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Dog & Cat Links

Dog & Cat Links

The internet provides an unlimited supply of information. Unfortunately, not all of the information that is provided is accurate. The following links are ones that we feel offer useful accurate information that you may find helpful.

Small Animal Links

Canada West Veterinary Specialists
Canada West Veterinary Specialists is a dedicated referral centre with expertise in core disciplines. We work as an extension of your family veterinarian to provide second opinions or specialized care. Our team of specialists and support staff work together to facilitate the best possible outcome for each patient entrusted in our care by the referring veterinarians and our patients’ families.

Care Credit
CareCredit is a healthcare credit card with a credit line for treatments and procedures for your entire family, including your pets. It is the nation’s leading patient client plan. With CareCredit, you can finance 100% of your vet care and there are no upfront costs, no annual fees, and no pre-payment penalties. You can begin treatment today and conveniently pay with low monthly payments.

Emergency Care Tips for Pet Owners
Do you know how to handle a pet-related emergency? Check out the emergency page on AVMA’s website for information about what constitutes an emergency, what to do in case of an emergency, and first aid tips for pet owners.

Healthy Pet
The standards developed and published by AAHA are widely accepted as representing those components of veterinary practice that represent high quality care. The standards are periodically reviewed and updated to ensure that they remain consistent with evolving knowledge and technology.  Accreditation helps veterinary hospitals stay on the leading edge of veterinary medicine and provide the quality and range of services you and your pet deserve.

Indoor Cat Initiative
Our goal is to enhance the health and welfare of companion animals world-wide so that all pets and their caregivers can experience optimal well-being. Optimal well-being permits individuals to thrive in their environments

Orthopedic Foundation for Animals
OFA Database Application Forms

Pet Care TV
We produce digital content and subsequent companion websites for that content. At MyPetCareTV.com, the main objective is to offer an educational platform to help facilitate further pet knowledge. This is achieved by offering an online community by which users can interact with other users, doctors and pet professionals in their area.

Pet Fit
Pet Fit – help for an active, healthy and happy pet.

Pup Quest
Many people are unknowingly buying or adopting sick and under-socialized puppies. This reality causes human heartbreak and animal suffering. It is costly, both emotionally and financially. Let us guide you on your quest for a happy, healthy puppy from a responsible source!

Sharps and Medication Disposal

Veterinary Oncology Center
When you walk through the doors of Veterinary Oncology Center, our priority will be to empower you with the knowledge needed to take best decisions and provide highest quality of veterinary medical care and progressive treatments to your companion. We understand that you are looking for the same care you would seek for yourself and we customize each cancer treatment plan to fit your family’s needs and expectations.

Veterinary Partner
VeterinaryPartner.com is here to support your veterinarian and you in the care of your companion animals by providing reliable, up-to-date animal health information from the veterinarians and experts of the Veterinary Information Network (VIN), the world’s first and largest online veterinary database and community.

Animal Poison Control Center
The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center is your best resource for any animal poison-related emergency, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 

Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine
From clipping claws to treating cancer, get the healthcare information you need for your pet on our Pet Health Topics Web site.

Washington State Veterinary Medical Association
The Washington State Veterinary Medical Association is a statewide not-for-profit organization for the benefit of veterinary medicine, with a membership of over 1,600 veterinarians and veterinary students, representing a broad spectrum of veterinary practice.

Grief Resources

Different people experience different emotions after the death of a pet. Sadness, anger, denial, guilt, and grief are all very common feelings. It can be difficult to deal with these feelings, especially if those around you seem not to understand, but there are many resources available to help grieving owners to heal. Visit our grief resources page for more information.

Pet Insurance

365 Pet Insurance
Read reviews of the top pet insurance companies from industry experts.

Trupanion Pet Insurance
Trupanion provides affordable pet medical insurance coverage for cats and dogs who enroll between the ages of eight weeks and 14 years of age, and will insure them for their entire life.

Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI)
Since 1982, when we issued our first policy to television’s Lassie, we’ve worked hard to bring our founding vets’ vision to fruition. We’ve earned our reputation as the most trusted pet insurance company in the nation with every pet we’ve insured—one million and counting.

ASPCA Pet Insurance
ASPCA Pet Health Insurance was developed by the Hartville Group, Inc. with the same devotion to protecting animals that has defined the ASPCA®’s 145-year history. Along with its licensed subsidiary, Hartville is one of the oldest and largest pet insurance providers in the US, and it’s the ASPCA®’s only strategic partner for pet insurance.

Lost Pets/Pet Rescue

Alternative Humane Society
The Alternative Humane Society of Whatcom County is an all-volunteer, non-profit animal welfare organization dedicated to improving the lives of dogs and cats and helping them find and stay in permanent loving homes.

Furbaby Rescue
Fur Baby Rescue specializes in adoption of small breed rescue dogs.

Misunderstood Mutts Rescue
Misunderstood Mutts Rescue (MMR) is a registered 501(c)3, volunteer-operated organization serving the greater Yakima Valley and Puget Sound region. They are dedicated to saving abandoned, free, and throwaway dogs in areas where abuse, neglect, and cruelty are prevalent.

Old Dog Haven
Old Dog Haven is a small nonprofit group using a large network of foster homes to provide loving, safe homes for unadoptable senior dogs in need in western Washington.

Boarding/Day Care

Cedarwoods
Training Only. Located in Ferndale,WA, nestled in between Bellingham and Lynden, Cedarwoods Canine School has proudly been a family owned and operated business for 22 years. The Cedarwoods Canine School mission is to foster a sense of goodwill between pet owners and the local community in Western Washington. At Cedarwoods Canine School our highly qualified trainers assist in creating excellent K-9 companions.

Hyline Hotel
Hyline Hotel and Training for Dogs, boarding, day care, grooming, training, kenneling, obedience, rally, agility; at Hyline we do it all. Grooming, boarding and even training can be stressful for your dog. Our goal for our over night, day care and grooming guest is to make their visit as clean and quiet as possible thereby reducing stress. We strive to make every guest big or small, Purebred or All American, feel like family so they will be “begging” to come back.

Tails-A-Wagging
Welcome to tails-a-wagging! We are a unique training and daycare resource dedicated to providing dogs in our community with fun, exercise, socialization, education and stimulation at the highest level.

Product Sales and Services

Invisible Fence
How does the Invisible Fence work? To put it simply, a wire is discreetly installed around your property to create an Invisible Boundary®. Our professional pet trainers effectively teach your pet boundaries and avoidance behaviors so your pet clearly knows where they can and cannot go. Your pet’s custom programmed Computer Collar® delivers a warning tone and if needed a non-harming but effective static correction should they forget or try to test their limits.

Hills Foods
Today, Hill’s Pet Nutrition carries on the tradition of caring that began in 1939 with one remarkable veterinarian. Our Prescription Diet® and Science Diet® pet foods offer the highest-quality pet nutrition available. We’re making a difference for people and their pets all over the world.

Cat Friendly

American Association of Feline Practitioners
Please see the Cat Health Topics area on their website

The Cat Community
You care, We care, Cat care. Find it here.

Cornell Feline Health Center
See the Health Information section

Diabetic Cat Information

Feline Advisory Bureau

Ohio State University Indoor Cat Initiative