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Saving a Dog, Saving Ourselves

5/24/12 1:14pm by Heather Clisby
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Rescue Dog

A woman teams up with another roadside stranger, a young girl, to rescue an injured dog, and learns a crucial lesson in the process, namely, that you may not be able to save every being that needs help but you must be prepared to try:  Read more

Adopting a Dog When You Have Kids

5/2/12 10:48am by Heather Clisby
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Kids Dog

Wisdom dispenser, Daddy Mojo, comes through again with some thought provoking tips for any family - especially one with kids - thinking about adopting that cute little puppy in the shelter:  Read more

Natural Flea Control For Pets

4/26/12 6:43am by Heather Clisby
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Pets

With summer approaching, flea season looms ahead. If you're trying to get green and lean, even with your pets, you might consider these chemical-free approaches to flea control:  Read more

Homemade Cat Tree Using Secondhand Materials

4/11/12 10:26am by Heather Clisby
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Cat Tree

One of my heroes in the plastic-free movement, Beth Terry, recently became inspired by another fabulous blogger, EcoCatLady, to build her own kitty tree using secondhand, and especially, non-plastic materials. Results are impressive and feline approved:  Read more

Pet Shopping Extremes and Furbaby Money Tips

4/11/12 4:23am by Rita Arens
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Cat Scratch DJ

I love my cat. And I loved the cat before her, and the cat before HER, and the seventeen cats before her. (I grew up near a farm. They came in packs of three back then.) And I admit, I've been known to spend enough money on my cats to make my mother's mouth fall open. (My cat Sybil needed daily thyroid pills for years.) April 11 is National Pet Day, so I thought we really needed to discuss caring for our furbabies: the good, the bad, and the ridiculously expensive.  Read more >

Bitches Against Romney: Chasing the Dog Vote

3/26/12 8:00am by Nancy Wurtzel
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Baby

Every good dog has his day, and Seamus Romney is finally feeling his alpha male oats.  Seamus, the long-deceased Irish Setter who belonged to presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, became famous for one of the Romney family's annual summer road trips which took place more than 25 years ago.  The 12-hour journey was from Massachusetts to Canada.  Evidently, with five strapping sons and all that luggage, there was little room to spare in the Romney station wagon.  Read more >

Toxic Houseplants to Pets

3/23/12 8:21am by Rita Arens
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Easter Lily

We had an Easter lily in the house and even though I never saw my poor sweet late Bella touch it, she went from perfectly normal to dead of acute kidney failure in three days.  Read more >

How Much Is TOO Much to Spend at the Veterinarian?

1/30/12 2:37pm by LorieH
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Chee-Bee

I have a kitty that is about 2-3 years old ... I don't know her exact age because I got her from a co-worker whose 2 dogs and cat bullied her. A couple of days ago, I noticed Chee Bee acting strange. Strange like lying under the nightstand, in a corner, under the center of the bed when usually she lays on the bed or inside the box spring lining like a hammock where she tore the lining. She also hadn't eaten or drank anything for at least 24 hours.  Read more >

Outsmarted by Cats

1/17/12 12:54pm by Heather Clisby
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Kitty

As the old saying goes, 'Dogs have owners and cats have staff.' As cat 'staff', do you ever feel like you've been played? Here's some hard evidence that we are but mere instruments in the insatiable feline quest for self-comfort:  Read more

An Ill-Conceived Trip to the Vet

12/15/11 10:30am by Heather Clisby
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Sunny

Taking one animal to the vet - inconvenient. What about two? Troublesome. Three? Foolhardy. But four? CRAZY:  Read more