Hold the Lyme please - In many parts of the country Lyme disease is becoming an
increasing problem during temperate months (like May). Make sure you check your
dog daily for ticks, use a veterinarian approved tick preventative and ask your
vet about a Lyme vaccine in high-risk areas. For more information on Lyme disease
click here.
Car care - Spring and summer is a great time to take your pets in the car but take
notice of these health tips:
Windows up: Dogs love hanging their heads
out the window of a moving car. However, this not without risks; Petplan sees many
claims for pets that have been injured falling or jumping out of car windows! Make
sure that either your pet is restrained or that the window is not open wide enough
for them to make a jump for it.
Pant! Pant! Pant!: Never leave your pet
unattended in a car during hot weather. Heat stroke can kill. If you won't be able
to take Rover with you when you get out of the car, leave him at home.
Life's a beach - Beach and boating time
are here again but please don't think your puppy can doggy-paddle if he hasn't done
it before! Some dogs (like pugs, and other pooches with legs smaller than their
bodies) need a life jacket. To help them from getting
over-tired, throw them a bone, and by bone we mean life jacket.
Tell us
what you do to keep your pet healthy and you could win one of five Planet Dog balls
featured in the latest issue of fetch! magazine
Happy trails. Check out this pet-friendly vacation site - http://www.petfriendlytravel.com/.
For other fun pet travel sites check out the Petplan Travel blog entry.
Ticks be gone. Keep this handy "Tick Key" on your key-ring to help ensure that every
tick removed leaves entirely. Head and all.
> go to website
Spring cleaning. No, not the windows, your pet. And with these organic pet pampering
products, they may even enjoy their next bath.
If they get a policy, you get a $25 AMEX giftcard. (And there's no limit to how
many friends you tell!) >
click here
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April Blogs (worth checking out)
In January 2009, Petplan launched the Vets for Pets blog packed full of pet health
news, tips and information. For a peak, see below. To read them all click here.
Fire Safety - Print a personalized pet rescue sticker
to hang in your window.
Cocoa Mulch - It smells like chocolate, to them it tastes
like chocolate, and unfortunately it has the same negative affects as chocolate.
Pets need vacations too - When
planning your next trip, start with these sites. Some tell you where to stay with
your pet and others tell you what to do with them when you get there.
NBC10 Talks to Petplan:
Covered is the rising cost of veterinary care and lending their insight are Dr.
Jules Benson, Petplan's Staff Veterinarian and Natasha Ashton, Co-Founder.
Click here if having trouble viewing Video
BusinessWeek tells Petplan's story
of growth And how, after Chris Ashton's (co-founder) nearly fatal accident,
Petplan is now more clearly focused on tomorrow and doing everything we can to be
prepared for it. > go to the article.
fetch! magazine hits mailboxes
The second, and much anticipated (or so we're told) issue of
fetch! magazine went out in April. To read it online just click here
New Online Claims Portal
Now you can check the status of your claim online. click here.
The First Dog Gets Settled
Bo goes home in April, the First Dog, (a Portugese Water Dog) was welcomed into
the White House. Where according to The New York Daily News he likes to play ball
in the middle of the night and is safe in the fenced in yard.
The EPA takes on ticks
The Environmental Protection Agency is putting flea and tick spot-on treatments
under the microscope. Due to an increase in reported incidents and adverse reactions.
See what the EPA has to say here.
And the winner is.
Dogs around the country are gearing up for the Spring AKC dog show circuit. Or should
we say getting trimmed, brushed and trained. To find local AKC shows, click here.
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