Dew Claws

Our foundling puppies had their dew claws – all four legs! – when we found them. Having always gotten puppies from a breeder, dew claws were always removed. We thought we’d have the boys’ dew claws removed when they went in for neutering. Alas, such was not the...

Are You The Alpha Dog?

Are you a dog owner? If so, are you the alpha dog? You need to be, whether you have one dog or several. And, no, I am not advocating biting your dog’s ear like in “Snow Dogs” but your authority needs to be established. There are some good articles out there to tell...

Burned Pet Tongues

We had a terrible event over Thanksgiving weekend. My darling Sophie (my precious black kitten) got her tongue burned very badly. We were having TG on Friday due to schedule issues with our boys. We made spaghetti on Thursday night and put the can of hot grease from...

Neutering And Spaying Your Pets

Dealing with all these feral cats has made me a bit more mindful about “fixing” cats and dogs.   Out of all these feral cats I have, I was only able to get one in a cage and take in to the SPCA.  It was Bear.  He is wary of me now and the others I tried to catch are...