Tips for Choosing the Best Dog Breed for Your Lifestyle

Tips for Choosing the Best Dog Breed for Your Lifestyle

From high-energy athletes to low-key lapdogs and everything in between, there are as many canine personalities as there are breeds. Whether you’re leaning toward bringing home a purebred puppy or adopting a shelter dog, finding the perfect pooch to suit your lifestyle will help you and your furry sidekick enjoy a mutually rewarding relationship.  If […]

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Cat Training: Fun and Easy Tricks to Teach Your Cat

Cat Training: Fun and Easy Tricks to Teach Your Cat

Does your favorite feline have you trained to bow to her every whim? If you feed her on demand, wake up when she “tells” you to, and find another place to sit when she commandeers your chair, the answer is “yes!” At Beverly Hills Veterinary Associates, we love seeing clever cat behavior, and we have […]

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Pets in Love: Real Life or Just in the Movies?

Pets in Love: Real Life or Just in the Movies?

With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, our thoughts tend to turn to love during this time of year. As that theme runs throughout our days, it is only natural for us animal lovers at Beverly Hills Veterinary Associates to wonder if pets in love are the real deal or just for cutesy television. 

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Is It Possible to Clicker Train Your Cat?

Is It Possible to Clicker Train Your Cat?

The idea of training your cat to do anything aside from use their litter box might be quite odious. Cats can be finicky when it comes to participation and involvement, but it is actually possible to clicker train your cat. Whether it’s using the toilet, going for walks on a leash, or performing tricks (can […]

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Our Heroes: The Many Jobs of Police Dogs

Our Heroes: The Many Jobs of Police Dogs

Humans have had close relationships with dogs for millennia. The primary jobs of clever canines were hunting, guarding, herding, and guiding, and they also served in the military. Europe in the Middle Ages saw an increase in lawlessness, and villages were individually tasked with protecting their citizenry. Citizens started deploying bloodhounds to keep people safe, […]

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My Dog Keeps Burying Things!

My Dog Keeps Burying Things!

Have you ever pulled the couch back, only to discover a collection of your dog’s half-chewed bones and think, why? This cute, confusing, or annoying behavior causes many dog owners to wonder how to prevent their dog from continuing to bury various items. But dogs may have an instinct to hoard, hide, bury their favorite […]

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Clicker Training Your Dog: How Does It Work?

Clicker Training Your Dog: How Does It Work?

Ever wonder how they get those dogs in the movies to do certain things or perform complex tricks? Sure, most of them are pretty talented pooches, but Beverly Hills Veterinary Associates thinks your pet is talented, too. Clicker training in dogs is the foundation of many positive reinforcement-based pet training techniques. It works quite well […]

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Feline Intelligence: How Smart Are Cats, Really?

Feline Intelligence: How Smart Are Cats, Really?

Your cat knows they’re clever, and more importantly, they don’t care if you recognize their skills or not. But the truth is, life is more fun when feline intelligence is observed and celebrated. You can teach them all sorts of skills and tricks. While they may appear completely indifferent to your enthusiasm, they respond to […]

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The Very Few Differences Between Wild and Domesticated Cats

The Very Few Differences Between Wild and Domesticated Cats

The pet cats we know and love today are descended from the ancient wildcats Felis silvestris lybica. Originally from the Fertile Crescent (and subsequently revered in ancient Egypt), history’s wildcats enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship with humans. However, despite living in close quarters for approximately 10 millennia, people cannot always get a read on domesticated […]

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Whiz Kid: Why Does My Dog Pee When Excited?

Whiz Kid: Why Does My Dog Pee When Excited?

Those of us who have cared for dogs over the years, know that the occasional accident will happen. In puppies and young dogs, peeing can spontaneously occur when they get too riled up or excited, as they don’t have total bladder control. If you have been dealing with pee spots on the rug when your […]

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