Archive for the ‘cats’ Category

It seriously freaks me out when I see off-leash dogs (without a human companion) or stray cats dart into streets. The city is a scary, unsafe place for lost or stray pets, and we can help get more animals off the streets and into homes by being responsible and conscientious pet owners. That means adopting from shelters and rescue groups instead of buying an animal from a pet store. It also means spaying/neutering your pet and IDing them, in case they ever do get lost. If everyone were to do these three simple things, there would be so many less animals in shelters, so many more happy people with awesome pets, and most importantly, way fewer euthanized animals. I’m probably preaching to the choir here, but I’m sure everyone can appreciate this new video by Law of the Paw. Seen from the doggy point of view of  Magpie, we follow her on her journey from the streets to a shelter to a forever home. It’s a great video that you could share with others who may not understand the correlation between being a responsible pet owner and the number of animals in shelters.

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With so many pet stories around the web each week it’s hard to keep up. Table Scraps is our weekly roundup of memorable pet news around the internet.

• Snidley Whiplash wouldn’t stand a chance with Lily the Pitbull nearby.  (People Pets)
• Makeshift. Russian. Catlift.  (Huffington Post)
• “Food. Sniff. Pet. Food. Butt. Pet. Whizz. Sleep. Food. Pet. Cat. Butt. Sleep. Ball. Ball. Ball. Ball. Sleep.”  Just taking a stab at solving the canine mystery questioned here. (Jezebel)
• The Queen loves horses and I love the word “jubilee,” so basically this article is a perfect 10.  (Daily Mail)
• Your dog is tired and it’s contagious.  (Huffington Post)

Image: greenkozi

Recently in Maru, I saw that he had some fun with the post-brushing…excess. Somebody please tell me you’ve done this with your pet, because I am still laughing over it.

There are some things about pet ownership that I don’t know much about. Tails, namely. Enormous animals who think they’re tiny. Dogs with bellowing howls (sorry, Gida). Cats period, except the ones I “adopt” while visiting friends’ houses. Until recently, grooming my dog was on there, too. Now, so’s this — whatever we’d call this.

So, who’s done this and can you please send us some photos?

Photo: mugumogu, author of Maru’s blog

Spent an amazing weekend in northern Arizona in the small city of Holbrook. Spent my time hanging out my husband’s family and their cats plus some of their neighbors cats.