How do you feel about required pet sterilizations? Good laws or bad?
Posted on February 29, 2008 - Filed Under Pet Care, Pet News | Leave a Comment
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 find pets at good animal shelters — most of which require spaying and neutering.
The City [...]
‘Amber Alert’ concept moves into the world of pets and pet lovers
Posted on February 28, 2008 - Filed Under Pet News | Leave a Comment
I’m amazed I hadn’t thought about this idea before, but I just discovered a growing movement among pet lovers to form websites and networks that pass along “Amber Alert” type emails and phone calls when a pet comes up missing.
I don’t know whether there is such a service where you live, but I do think [...]
Homelessness afflicts pets as well as people
Posted on February 26, 2008 - Filed Under Pet Care, Pet News | 1 Comment
I’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 only imagine how hard it would be to become homeless, and I have no clue [...]
Update on Tammy Grimes — Dog rescuer sentenced to community service and more
Posted on February 26, 2008 - Filed Under Pet News | Leave a Comment
I posted last week regarding animal rights activist Tammy Grimes, who was facing sentencing for her role in saving “Doggie,” (formerly “Jake”) a 19-year-old German Shepherd chained in a yard in Pennsylvania.
I’m posting this to let you read for yourself what her sentencing was. She was given 300 hours of community service, with stipulation that [...]
Anti-depressants for pets? No, that’s not a joke — pets behaving suicidal
Posted on February 25, 2008 - Filed Under Pet Care, Pet News | Leave a Comment
When 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 pet anti-depressant pills of some sort. Merlin came from a “broken home” and suffered the stresses of [...]
Read More..>>Do presidential candidates’ pets affect your voting decision?
Posted on February 23, 2008 - Filed Under Pet News | Leave a Comment
I ran onto an interesting story about the 2008 presidential candidates, talking about the pets they have. Seems, the article says, that Sen. John McCain wins the honors as owner of the most potential “First Pets” in this race — he has four dogs, a cat, a parakeet, some fish. The article says he used [...]
Read More..>>Have you ever had health insurance for your pets?
Posted on February 21, 2008 - Filed Under Pet Care, Pet News | Leave a Comment
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 needed surgery to have it removed. I’ve forgotten the cost, but it made a dent [...]
Read More..>>Pet issues: Where is the line between pet welfare and ‘pets as property’?
Posted on February 21, 2008 - Filed Under Pet Care, Pet News | 3 Comments
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, and most towns and cities, have laws on the books to punish people for animal [...]
Oh for the love of Sadie — really, help a lovely dog find a home
Posted on February 20, 2008 - Filed Under Dogs, Pet News | Leave a Comment
I went to a fellow pet lover’s blog today, Houndsgood.com and was deeply touched by the plight of a good dog in need of a good home. Here’s a picture of the beauty. Her name is Sadie:
I urge you to go to the Houndsgood.com blog, click on this link, and read Sadie’s story. If you [...]
Read More..>>Have you ever taken a class in pet ‘first aid’? Have you ever done pet first-aid?
Posted on February 20, 2008 - Filed Under Pet Care, Pet News | Leave a Comment
It might be a simple matter to help your cat or dog with a cut or scratch — but could you do mouth-to-mouth resuscitation if you needed to in order to save your pet’s life?
Here’s an interesting story about a course to teach you how to do mouth-to-mouth (or “mouth-to-snout,” as the story calls it) [...]
