8 Reasons to Celebrate World Vet Day 2025

On World Vet Day, a female veterinarian in NZ is carefully examining a dog's head.

World Vet Day 2025 is all about celebrating the essential health work vets do. Vets in NZ play a crucial role in the human-animal bond by ensuring our companion animals (and farm animals) stay healthy. As we all know, vets also play an enormous role in human health too. For example, by ensuring the meat … Read more

How to Celebrate Pink Shirt Day with Pets

A woman wearing glasses and a pink shirt smiles while holding a yellow dog’s face as the dog opens its mouth near her cheek, celebrating Pink Shirt Day—an event that proudly supports anti bullying day NZ.

Pink Shirt Day is an anti-bullying day in NZ (and in Canada where it first started). Pets often provide a strong sense of comfort and security to those who are being bullied. They can be our best friend or beloved companions but also provide vital support as therapy and assistance animals. In this article, PD … Read more

We Asked A Vet: Do Cat and Dog Pheromones Work?

A small brown puppy sits outdoors on dry grass, basking in the sunlight with its eyes closed, like the headline of the top articles declaring happiness found in simple moments.

Are you curious about what pheromones can do for your furry friends? You may have heard of pheromones for cats and dogs and wondered “do pheromone sprays work?” We asked  Dr Cath Watson, Kiwi vet, Healthy Pets New Zealand Trustee and a proud PD contributor, what these invisible chemical messengers can do for our pets … Read more

Year-Long Flea Treatments? We Asked A Vet

A golden retriever, having just finished its year-long flea treatments, lies playfully on its back in a grassy field under the clear sky, with trees framing the serene scene.

A relatively new anti-flea injection is available in New Zealand. It’s vet-administered and works year-round. If you’re among the many pet owners wondering how to treat fleas on dogs (besides the usual course of action of applying anti-flea treatments every couple of months), you might be keen to learn more about this method. PD interviewed … Read more