By Chris on July 25, 2010
The Ottawa citizen recently ran a story (How to stop a cat scratching) written by Dr. Bernhard Pukay, an Ottawa veterinarian. I few quibbles with this article, based upon conversations I have had in the past with various veterinarians: I have heard that cats don’t like the smell of citrus, and you can wipe your [...]
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By Chris on April 11, 2010
see more Lolcats and funny pictures Found via one of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer blogs (Cat College Resumes): Catchannel.com is holding Cat College from April 1 through June 30th. These courses are organized into 100 level and 200 level courses, with the 100 needing to be taken before the 200. The 200 level courses are organized [...]
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By Chris on April 10, 2010
After hearing stories from our friends and relatives of their cat’s teeth falling out from periodontal disease, and the fact that our cat’s breath is terrible, we decided to finally take the plunge and buy some cat dental equipement. One of our friends recommended the C.E.T. Toothbrush for Cats, which has a differently shaped toothbrush [...]
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By Ashley on January 25, 2010
If you’re like me, you know the frustration of coming home after a long day of work only to find your cat ripped down your curtains and had a “party” with the toilet paper roll. Isn’t owning a cat suppose to easy? You just leave food out for it, a litter box and they are [...]
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By Chris on January 24, 2010
It is 4:00 AM, and you have been tossing and turning for hours, trying to get at least a few hours of sleep before getting up at 6:30 AM to go to work. After using the bathroom 5 times, watching multiple episodes of The Office on youtube and drinking a large bourbon, you finally drift [...]
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By Chris on October 11, 2008
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By Ashley on July 8, 2008
My husband and I take great joy in fostering kittens from North Shore Animal League. It is emotionally rewarding and gives us an opportunity to socialize kittens, so they have a better chance of finding forever homes. Besides, who doesn’t like playing with kittens? A few years ago, before North Shore was a part of [...]
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By Ashley on July 8, 2008
My husband works at North Shore Animal League America, therefore I have access to vets and sound medical advice pretty much whenever I am seeking it. So recently, after chasing my cat around the house with the nail clippers for nearly 20 minutes, I decided to ask my vet at North Shore how I can [...]
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By Jenn on July 8, 2008
As part of the NY Times Article cited in the last post, there is also a great slideshow of Radar. Radar is a beautiful Abyssinian, who has been trained as much as a cat can be trained to walk on a leash. Apparently he does this often and through Central Park of all places. Enjoy!
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By Ashley on July 7, 2008
Cat on a leash?! It’s Max., originally uploaded by Juhansonin. I have owned (or rather been owned by) cats most of my existence on this Earth. I cannot remember a point in my life when there wasn’t a cat around for me to maul and I blame this all on my mother. My mom always [...]
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