If you have cats and/or dogs, read this ahead of the Fourth of July. It's often a scary time for beloved pets.

Local animal shelters say tell-tale signs of stress in your dog or cat are chewing on things, scratching, excessive barking, ...

Santa Barbara County Animal Services will keep its shelters open for regular business hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., through ...

Pet owners can take several steps to mitigate anxiety and ensure their pets' safety during fireworks displays, such as keeping them indoors, providing enrichment activities, and using calming aids.

T here's a reason there have been so many campaigns to keep people from leaving dogs in hot cars: Heat can seriously injure ...

While the colors and sounds of fireworks are key to many local Fourth of July celebrations, emergency officials and animal ...

We have an older dog who has had some very expensive vet bills recently. It has us both wondering how far, financially speaking, we should be willing to go to keep him alive.

Keep festive plants like poinsettias and mistletoe out of pets' reach. They're poisonous to animals and so are the needles on real trees, which dogs and cats might chew on. Other foods to avoid ...

Animal connection helps keep seniors young at heart. ... “Even just watching a fish tank or petting an animal for 10 minutes has been shown to lower blood pressure and cortisol levels,” she said.