If its Christmas time and you're a Sensitive New Age Pet Owner, then you have already compiled a long list of the presents that you are going to give to your pampered pet. If you're a little short on ideas though, maybe the following will help.

Can your dog spread disease to you with the greatest of ease? And what about your cat? Are there man-eating microbes oozing from every one of your cat's hair follicles? More...

We have wonderful weather in this Sunshine State and over the holiday period we are likely to be out and about more with our pets. However, the sunshine can cause another state - heat stress. You need to be careful that you don't put your pets at risk over the hotter months.

Podgy pooches and portly puss-cats are in plague proportions! Our pets are not only living in the lap of luxury, they are lapping up the living luxury and getting fatter in the process. The result is that 25-30% of dogs and cats are now overweight.

It's wonderful sharing your life with a pet but not so good when the pet shares disease with you. Ringworm is the 'social butterfly' of pet diseases and is quite happy to flit from pet to pet and, from pet to owner. It can even spread from an infected owner to his or her innocent pet!

Intestinal Worms are more common than many people think and can be quite debilitating on our pets. Many can also easily be passed on to humans – especially children...

Do you consider yourself to be a SNAPO - a Sensitive New Age Pet Owner?? SNAPO'S are the pinnacles of pet owning society - blessed with more than the average share of compassion towards the creatures we share our lives with - the soul mates of canine cognition and feline philanthropy.