By Caroline Coile, PhD From the American Kennel Club Know which venomous snakes are common in your area, or in an area that you’re planning to visit with your dog. Clear your yard of fallen logs, trash, and deep leaf litter. Don’t let your dog stick th …
Join our hands-on volunteer program, where you will get to change an animal’s life. Through ACS, you can help us by increasing the number of lives we save, socializing our animals, and educating our community. If you are interested in volunteering, ple …
Plan ahead and keep your pet safe during a disaster. From the City of San Antonio Animal Care Services: We can never know when a disaster may happen. Proper planning is the first step in handling an emergency situation and keeping your pets safe during …
The Animal Defense League and Maddie’s Fund: “2023 Open Arms Challenge” By Nadia De La Garza As ADL continues to grow and serve the San Antonio community, we are always looking into new ways we can aid our supporters, adopters, and families, whether …
Holiday Food Safety for Dogs: Tips From Your Local Veterinarians By Annabelle Escandon Greetings from the Kothmann Pet Hospital Team! As the holidays near, we would like to share some holiday foods that are safe for your pets to eat and what foods are …
Prepping for Winter with Feral Cats By Nadia De La Garza “Winter is coming!” – well, at least cooler temperatures are arriving here in San Antonio. And as we’ve seen, unpredictable weather can happen. As an advocate of pets, The Animal Defense League o …
“What’s your best dog food?” By Tina Kuykendall That’s the question caring pet owners most frequently ask us. And our answer always is, “Feed the best quality food you can afford.” But what does the best quality mean? The highest protein? The highest m …
DaisyCares Pet Food Program at the San Antonio Food Bank DaisyCares has created the DaisyCares Pet Food Program to provide dog and cat food to needy families, enabling them to keep their companion animals when faced with economic hardship. DaisyCares a …
How to Keep Pets Safe When the Temperatures Climb By the American Red Cross Many experts predict parts of the country will see warmer than usual weather over the next few months, and proof of that may be the prolonged heat wave out west. Extreme heat i …