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Lighting Strikes with Pets

In Animal Health, Dog Behavior, Dog CPR, dog training, dog walker, Dogs, Natural Disasters and pets, pet cpr, Pet Death, Pet First Aid, Pet Safety, pet sitter, Summer pet safety by Cara Armour2 Comments

Lightning Strikes in Many – and Surprising – Ways By our master instructor, Arden Moore I am going to cherish each and every day with more gratitude. Why? Because on August 27, 2019, my dogs, Kona and Bujeau and I survived being struck and we could have been killed by lightning due to a sudden and strong thunderstorm. I also have …

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What Would You Do with Your Pets in a Fire? 

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These are stats from 2010 so while I hope they have decreased, I can only assume with pet ownership increasing, that these numbers have as well, “an estimated 500,000 pets are affected annually by home fires, however, nearly 1,000 house fires each year are accidentally started by the homeowners’ pets, according to data analysis by the National Fire Protection Association” …

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Tropical Storm Harvey Reminds Us That Preparation is Paramount

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We Learned from Hurricane Katrina but Not Enough for Tropical Storm Harvey 12 years ago our country experienced the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and right now as I type, Texas is seeing some of the highest flood waters ever recorded from Tropical Storm Harvey. Much like Katrina, Harvey is destroying homes, causing massive evacuations and evicting people from what was …