Slideshow: Risky Mistakes Pet Owners Make
You Let Your Dog Walk You
You Overlook Ticks
You Ignore Ringworm
You Don't Bother to Deworm
You Skip Flea Medicine
You Don't Spay or Neuter Your Pet
You Keep the Food Bowl Full
You Force Cats to Be Vegetarian
You Give Them Too Little Exercise
You Misread Body Language
You Don't Give Enough Attention
You Make Cats Share a Litter Box
You Don't Socialize Young Pets
You Leave Your Dog Alone Too Long
You Don't Set Rules
You Scold Pets for 'Accidents'
You Leave Young Kids Unsupervised
You Give Milk to Cats
You Let Dogs Eat Spoiled Food
You Give Bones to Dogs
You Feed Dogs Table Scraps
You Don't Make Sure Your Cat Gets Enough Water
Pregnant? You Give Up Your Cat
You Don't Have a Disaster Plan
You Adopt a Pet on a Whim
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1) Juice Images
2) Getty
3) Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine
4) Sinclair Stammers, Eye of Science/Photo Researchers Inc
5) Harold Taylor/OSF
6) Gil Chamberland/Bios
7) Lancelot/Photononstop
8) JL Klein & ML Hubert/Bios
9) LWA-Stephen Welstead/Bridge
10) Nick Ridley/OSF
11) Juniors Bildarchiv
12) Jane Burton/Dorling Kindersley
13) Hola Images
14) www.boelke-art.de/Flickr
15) Roy Morsch/Flirt Collection
16) Martin Harvey/Digital Vision
17) Jacque Denzer Parker/Index Stock Imagery
18) Junku/Flickr
19) Tracy Morgan/Dorling Kindersley
20) Photoalto
21) Bill Losh/Photographer's Choice
22) Photographer / Collection
23) Hill Street Studios/Workbook Stock
24) Beverly Logan/Age Fotostock
25) Jean Luc & Francoise Ziegler/Bios
SOURCES:
Animal Medical Center, The Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst Hospital: “Pet-Related Injuries.”
ASCPA: "Litter Box Problems," "Animal Poison Control Chat Transcript," "Safety Tips," "Wet and Dry Cat Food," "Begging at the Table," "Canine Body Language," "Disaster Preparedness," "Enriching Your Dog’s Life," "Exercise for Dogs," "Exercise for Dogs," "Questions to Ask Yourself Before Adopting," "Top 10 Reasons to Spay or Neuter Your Pet."
CDC: "MMWR: Nonfatal Fall-Related Injuries Associated with Dogs and Cats --- United States, 2001--2006," "Lyme Disease and Animals," "Ringworm and Animals," "Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Animals," "Guidelines for Veterinarians: Prevention of Zoonotic Transmission of Ascarids and Hookworms of Dogs and Cats," "Toxoplasmosis Fact Sheet."
Champaign County Humane Society: "Home Alone? Basic Time Management for Your Dog."
FDA: "No Bones About It: Bones Are Unsafe for Your Dog."
Medscape Today: "Lactose Intolerance."
Peteducation.com: "Basic Dog and Puppy Training Rules," "Early Socialization of Your Puppy," "Flea Allergy Dermatitis or Flea Bite Hypersensitivity," "Interactions Between Children and Dogs."
Feline Nutrition Foundation: “Answers; What Exactly is an ‘Obligate Carnivore?' "
Urban Vegan: "Vegan Cat Food: The Cold Hard Truth."
The Humane Society of the United States: "Crate Training."
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: "Obese Owners Can Mean Obese Pets."