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PetitsPawz has been in operation since 2009 and our focus began with Trap, Neuter and Return of stray cats in and around Montreal. We still focus greatly on these efforts to make a little dent in the terrible over population of stray, abandoned and feral cats caused by neglectful humans. Along this journey, we have found and brought in many …

Finding the Right Dog  –  Dr. Enid Stiles  Dr. Stiles helps her retired parents navigate the world of pet adoption, and finds the perfect older dog! When I was growing up, my parents always had puppies. Sometimes from breeders, sometimes from someone we knew (neighbour, friend of a friend, etc). Once we had a dog simply show up at our house, …

July 4 2015 – Robert Boisvert, a local Montreal animal rescuer, succeeded today in saving a mamma duck and her ducklings from death while they attempted to cross the highway. He received a call from a friend about a family of ducks stuck on the safety shoulder of a Highway in Montreal Quebec. Boisvert is known through Facebook as the …

Animal lovers, Canadians, lend me your ear: I am thrilled to announce the launch of The Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act to ban cosmetics animal testing! On June 18, Senator Carolyn Stewart Olsen launched a Senate Bill to Ban Cosmetics Animal Testing and Trade in Canada. The introduction of the Senate Bill follows intensive #BeCrueltyFree Canada campaigning, during which time we’ve worked …

Goodbye to the birds in the barn  – by Dr. Amanda Glew  This will be the last year that I will awake to a “caw” while downstairs in my tackroom. This will be the last year that I will see a huge wild turkey being brought upstairs to be treated for a broken wing. This will be the last year …

*While this post was in editing this happened. Please keep this wonderful news in mind while reading. *Warning: Some photos are graphic and disturbing.   E-mail replies from Montreal’s SPCA, “the problem is a “laisse a faire regulation” by the provincial government.” Phone conversations with norme du travail, “It is very sad but they’re not breaking any laws. The animals …

The sweet summer heat has arrived and so has our #BeCrueltyFree Canada petition drive. Add your name to get us to 100,000 signatures and help put an end to cosmetics animal testing in Canada! We’re working hard to ban this outdated practice, but we can’t do it alone. We need each and every one of you. Right now in laboratories …

Hello Meira, I am hoping that you could help me out with my puppy! Jake is a 10 month old Chihuahua that I adopted two months ago. He is super sweet, and we love him to bits, but the peeing in the house is a real problem! I take him out often but he won’t pee outside, no matter how …

Unusual pairings – by Dr. Amanda Glew  One of the things that strikes me working as a veterinarian are the unusual pairings that we see on a daily basis – I mean, when you think about it, the fact that we fall so much in love with a dog can be perceived by non-dog lovers as a little odd.  But …