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Brachycephalic Breeds: Keeping Your Pet Safe

June 17, 2025 Jocelyn Michaud, CVT
Brachycephalic Breeds
Flat-faced dog breeds are known for their adorably scrunched features and affectionate personalities. But beneath that squishy charm, there are unique medical challenges that every pet parent should understand. Otherwise known as "brachycephalic," these breeds have shortened skulls and compressed upper airways that can make breathing harder, especially in hot or stressful conditions.
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Why Some Dogs Wear Life Jackets in the Pool

October 31, 2024 Jocelyn Michaud, CVT and Nicole VanNienwenhove
Pet Paradise Day Camp
When Day Campers at Pet Paradise get ready to dip (or cannonball) into the pool, our first priority is to keep everyone safe! That's why you might notice some dogs wearing life jackets while they’re doggy paddling. Life vests aren’t just adorable (who knew pups could look so dapper in orange?) – they also play a vital role in helping to keep pets safe!
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Breeding Love in the Community with Lucky Labs Rescue

March 23, 2022 Abigail Curran
3 labs laying down from Lucky Labs Rescue
If you’re lucky, a dog will come into your life, steal your heart, and change everything. That’s very true of Lucky Labs Rescue in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Charlotte Airport resort breeds love in their community by donating to the non-profit through various fundraisers including Wacky Camp Days, Food For Paws pet food drive, and their annual Santa Paws event.
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Looking to Adopt? Fur Sisters Rescue Founder, Kelly Krehbiel has Some Advice

January 19, 2022 Abigail Curran
Fur Sisters Furever Urs Rescue
Since Wacky Wednesdays began in 2009, Pet Paradise has donated over $350,000 to more than 100 organizations nationally. Fur Sisters is one of the charities Pet Paradise donates to through Wacky Camp Days.
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April is Adopt a Greyhound Month

April 21, 2021 Lili Kendall
greyhounds
Greyhounds are gentle, noble, and sweet-tempered giants. They are lean and built for high speed pursuit, but are also content to lounge around the house all day. In honor of National Adopt a Greyhound Month, we've been celebrating our Greyhound friends all month long as April's Breed of the Month . All ...
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Meet Our Veterinary Authors

Our Veterinarians are at the center of everything we do at Pet Paradise + NewDay Veterinary Care. They not only inform our resort operations, vet clinics, science-backed dog training and the way we groom our dogs, but they also contribute to our articles for medical accuracy and insight.

Dr Clay Hellner DVM

Dr. Clay Hellner, Chief Veterinary Officer

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Dr. Karen O'Connor, Regional Veterinary Medical Director

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Dr. Steve Capron, Fellow of the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry

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