Living room item a leading cause of pet injuries
Every living room has one, and many people, as well as their dogs and cats, have a special affinity for this popular item.
This common household item is safe for people, but many pet parents are unaware that it is a leading cause of injury for dogs and cats. It is your couch, and dogs and cats love to repeatedly hop on and off it.
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A book about a rescue dog
that will touch your heart
that will touch your heart
THE HUNT OF HER LIFE, is a nonfiction book
about Samantha, an unwanted rescue dog who the author adopts at age 2.
This beautifully designed full-color deluxe book, by longtime newspaper journalist Joseph A. Reppucci, contains more than 60
vibrant color photos of dogs to help illustrate the compelling and uplifting
story of Samantha - a pretty tricolor bird dog who uses her warm
personality to win people over and build a new family after being put up
for adoption by a hunter because she is gun-shy and afraid to hunt.
Learn how she uses her special bonding abilities with people to help her
eventually make a transition from the hunting fields to family life. While
reading the The Hunt of Her Life, you will travel with Samantha and the
author along a trail filled with surprising twists, sudden turns,
mystery and even what some call a miracle. And when the journey is
finished, you may never look at people and their pets, motherhood - and
perhaps even God - in the same way. The
Hunt of Her Life is must reading. It will take you on a captivating
journey - a trip like no other - that will touch your heart.
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Accidents from jumps and falls involving household furniture, especially the couch and bed, is a leading cause for pets to break bones, according to a study by Veterinary Pet Insurance. These accidents account for a whopping 40 percent of broken bones.
VPI veterinarian Carol McConnell says pet parents need to create safe conditions for their dogs and cats. “Injury prevention includes careful management of a pet’s environment by removing possible threats and eliminating situations that might put a pet at risk," she states in a media release.
Accidents involving moving vehicles also account for 40 percent of broken bones in pets, the study found.Restraining pets is the best way to prevent accidents or injuries caused by moving vehicles, Dr. McConnell says. "Pets should be kept on a leash at all times while away from home. If a pet has a tendency to bolt out the door and into the street, the pet should be desensitized to open doors or restricted to a safe area by a fence or baby gate.”
The other causes for pets breaking bones on VPI's top-10 list are: Fight with another pet or animal, fourth; running and slipping, fifth; hit or struck with an object, sixth; caught in or between an object, seventh; running into an object, eighth; being stepped on, ninth; injured in car accident, 10.
VPI compiled the list from its claims by policyholders in 2008. It received more than 5,000 claims for fractures.
Most fractures involved breaks to the humerus, femur, radius, ulna and tibia. The most common treatment of these breaks, surgical implantation of an orthopedic plate, had an average submitted claim fee of $1,500.
The most expensive claims for broken bones were submitted for surgical treatment of a broken pelvis or vertebrae. Breaks to the pelvis or vertebrae that required pins, wires or screws had an average submitted claim fee of $2,400, and breaks that required an orthopedic plate had an average submitted claim fee of $2,600.
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“Broken bones are painful for pets and costly for pet owners,” Dr. Carol McConnell said.
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