Your dog’s coat keeps them warm in the winter, but it also helps keep them stay cool in the summer and protects them from the sun. Brushing often to get the winter coat out is recommended rather [...]
Now that the weather is warming up, many of us will want to get outside to exercise and need a good running buddy. What better person than your four-legged companion? This can be a great idea for [...]
As we are in the transition from spring to summer, it’s a good time to talk about Lyme disease and how to prevent it. April is “Prevention of Lyme Disease in Dogs” month – so time to first brush [...]
March is ‘Poison Prevention Awareness’ month. It’s good to remember the safety of our pets during March as some things that are poisonous for them can be quite surprising! Plants Especially as [...]
Spring is coming! Despite its beauty and adventures, we are all nearing the end of our patience with winter I’m sure. This includes our pets as well. Get your dog ready for Spring with these 4 [...]
Admiring those pearly whites? Dental care isn’t just for humans, but for our pets too. February is Pet Dental Health month, and we wanted to shed some light on why our pets need our help with [...]
Here at Barks N Purrs, we love to provide positive reinforcement to our furry friends and give our clients some tips on how to do so too! The month of January celebrates training your pet, so we [...]
January is national “Walk Your Dog Month”. With the days being short, cold, and dark, it’s the right month to try and give us an extra boost to walk our pets during the winter. Like us, our pets [...]
Torontonian pooches could be at a greater risk of catching kennel cough right now. It seems the virus is spreading around the city (as if we don’t have enough to worry about right now!), so we [...]
The dogs of puppy mills live in horrendous conditions. They have no bedding (just dirt or cement floors), there is no hydro meaning no heat or air conditioning and they spend their entire lives [...]