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Category: Pet CareMarch 3, 2008 Mystified by the mentality that causes people to abandon petsI’ve always been a very understanding person, and a very gullible person, I suppose. That combination generally causes me to try very hard to give people the benefit of the doubt when it comes to their bad behavior. Case in … March 2, 2008 Age-old question: Do we really ever train our pets or do they actually train us?One of the fascinating and amazing things about having pets is the extent to which we humans adapt to the needs of non-human species: We do indeed train our pets; they indeed do train us. So the question in this … March 1, 2008 Nominate your choice: What’s the best pet for small children?Think carefully about this question: What do you think is the best pet for small children, say children 10 years old and under? The age is arbitrary, but I want to emphasize SMALL children, i.e., physically small, mentally, emotionally, and … Estate planning for our pets? What happens to them if we die?If you’re like me, you’ve read stories from time to time of eccentric millionaires leaving the bulk of their money to care for little FooFoo and Fido when they died. I’m not asking the question in the title of this … February 29, 2008 Have you tried one of the ‘invisible’ dog fences and does it work for your dog?Being very curious by nature, I’ve been look at information about the various invisible dog fences/pet fences on the market. I don’t presently have a dog, only a cat, and we have no issues with the cat harassing neighbors or … How do you feel about required pet sterilizations? Good laws or bad?I’m all in favor of the idea that most cats and dogs we have as pets ought to be spayed or neutered. I am very uncomfortable with buying pets from pet stores for a world of reasons, and prefer to … February 26, 2008 Homelessness afflicts pets as well as peopleI’ve never been homeless. I’ve never gone through foreclosure. For the most part, I’ve always had a home or apartment to live in, though some family dysfunction when I was a kid did impact me and a special pet. I can … February 25, 2008 Anti-depressants for pets? No, that’s not a joke — pets behaving suicidalWhen we took Merlin the wonderful black cat into our home some years ago, he came with a covered litter box, a bag of dry food his previous owner had no use for — and a bottle of … February 21, 2008 Have you ever had health insurance for your pets?We had a veterinary crisis of sorts about two years ago. Our cat, Tigra, developed a bump on her spine just up from her tail. The vet said it was possibly cancerous, but likely benign. Either way, he said she … Pet issues: Where is the line between pet welfare and ‘pets as property’?Where do we draw the line between pets and property, and what ought we to do about pets deserving of protection as living creatures when they are being abused? I don’t know for certain, but I believe every state in America, … |
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