Adopting
Great Pet News! Woman Cures Spider Phobia With Tarantula Pal!
Some people need to confront their fears head on, and the UK’s Daily Mail has an amazing look at the lovely Cassandra Tainsh–who used to have a real fear of spiders until she adopted a a giant Chilean [...]
National Adopt A Shelter Pet Day–And How To Help!
April is full of special events for animals and pet organizations. It ends with the big one, though–that being National Adopt A Shelter Pet Day on April 30th. There are a lot of animal lovers who [...]
Rats as Pets! The Basics And More!
Some animals get to take over the calendar, like with April being National Frog Month. Other animals only get a day–like when rats were celebrated on World Rat Day earlier this month. We didn’t mean to [...]
Happy National Ferret Day! Add One To Your Menagerie!
Ferrets have been domesticated companion animals for over 2,000 years now–and yet they still need a National Ferret Day to promote the idea that they’re not bitey, or smelly, or wild. There are still places in [...]
Puppy Proofing! As We Get Ready For National Puppy Day!
We’re always ready for National Puppy Day–which is March 25th! We’re not always ready for a new puppy, though. We learned a hard lesson a few years ago, when we happily secured a new dog in [...]
Prepare For Puppy Day With A Puppy Primer!
Finally, there’s a holiday that you can celebrate with getting a new puppy, and you don’t have to worry about traumatizing your new pet. March 23rd is National Puppy Day, and it’s not nearly as crazy [...]
Rabbit Adoption! Get One Bouncing Out Of The Shelter!
We’ve had plenty of rabbits in our home. Jersey Woolies, Mini Lops, French Lops–sometimes all three at the same time. Frankly, we’re surprised more people don’t think of rabbits as pets. The best thing about rabbits is [...]
Dogs vs. Wildlife! More Alarming (Or Alarmist) News!
Well, here we go again. It wasn’t so long ago that we were dealing with a Nature.com report that claimed that cats (feral and otherwise) were killing between 1.4 and 3.7 billion birds each year–along with 6.9 to 20.7 [...]
Tonik the Human-Faced Mutt Is Going Viral! (And Is Ready To Be Adopted)
The saga of Tonik the Poodle/Shih Tzu mix began with a simple posting on Petfinder.com. The staff of Petfinder sure didn’t seem to think they were on to something weird. In fact, the posting was about [...]
Alley Cat Allies Vs. Nature.com! Protecting Cats Vs. Protecting Birds!
Nature.com sure got a lot of media coverage out of their recent report titled “The Impact of Free-Ranging Domestic Cats on Wildlife of the United States.” Plenty of media outlets jumped on some of the more [...]
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