Resources & Links
Local Animal Shelters and Rescues
- 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 adoption, 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, and live trap rental.
- Wildlife Rescue and Rehab for Richardson – Richardson Shelter’s links for wildlife pick up and rescue.
Canine Behavior Resources
- Purina PP5 Phone App – An app that has basic training and beginning agility training videos.
- Urban Ball Herding – Good discussion of how to teach urban herding games, and also nice links to Target training for games.
- ASPCA Behavioral Issues – link to the ASPCA’s virtual behavior site for cats and dogs.
- Center for Shelter Dogs Webinars – Nice webinar archive of behaviorally sound approaches to common problems.
- Dog Body Language Video – A brief video demonstrates 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 Blog – a nice set of articles on a variety of common dog behavior topics. Not indexed, you just have to scroll through.
- Dr. Sophia Yin’s Behavior Blog – A 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 deal with challenges in achieving house training.
- Nail Trim and Grooming Training – Dr. Yin’s article with a video on how to train your dog to handle nail trimming and grooming.
- Phoenix Behavior Consulting Training Tips – behaviorally 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 is 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.
- 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
- 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 Cats Happy – this article has a very extensive list at the end of several great enrichment articles.
- Indoor Cat Environment Enrichment – OSU’s site has a lot of great information, from enrichment to behavior problems.
- Toys, Playing and Enrichment for Cats – Cat’s International site, a lot of great enrichment information and discussions of behavior issues in cats
- ASPCA Behavioral 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 a 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 Blog – 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”, and “How to Introduce a Baby”. Also some nice articles in the Cat Health Tab as well.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 – a short informative article with many good tips.
Poisons and Toxins in Small Animals
- American College of Veterinary Nutrition – ACVN has excellent discussions in their FAQ. Organic ingredients, raw foods, homemade diets, and a lot of valid information.
- AVMA Pet Food Recall Listing – recall food listing, the site currently re-opening in Aug 2012, has a link to their Twitter feed that is currently on the subject.
- Hill’s Science Diet Veterinary Prescription Diets – information on Hill’s prescription diets, routine dog and cat health care, and common diseases affected by diet.
- How to Read a Pet Food Label – FDA’s site with an 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.
Travel With Pets
- 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) and 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 that can be toxic or harmful to pets.
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
