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It’s Thanksgiving: Stuff your turkey, not your pets!
While you’re chowing down on Thanksgiving treats you might be tempted to slip your pets some goodies so they can share in the feast. Don’t do it! The thing is, you know those 3 helpings of turkey and dressing and all the trimmings, not to...
Pet health insurance: a benefit for many employees
It appears that somebody must be listening to all of us dog and cat lovers who keep saying our pets are family. I keep hearing about more and more companies that are offering pet health insurance as a benefit to their employees. WASHINGTON — A grow...
Product Review: FURminator
The folks at FURminator have added a few new features to their newest deSheddding tool. The first is a cool FURejector, wich is a little lever that pushes the hair out of the tool. It also has a new ergonomic handle that makes it more comfortable to ...
In love with the pet sitter!
Things like this make a pet sitter’s job worthwhile! Technorati Tags: pet sitter, pet sitting, cats ...
HOWL’OWEEN in Austin: Sunday October 25
Come see us Sunday at the HOWL’OWEEN celebration being sponsored by Dogadillo! Dogadillo and The Hill Country Galleria present a Howling good time for your family and your pet. Sunday, October 25th in the HCG Amphitheater from Noon – 6:00...
Work with your pet sitter / dog walker to keep your pet safe
Ensuring your pets’ safety before placing him in the hands of a pet sitter or dog walker is something you should give some thought to. Chances are there won’t ever be any safety issues that come up while you’re away, but a little pr...
Austin cats looking for new home
A friend of mine has been living in San Marcos where she’s had plenty of land to care for the kitties that adopted her over the years. (6 of them!) She absolutely loves her cats but she’s moving and is trying to find loving homes for some...
Pet ‘Net Safety Event October 21
SECOND ANNUAL PET ‘NET EVENT TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 21, 2009 Pet-Centric Bloggers & Site Editors To Raise Voices In Unison To Shine Spotlight on Pet Safety Organizer Petside.com To Feature Event Hub At www.petside.com/pet-net-2009 New York, NY ...
Contest! Dichroic Glass pet jewelry
Win dichroic pet jewelry pendant & earrings Win one of the above pieces of dichroic jewelry pendants with earrings to match. The winner will get to choose: all dogs, all cats, or dogs & cats. If you’ve ever seen dichroic art, you kn...
Diamond Pet food recalls Premium Edge cat food
Diamond pet food has recalled cat food due to problems reported in cats in the Rochester, NY area. Diamond Pet Foods has withdrawn from distribution the following date codes of Premium Edge Finicky Adult Cat and Premium Edge Hairball cat: RAF0501A2...
Blessing of the Animals, Sunday in Austin
This Sunday, in honor of the Feast of St. Francis, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in south Austin will be holding a blessing of the animals. Here are the details: Date: Sunday, October 4 Time: 3-5 pm Place: Menchaca Elementary School, 12120 Manch...
PetSmart Favorite things promotion
PetSmart sent me a box of great pet products – part of their PetSmart Favorite Things promotion. I’ve used almost all of them and they truly are some of my favorite pet products. Kong If I had to guess, I’d say this is Archie &...
September is National Pet Health Insurance Month
I heard about pet health insurance a number of years ago, and as much as I thought it would be a good idea, I never gave it a whole lot of thought until the past few years. Then, in January, 2008 I started my pets on health insurance. Just a few mont...
Dog survives crash due to restraint
When my dogs go in the car with me I restrain them with harnesses that attach to the seat belts. It’s important to me to know I’m doing what I can to make them safe. Whenever I teach a pet first aid class I talk about the importance of se...
Pet care expenses may soon be tax deductible
Based on the fact that more than 60% of households have pets, and because those pets contribute to our well-being, Congressman Thaddeus McCotter, of Michigan, introduced the Humanity and Pets Partnered Through the Years (HAPPY) Act. If passed, it wou...
Product Review: Shoo!Tag
A few months ago I decided to try Shoo!Tags for Archie and Lydia instead of using a topical flea treatment. I’ve never been fond of them, but after Lydia’s cancer diagnosis I’m trying even more to stay away from chemicals. The Shoo!...
Taylor, TX shelter no longer gassing pets to death
After people complained because they were still using gas to kill unwanted pets, the Taylor Animal Shelter has decided to retire their gas chamber. Taylor Animal Shelter is a small shelter, hidden by a surrounding industrial junk yard. The surroundi...
Hit the road, doggie: Tips for traveling pets
Long before I’d ever heard of professional pet sitters, my family took our dogs on vacation with us. It just made sense that they should go along with us since they’re family! I know I always had more fun when they were along with us, and...
Woman needs to pay vet bill before getting dog back
A Minneapolis woman who gave her puppy up to the vet because of financial reasons, wants her dog back but is being told she will need to pay the bill first. Pat Bergstrom watched over her tiny 3-week-old Shih Tzu puppy as its taut stomach heaved with...
Sharing pet info on The Pet Food List forums
During the pet food recall nightmare in 2007, I started The Pet Food List, where I compiled information about as many pet foods as I could find. It served as a place for panicked pet owners to get the most up-to-date information about foods that hadn...
I am cat. You will listen. Purrrr.
When your kitty says ‘JUMP!’ do you ask “how high?” According to a new study, cats really do have their way with their humans . . . and it’s all in the meow. If you’ve ever wondered who’s in control, you or y...
Ferris, TX animal control mandatory euthanasia policy
To kill or not to kill. That seems to be the fight going on in Ferris, Texas where animal control officer, Misty Clark, is being told to hold pets for 3 days and then immediately kill them – no exceptions. FERRIS – A mandatory euthanasia po...
Leave a dog in a hot car, cough up $1000
Salt Lake City has the right idea. Dog owners who are thoughtless enough to leave their dogs in a car during hot weather risk getting a $1000 fine for their stupidity. Check it out . . . Dogs and automobiles can make a terrible combination on a hot s...
Don’t let the summer heat kill your pets!
It’s summer. It’s hot. Hot weather can be deadly to your pets! How’s that for getting righ to the point? Here in Texas, and a lot of other parts of the country, we’re having record-breaking high temperatures. In Austin we̵...
Video: The Truth About Euthanasia
Melissa from the Photo Books Project posted this on my Facebook page a little while ago. It’s about the millions of cats and dogs that are killed in shelters every year, and was put together by a woman who worked in an animal shelter for a sh...
Prevent summer health hazards for your pets
PetsitUSA and independent pet sitters urge pet owners to be aware of summer health hazards. Because pet sitters interact with a large number of pets, they are familiar with a variety of summer dangers. They hear stories of cats, dogs and other pets t...
Contest: Win a copy of Speaking for Spot
I’m on the way to the vet with Tequila (my cat, not the booze!) in a little while. She has a pretty nasty bladder infection that she let me know about this morning. Instead of using her litter box, she decided to use an old laundry basket to sh...
FDA suspends Evangers temporary emergency permit
More pet food news, this time it’s regarding Evangers pet food. June 12, 2009 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today it was suspending the temporary Emergency Permit issued to Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Co., Inc. Evanger&...
Nature’s Variety withdrawals freeze dried pet foods
Two Nature’s Variety freeze dried pet food products have been withdrawn from distribution. Nature’s Variety recently identified two lots of Freeze Dried product that didn’t meet our quality standards. These products do not represent a healt...
Owners of ChemNutra plead guilty in pet food recall case
Remember ChemNutra? The company and its owners are pleading guilty. . . A company and its owners have agreed to plead guilty in connection with melamine-tainted pet food that may have killed thousands of dogs and cats in 2007, according to a court do...
