by Heidi Clayton | Jul 17, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, Cape May County, Pets, South Jersey
I don’t think most people plan on their dogs getting loose or getting away from them when it happens. However, if you take a look at the Facebook page called Atlantic County Lost and Found Pets, it seems to happen fairly frequently. I don’t know if you can necessarily...
by Heidi Clayton | Jul 10, 2025 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, Pets, South Jersey
A few weeks ago, while I was in a pharmacy in Egg Harbor Township on one of the hottest days of the summer yet, an Egg Harbor Township police officer came inside trying to find the owner of a vehicle that contained a dog inside suffering from what appeared to be...
by Heidi Clayton | Jul 3, 2025 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, Pets, South Jersey
As humans, we tend to avoid any interaction with bees, hornets, yellow jackets, and wasps. Dogs, however, may find these winged pests intriguing and want to chase them, trying to catch them and antagonizing bees to sting them. Most times, the bee sting will produce a...
by Heidi Clayton | Jun 26, 2025 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, Pets, South Jersey
I received an email from a concerned pet owner about their young puppy having what the vet called an “innocent” heart murmur, asking if I thought the puppy would be able to handle training classes. Hearing that your puppy has an irregular heartbeat can be scary....
by Heidi Clayton | Jun 19, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, Cape May County, Pets, South Jersey
In 2018, pet owners and the dog food industry panicked after the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) published a study with precursory findings that dogs, and perhaps especially Golden Retrievers, may be developing canine Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) as a result of...
