News, Advice and Resources for Thoughtful Pet People
Posts just about cats.
Love this! Pretty clever lyrics and well done. “I love my lions like the days is long.” Yo.
(Note: Kittehs are flipped in this vid., but I think it’s clearly a game they play & I’ve known cats that like to be tossed. Our cat Crow probably wouldn’t like it, but he does like being petted way more roughly than any cat I’ve had before. He’s happiest if you just tip him over, rub him vigorously up & down his side, scratch his belly like a dog, and give him some good, strong pats on his side.)
This is so disappointing. Procter & Gamble is acquiring Natura Pet Products which was a privately held company that produced high quality pet foods—Evo, Innova, Karma, California Natural, Healthwise and Mother Nature. (We use Innova and Evo.) Quality brands often seem to go downhill once they are bought by the large conglomerates. Look at Science Diet (Colgate-Palmolive Company), Iams (Procter & Gamble), Eukanuba (Procter & Gamble), & Nutro (Mars). Craptacular.
The U.S. Postal Service is releasing a new series of First Class stamps today—Animal Rescue: Adopt A Shelter Pet—to raise awareness of pet adoption and the needs of shelter animals. They’re pretty damn cute too! You can read each animal’s story when you mouse over their image.
In conjunction with the stamps, the pet food company Halo is donating 1 million meals to animal shelters when you sign up for their newsletter, follow them on Twitter, etc. Ellen DeGeneres, co-owner, of Halo, is also part of the campaign.
You can order the stamps online, so it’s super easy. (This is how I always buy stamps anyway. It’s quick, there’s no waiting in lines, and they don’t run out like the post office can.)
Comprehensive lists of common food items that are dangerous for cats and for dogs. I like that they not only list the food items, but they also tell why they are dangerous. You can download the lists as pdf’s to print and keep handy. (thanks Margaret)
Wales has banned the use of electric shock collars on cats & dogs. (via Animal Law Blog) Break the law and you face £20,000 or six months in prison. Sounds like they’re serious.
Electric shock collars are already banned in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Slovenia, & Switzerland.