All Entries in the "Pets General" Category
Death threats du jour: How not to change an attitude
A woman in the U.K. dumped a live cat in trash bin and was caught on government surveillance cameras doing it. Confronted, she “defends” herself by saying she did it as a lark, and, “It’s only a cat.”
Moronic dirtbag? No doubt. Worthy of death threats? Of course not. But that’s just what she got. From [...]
Insurance hype is more bark than bite
The Insurance Journal had a headline last week, “Dog Bite Claims Top $400M in 2009; Rise 30% in Last 6 Years.”
Boy, that sounds bad, doesn’t it?
But when you drill down a little, the truth emerges. The always-alert KC Dog Blog points out the reality behind the banner: The Insurance Information Institute is fear-mongering, creating hysteria around dog [...]
If it bites, it must be a pit bull, right?
Media bias is becoming more dangerous to dog-owners than the dogs the media is trying to make everyone afraid of.
The National Canine Resource Council looked at news stories involving dog bites in a four-day period, and results were typical of what you’d see in any four-day period at any time in the United States. [...]
Your pets’ biggest poison risk is your medication
Even though antifreeze is what usually springs to mind first when we think about what can poison our pets, it is human medications — aspirin, ibuprofen, birth control pills, Prozac, decongestants, enalapril, etc. – that are the most common cause of poison cases in pets.
Those child proof caps are no match for the crusher jaws [...]
How a moose’s diet can help you
Technically, a moose does not count as a pet, of course, but this story, courtesy of Pet Connection’s BFF Dr. Patty Khuly, has big ramifications for people.
A clue is emerging that could suggest a way to combat osteoarthritis in people: better nutrition in childhood (and even in the womb) could leave you less susceptible to [...]
Dogs in the office = better productivity
Intuitively, it feels like if you have dogs allowed in the workplace, people would be in better moods, more cooperative and maybe even more productive, right? Do you know what science has to say about that? Until recently, nothing.
Sociologists are only now considering if dogs in the workplace might be good for the workplace. The [...]
Drinking from the toilet: Join the crowd
Dogs drink from toilets in part because it’s the freshest water in the house available to them.
Dogs can’t t grab a glass and get some water from the faucet, but they can have fresh and frequently replaced water all day long. When you pour water into a dog’s water bowl, it is fresh for a [...]
Better living through animals
I’m sitting here waiting for the phone to ring, trying to take a surgeon out to lunch next month for our 10-year anniversary. I haven’t talked to him in eight years, two years after I had gastric bypass surgery.
At the time of surgery, I weighed 450 pounds, but I was already on the road to [...]
Calgary extends commitment to pets and people
When it comes to no-kill communities, where the rubber meets the road is what happens when times get tough. With a economy still causing stress for pet owners, The Calgary Herald illustrates how the Calgary, held up as a shining example of no-kill that works, is coping:
This fall, the City of Calgary’s Animal Services Centre [...]
Pupwatch: Crossing my fingers in hope
It’s very hard to function with fingers crossed, legs and toes crossed, and even my eyes crossed.
Well, maybe not the eyes.
An Australian Shepherd litter is due to be born on Aug. 18th and if all goes well, there will be a black tri male puppy in that litter with my name on him. Knock on [...]