In a way this is more about the subject of names in general, but I’ll get to cat names eventually. If you can’t wait, just scroll down to the last paragraph with the picture of the yellow cat. In some primitive societies (and some ancient societies, and some societies in literature of the fantastic), it […]
Category Archives: Behavior
Dogs love to play, and they need to exercise. The bigger they are, the more room they need to run and play. People know this, but they don’t always have a nice fenced yard. Sometimes they let them off the leash. Of course, I’ve seen so many pets who have been injured or killed by […]
It is very common to have a problem with a dog that jumps up on you. It is the natural greeting behavior of dogs to lick one another in the face. [ See “Super Puppy” by Peter Vollmer] How could your dog lick your face without jumping up toward it? Despite the fact that this […]
My last post about cats hating restraint was more directed at being physically held down. This is about a cat named Murphy, named for Murphy's Law ("Anything that can go wrong, will.") He hospitalized a while back because of an intestinal obstruction. He had consumed a pinky-sized portion of cat-toy and it stopped about half-way […]
I find that sometimes cat-owners are reluctant to have their pets sedated for examinations and what appear (to the casual observer) to be minor procedures. When I recommend this, it is really done for the cat’s benefit as much as mine. If you’re a cat-lover, you already know that you have to more or less […]
Today a client brought in this list of all the things their dog has chewed up… in the last 3 days. The thing is, their dog is a 4-months old Labrador Retriever puppy. He's eating a high quality puppy diet (read "rocket fuel"), so he needs a place to blast off and burn up some […]
If National Pet Week was too warm and fuzzy for you, the merry month of May has more in store for the pet-lover (and the not-so-pet-loving public, as well). After all, who has not had a nervous moment when meeting a dog of unknown temperament? Especially a BIG dog of unknown temperament? Or a dog […]
Sally has always been a bit diffident. Like many cats (or people for that matter), she prefers to take life on her own terms. Unlike most people, she isn't doing so well at concealing her disappointment at the way life has turned out. Lots of us know that we are really royalty, accidentally placed with […]
In the August 30 issue of Science News, they report on a study by Atsushi Senju of Birkbeck, University of London. They sat around with 29 dogs of various breeds. When they caught the dog’s eye, they either gave a big, sighing yawn, or made other less dramatic mouth movements. Of the 29 dogs, 21 […]
Any time of year is a good time for a new puppy, but this time of year will see a larger number of new puppies getting homes. More pertinently, there will be a lot of new puppies who are suprises for their lucky new owners. That's great, except that it may mean that the new […]
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