Tag Archives: pet ownership
Rabies Seemingly More Prevalent
This last weekend while I was walking Stanley I saw a notice on a community board in Reston that a rabid raccoon had been caught recently. Seeing this reinforced all the news items on rabies – the two rabid bats found in Orange County, CA at the end of July; a cat with a confirmed [...]
UK Dogs’ Gaining Weight Problem
Being too heavy isn’t just an American pet problem; one in three UK dogs are overweight according to the veterinary charity People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA). This number is up from 21%, or slightly higher than 1 in 5 dogs, five years ago. At this rate of pudgy progression, by 2013 nearly half of [...]
Fido & Fluffy Are So Yesterday
Veterinary Pet Insurance Company for the last two years has compiled the “top 50 wackiest pet names” taken from the company’s client database. The winners for 2009 for the dog and cat were, respectively, Doogie Schnauzer Md and Snag L. Tooth. They have just released the names for the 2010 list.
The dogs:
Pickle Von Corndog
Lord Chubby [...]
Poll Shows You Miss Your Dog the Most
A new poll asked over 1000 pet owners who they missed more when they went out of town alone – their dogs or their partners. One-third said that they missed their dog more.
Not surprising when you consider that ninety percent of responders felt their pet was happier to see them after a hard day at [...]
The Roller Coaster of Adoption
At the beginning of the month I found the cutest little dog on Petfinder, which if you’ve never visited the site is a virtual shelter where you can search by animal, breed, location – in short, a wonderful resource if you happen to be like me and have a hard time with visiting shelters in [...]
Pet Insurance – Is It Worth the Cost?
With the human medical insurance debate raging on and my own policy price having just been hiked up again, I wondered how the pet insurance industry was faring. I have to admit that since my one exposure a dozen or so years ago that left me seeing it as being somewhat useless, I’ve been down [...]
Chinese Dogs Report Positive H1N1
Two dogs in Beijing have tested positive for the H1N1 virus. The Chinese press reported that the virus found in the dogs was a 99 percent match for the flu currently infecting humans.
In the United States the H1N1 virus has been in cats, ferrets, pigs, birds and humans. There have been no reports of dogs [...]
Bad Idea #874: Matching Sexy Costumes for You and Your Dog
Earlier this month I discussed whether it bordered on inhumane (or alternately impossible) to dress up your pet for Halloween. Now I present to you evidence that lands squarely in the “wrong, wrong, wrong things to do to your pet” category — Sexy Halloween Costumes.
Really?
Was this thought up by the same marketing genius that conceived [...]
AP Poll: Pet Owners & First Aid, Want to Help but Unprepared
Do you have a first aid kit for your pet? Do you know how to do CPR on your cat? Heimlich on your dog? Know what to do if your pet is hit by a car or eats something poisonous?
The Associated Press ran a poll that found that most of us are willing to do [...]
Friday Quote – Gene Hill
Gene Hill was a funny, touching author of several books about dogs, hunting and the outdoors and his deep love for all of them. He wrote for Field and Stream for years and brought to the urban and suburban masses the rich imagery of a rural experience. Hill was a wonderful storyteller who simply conveyed [...]