Animal Shelters and Rescues – Local:
- Animal Guardians – No kill shelter for dogs in Plano, Texas. Adoption days posted often where you can go and view the available dogs.
- Dallas Animal Services – Information on adoptable dogs and cats, city registration, lost and found pets.
- Feral Friends – for feral cats an aggressive TNR (trap/neuter return) program and an adoption program for tame cats.
- Garland Animal Services – City of Garland Animal Services, info on adooption, lost and found pets, etc.
- Gypsy Dogs Ops – Local Dallas based rescue organization dealing with urban dog rescues primarily.
- Kitty Co – Garland feral cat rescue and spay/neuter organization.
- Operation Kindness – No kill shelter for dogs and cats in Carrollton, Texas.
- Plano Animal Services – City of Plano Animal Services, info on adoption, lost and found pets, city registration and wildlife rescue for Plano.
- Richardson Animal Shelter – Information on adoptable dogs and cats, lost & found pets, city registration, injured wildlife pick up & rehab, live trap rental.
- Wildlife Rescue and Rehab for Richardson – Richardson Shelter’s links for wildlife pick up and rescue.
Canine Enrichment Resources:
- Purina PP5 Phone App – Phone app that has basic training and beginning agility training videos.
- Urban Ball Herding – Good discussion of how to teach urban herding game, also nice links to Target training for games.
Canine Behavior Resources:
- ASPCA Behavorial Issues – link to the ASPCA’s virtual behavior site for cats and dogs.
- Center for Shelter Dogs Webinars – Nice webinar archive of behavorially sound approaches to common problems.
- Dog Body Language Video – Brief video demonstrating some of the typical stressed canine body language.
- Dog Stress Body Language – excellent link to Liam J. Perk Foundation with extensive pictures of stressed canine body language.
- Dr. Meredith Stepita’s Behavior Blogs – nice set of articles on variety of common dog behavior topics. Not indexed, you just have to scroll though.
- Dr. Sophia Yin’s Behavior Blog – Very extensive set of blog articles and training videos for dog behavior issues. Good index.
- House Training Tips for Puppies – AVSAB has a listing of several different articles about methods to house train your puppy and dealing with challenges in achieving house training.
- Lifelearn Article Database – Our website’s Lifelearn database has a very extensive collection of canine behavior articles. Just choose ‘dogs’ and ‘behavior’ from the drop down menus and you can see the entire range of articles.
- Nail Trim and Grooming Training – Dr. Yin’s article with video on how to train your dog to handle nail trimming and grooming.
- Phoenix Behavior Consulting Training Tips – behavorially sound training advice on the tips page. Local Trainer.
- Puppy Basic Problems, Training, and Handling – OSU’s dog site is not quite finished, but this a very good section.
Tufts Behavior Clinic – Preventing Canine Behavior Problems. Nice list of articles on the most common problems.
Canine Health Resources:
- ACVS’s Surgical Disease Topics – American College of Veterinary Surgeon’s library of small animal surgical topics for owners.
- Blind Dog Resource Guide – Nice listing of resources and information for owners of blind dogs.
- DVSC’s Surgical Disease Library – Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center’s extensive surgical disease library.
- Lifelearn Article Database – Our website’s Lifelearn database has a very extensive collection of articles on common canine diseases. Just choose ‘dogs’ from the drop down menu and enter the disease you are searching for in the search field.
- Pet Health Network – extensive website with quality articles designed for the pet owner on numerous health issues for dogs
Exotic Pets:
- Reptiles and Amphibians – Melissa Kaplan’s excellent site on Reptile and Amphibian husbandry and care.
Feline Behavior Resources:
Environmental Enrichment Sources for Indoor Cats:
- AAFP Environmental Needs Guidelines – In depth journal article describing guidelines for environment enrichment. Very detailed but easily readable by owners.
- DV360 Cat Enrichment Article – brief article with good basic tips on improving your cat’s environment.
- Sundahl on Keeping Cat’s Happy – this article has a very extensive list at the end of several great enrichment articles.
- Indoor Cat Environment Enrichment – OSU’s site has alot of great information, from enrichment to behavior problems.
- Toys, Playing and Enrichment for Cats – Cat’s International site, alot of great enrichment information and discussions of behavior issues in cats
Behavorial Issues :
- ASPCA Behavorial Issues – link to the ASPCA’s virtual behavior site for cats and dogs.
- Cat Body Language – this article by the AVSAB (American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior) lists three other articles in the links at the end that have good pictures and discussions of what various cat body language positions mean.
- Cat Communication – good pictures and nice discussion of routine cat communication, vocal and physical body language.
- Behavior Issues and Cats – Fabcats.org link for their behavior articles.
- Dr. Sophia Yin’s Behavior Blogs – has a nice section of cat articles to look through. Good index.
- Feline House Soiling Problem Guide – Feline Advisory Bureau site link.
- Jackson Galaxy’s Words of Wisdom – The Animal Planet’s show “My Cat From Hell” hosted by Jackson Galaxy has several videos under the ‘Words of Wisdom’ tab. Of particular note are “How to Properly Pet”, “How to Properly Play with”, “How to Handle Scared Cats”, “How to Bond with Your Cat”, “How to Introduce a Baby”. Also some nice articles in the Cat Health Tab as well.
- LifeLearn Article Database – Our website’s Lifelearn database has a good collection of feline behavior articles. Just choose ‘cats’ and ‘behavior’ from the drop down menus and you can see the entire range of articles.
- Reading your cat – Good discussion of cat body language
- Tufts Behavior Clinic – Preventing feline behavior problems. Nice list of articles on the most common problems.
Feline Health Resources:
- ACVS’s Surgical Disease Topics – American College of Veterinary Surgeon’s library of small animal surgical topics for owners.
- DVSC’s Surgical Disease Library – Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center’s extensive surgical disease library.
- Lifelearn Article Database – Our website’s Lifelearn database has an excellent collection of articles on various medical and surgical problems. Just choose ‘cats’ from the drop down menu and then use the search button to enter the disease you need information on.
- Medicating your cat – Video by Cornell University on how to give a cat a pill, as well as numerous links on other types of meds and tips to give them as well.
- Pet Health Network – extensive website with numerous articles written for the pet owner on a variety of health topics.
- Subtle Signs of Illness in Cats – nice discussion of subtle signs of illness in cats.
- Taking Your Cat to the Vet – excellent detailed pdf download about how to prepare the cat to be less difficult to transport.
- Transporting Cat to the Vet Tips – short informative article with many good tips.
Pet Food Recall Links, Nutrition, and Veterinary Prescription Diets:
- American College of Veterinary Nutrition – ACVN has excellent discussions in their FAQ. Organic ingredients, raw foods, home made diets, alot of valid information.
- AVMA Pet Food Recall Listing – recall food listing, site currently re-opening in Aug 2012, has the link to their twitter feed that is current on the subject.
- Hill’s Science Diet Veterinary Prescription Diets – information on Hill’s prescription diets, routine dog and cat health care, common diseases affected by diet.
- How to Read a Pet Food Label – FDA’s site with informative article on what the requirements and wording are for pet food labels.
- Purina Veterinary Prescription Diets – information on Purina’s prescription diets, routine dog and cat health care, and common diseases affected by diet.
- Royal Canin Veterinary Prescription Diets – very nice library of disease information, RC’s prescription diets, and routine health care information for dogs and cats.
- Cat and Dog Nutritional Needs – Science based discussion of actual nutritional needs for dogs and cats. Easy read, intended for owners.
Poisons and Toxins in Small Animals:
- ASPCA Animal Poison Control – link to the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center Hotline.
- Pet Poison Hotline – Link to the Pet Poison Website, they have an extensive poison listing (top left link), also offer an iphone app.
- Toxic Plant Listing – ASPCA’s poison control center extensive listing of poisonous plants complete with pictures of the plants.
- Toxic People Food Listing – ASPCA’s poison control center listing of table foods which can be toxic or harmful to pets.
Travel With Pets:
- APHIS Pet Travel General Info Page – General info and helpful links for domestic and international travel with pets.
- APHIS International Pet Transport Regulations – Listing of the regulations by destination country.
- Texas Export Site – Links to the required USDA certificates and other information
Veterinary Specialists and Referral Centers:
- Animal Dermatology Referral Clinic – Board Certified Veterinary Dermatologists
- Animal Diagnostic Clinic – Board Certified Veterinary Internal Medicine and Oncology.
- Animal Eye Specialists – Board Certified Veterinary Ophthalmologist, Dr. Stephanie Beaumont. Richardson.
- Animal Ophthalmology Clinic – Board Certified Veterinary Ophthalmology, Dr. Robert Munger. Trinity Mills, Dallas.
- Animal Radiology Clinic – Board Certified Radiologists. X-rays and Ultrasound referrals.
- Center for Veterinary Specialty Care – – Board Certified Veterinary Neurologist, also neurosurgery, oncology and internal medicine
- Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center – Board Certified Veterinary Surgeons, for specialty and orthopedic surgery
- Veterinary Specialists of North Texas – Medical and Radiation Oncology Center, also internal medicine
