Stargazer lilies may add color to a room but will poison your cat.
Photo courtesy of proflowers.com
A sago palm is toxic to dogs.
Photo courtesy of lake.ifas.ufl.edu
Ibuprofen can lead to gastritis or even a bleeding ulcer in a pet.
Photo courtesy of
Simon Goldman and Calypso, whose flea allergy led to Simon’s creation of a line of pet shampoos.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Arden Moore
All it took was connecting with a pair of large, sad eyes inside a cage at an animal shelter to inspire
By Tim Pallesen
Everyone wants it clear that Delray Beach loves dogs — but city officials will continue to outlaw them on the municipal beach.
“We all love our dogs, but we just can’t police it,” city manager Louie Chapman Jr. told city commiss
Costumed as bride and groom, these romantic pooches are all set
for Halloween (or a trot down the aisle).
Photo by Dean Payne
Bug-eyed and bushy-tailed, this photogenic doggie
is ready for treats and perhaps a trick or two.
File photo
By Arden Moor
Brandon Martel, 15, relies on his Labradoodle, Sophie, to
help him during stressful times when he is prone to having
seizures from an as-yet-undiagnosed condition.
Photos by Libby Volgyes/The Coastal Star
By Arden Moore
Little did Brandon Martel r
Ocean Ridge resident Luke Smith eats lunch at Hurricane Alley in Boynton Beach with Healy, a Labradoodle he was petsitting. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Arden Moore
You’re familiar with signs posted in restaurants that declare, “We have the right
By Arden Moore
Meet Amy Restucci, a self-described big-mouth, low-maintenance chick who never complains when she makes the trek down I-95 in bumper-to-bumper traffic from her West Palm Beach home to rural Miami.
She doesn’t mind the drive because she
By Arden Moore
Ah, April. The month typically signifies the departure of snowbirds and the arrival of persistent hot weather, where temperatures registering in the mid-80s and up are not uncommon in Palm Beach County.
OK, so that statement is not wo
See photos of more dogs dressed for Halloween
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Pumpkins, ghosts, witches, devils. This Halloween, these are not only popular costumes for people but also for their pets.
“Buying a costume for your pet is a feel-good sort of
By Arden Moore
You’re never too young to make a difference. Just ask 12-year-old Monica Plumb of Powhatan, Va. After reading in her local newspaper about firefighters using a pet oxygen mask to save the life of a dog in a house fire two years ago,
By Arden Moore
Irwin Stovroff of Boca Raton is living proof that you’re never too old to make adifference and that you should never underestimate the healing power of dogs.
Stovroff, energetic at 87, first caught my attention when he recent
