August means hot weather and we need to protect our pets. We tend to keep our dogs outside maybe a little more than we should, so Dr. Derek Landini will be here to share tips on keeping all of our family safe in the dog days of summer.

If we’re traveling this summer, it’s mostly by car and that means a great opportunity to bring our furry family members along. But how do we do so in the safest manner possible? Lindsey Wolko from the Center for Pet Safety joins us to talk about making sure we are keeping our best friends safe in the car.

Leptospirosis isn’t just a nasty sounding name for a disease, it’s one that can actually be passed from our dogs to us humans. We’ll find out what it is and why we want to keep it out of our house when we chat with Dr. Emilio DeBess, president of the Companion Animal Parasite Council.

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