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Dr. Ernie Ward Dr. Ernie Ward

Why Your Cat Hates Halloween

Your cat hates Halloween. 

Despite being an iconic feature of the haunting holiday, cats definitely don’t dig the festival of phantoms and frights. I know this because I asked them. What, you thought Galaxy Jackson was the only one who talked to cats? I feel it’s my sworn veterinary duty to share with you some of the reasons felines want out of the scare business and offer alternative animals to accompany witches, wizards and otherworldly apparitions. And I’m not just talking about Jack Russell terriers.

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Dr. Ernie Ward Dr. Ernie Ward

Project 25

By combining the exciting convergences in biology, medical technology, biogenomics, artificial intelligence, and computing, I foresee a time in the near future when dogs and cats live to age 25 without pain and illness and possess capabilities far beyond what we think of as "pets" today.

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Dr. Ernie Ward Dr. Ernie Ward

Puppy Rollover is the New Ninja

Like most veterinarians, I was taught that whenever dogs rolled over, they were being submissive. What may be caninedom’s greatest secret is out: Rolling over is the new ninja.

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Dr. Ernie Ward Dr. Ernie Ward

Pet Obesity and the Shrinking Planet

The world’s not getting smaller; everybody’s just getting bigger.

As the human obesity epidemic has been swelling, another quiet expansion in body size has occurred: Our pets are getting as fat as we are. And the world just got a little bit smaller.

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