Pet Health – Vaccines, Insurance, and Chipping – What You Should Know

2019 – International Cat Day and National Dog Day

Pet-lovers, not only is August 8 International Cat Day and August 26 National Dog Day in the USA, but August is Immunization Awareness month!

As you may know, we are all about our pets here at TJTL.

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Owning a pet can be costly.

Just like with humans, it can be even more expensive to not have insurance, ending up with an emergency on your hands.

Or to not have given the pets their proper prevention, like vaccines and monthly preventative heartworm medicine.

has some articles on just what you will need to know about properly vaccinating your cat or dog.

Check out these articles from them on what vaccines your cat should have and what vaccines your dog should have.

Additional articles from Embrace include one about pet vaccination myths, one about microchipping your pet, as well as microchipping dos and don’ts.

For Fun

Find out your dog’s breed mix -

Wisdom Panel 3.0 currently on sale on Amazon!

Wisdom Panels are DNA kits for dogs, like how people like to find their ancestry.

We did one for Buckeye.

I was skeptical, but it turned out that it was amazingly accurate, down to the way her ears lay to her eye color. And she’s a mutt! (You do NOT send a picture in of your dog with the kit.)

Did you do a Wisdom Panel? Share a fun fact with us about the results in the comments!

Pet Health - Things You Should Be Doing For Your Cat or Dog