There's a new and growing threat to your pets' health, and while I wish I could tell you it's just another Internet rumor, it's all too real. I should know, because my dog is its latest poster child. I'm talking about something you might have thought

It starts with ants. Then come the spiders. Then mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and chiggers. Just the thought makes us squirm and itch, then run for a hot shower, clutching tightly a bar of Fels Naptha soap in the hand we're not using to scratch with.

It's the height of the summer flea season, and male hobo spiders and aggressive house spiders are entering homes in Northeastern Oregon in search of mates, but officials warn against improper use of pesticides which can endanger people and pets.

WASHINGTON — To mosquitoes, some of us are smorgasbords, and others are as tasty as cardboard. As the mosquito season begins in earnest — if it hasn’t already in your microclimate — those on the buffet line might dread its arrival more than the re

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