Colorado’s shelter animals have a group of school children and Governor John Hickenlooper to thank for their support in making them the state’s official pet. The twelfth state to do so, Colorado’s decision to adopt an official pet recognizes the important role that rescue dogs and cats play in the lives of its [...] Read more »
Action Kittehs! (video)
I’m going to be in the air for the majority of the day, so I’m leaving you in good paws… They focus. They chase. They leap. They pounce! They are teh cute in motion! They are Action Kittehs! Have you ever wondered what it’s like on ground level? What the [...] Read more »
Dog Trivia – Digestion Time
Did you know…? It takes a dog 4 to 6 hours to digest raw food in their stomach . . . it takes 10 to 12 hours for dry food to digest in the stomach! For comparison’s sake, it takes humans an average of about 1 to 2 hours for [...] Read more »
Soggy Golden
Into every life some rain must fall. . . But if you’re a Golden Retriever, you sleep right through and wake up a little soggy in the sunshine! Thanks to Becky for sending us this sweet photo! —– May’s Flavor of the Month is Apple Pie – a good, wholesome treat made [...] Read more »
How to Help Tornado Victims in Moore OK
Yesterday, a massive tornado destroyed the town of Moore, OK. The experts are trying to assess if it was an EF4 or an EF5 – and while the categorization may be in doubt, the amount of destruction and devastation is not. If one can consider this good news in something as nightmarish [...] Read more »
Riley Chicken Makes Friends With a Tiny Chihuahua (video)
I mentioned that I was headed off at the end of last week to attend a conference for pet bloggers. The event was super pet friendly and tons of people brought their dogs, cats, ferrets – I even saw a guinea pig! I was amazed at how well behaved every [...] Read more »
Sea Otter Cleans Up for Big Weekend Plans (video)
You’ll never guess where I am today and tomorrow . . . a pet bloggers conference! There are conferences for everything – including a gathering for those of us who spend an inordinate amount of time looking at, hanging out with, thinking and writing about animals. There are so many [...] Read more »
The Cup Song – ala Animals (video)
The Cup Song from Pitch Perfect has invaded my brain. I can NOT stop singing it. Thankfully for those around me, I’m doing it to myself (my voice is anything but pitch perfect). I’m not the only one who is enamoured with it – someone has put together the most [...] Read more »
How the Mighty Have Fallen! (video)
Thankfully cats have nine lives because I think this poor, brave and oh-so-cute kitten just got one of them scared right out of him… Don’t you love how he has the initial freak out followed by a delayed reaction freak out? As though, upon further reflection, yes, this entire situation [...] Read more »
New Formula for Calculating Your Dog’s Age
Trying to figure out how old your dog is relative to human age? Feel free to toss that old 7-human-years to every 1-dog-year. Turns out that computing your dog’s age into human years has more to do with life-stage and size than anything as cookie-cutter as the old formula would [...] Read more »