News, Advice and Resources for Thoughtful Pet People
Pet cats living outside and stray & feral cats have a really hard time in winter—those low temperatures can be deadly. Â If your neighborhood has cats living outside and if your living situation allows, here are some inexpensive, DIY shelters you can make to give them a warm, dry place to sleep. Obviously, don’t place …
Last week’s post on the DIY Dog Rain Coat got me to thinking about all the other DIY dog coats & sweaters I’ve written about. Â Here are a bunch of tutorials on how to make your dog her own coat—everything from upcycling to sewing to knitting to even weaving. Cardigan Coat Dog Raincoat …
Cute coat!  Check out this great tutorial for a canine rain coat using oil cloth—the vinyl coated material used to make tablecloths, tote bags, etc.  Oil cloth is waterproof, easy to clean, and now comes great patterns. Heather, of Heatherly Loves, used an old dog coat as a pattern to cut out pieces from some …
Here are a ton of DIY cat toys! Â One of my pet peeves (groan!) is ugly pet toys . Â I like them to be colorful, cute, and/or funny, and the easiest way to achieve that is to make your own. Â The great thing about DIY cat toys is they take very little fabric, yarn, etc. …
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I’m a big dork about Halloween. Â I really love it! Â Here’s a repost of a big collections of patterns you can use to make a jack-o-lantern for almost any pet. I love carving something different each year on our pumpkins and, though I’m very fond of cats, I thought other pets should be represented too. …