho Veterinary Hospital weighs in! Read on to see if your question was answered: Question: We adopted my Mom’s female cat when [...]

Posted by: H.R. For Pets Best Insurance With the cold winter months upon us, it is imperative that pet owners take precautions when it comes to pet health in the winter. Betsy McFarland, senior director of companion animals for the Humane Society of The United States, cautions pet owners that, “our pets are particularly vulnerable [...]