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How to keep your pet safe during the holidays
It was snowing when I left our apartment this morning — one more sign that Christmas and Hanukkah are both coming up quickly. There are lots of great things about this time of year, but there are also a lot of new things around the house as well: foods, plants, decorations, people. And anyone with a pet knows that to cats and dogs, new things equal interesting things — just make sure they aren’t dangerous things as well. Read the rest of this entry »
Tales of Arthritis, Fish Oil, and Not-Luxating Patella
Gida turned 10 this year, among showers of adoration and Pupcake. I wrote previously about how, in the context of her milestone birthday, some elderly seeming canine behaviors have become more apparent. Maybe it’s just me, maybe it’s not.
Bad Air Sponge Removes Bad Pet Odors (And More)
It seems like the topic of odor elimination has become something of a specialty of mine. I can’t deny it’s a heated and ongoing topic of conversation at my house, so I think at this point I have to own it. Hell, we’re all pet owners here.
A few months ago, a great thing happened: three close friends of mine moved around the corner from me. Then ANOTHER great thing happened: they offered to let me use a giant closet in their apartment for storage, thereby enabling me to stop paying for an underwhelming storage space elsewhere. But there was a hitch — the closet smelled powerfully, horribly of cat pee. Read the rest of this entry »
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AshPoopie: Another “Green” Alternative To Picking Up Dog Poop?
When Sarah wrote about the Sha-poopie I agreed entirely with her assessment: neither necessary (unless in very special cases, I guess?) nor ecological. In addition to all this, as distasteful as picking up dog poop is, it didn’t seem to offer much added convenience. In fact, it looked kind of hard to use.
Here’s a competitor picker-upper, with a new and exciting feature: it incinerates the poop on the spot. Read the rest of this entry »
