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The Statistics Of Lost Pets Did you know that a family pet is lost every 2 seconds, only 1 in 10pets are found, and 10 million plus pets are lost each year? These statistics are sobering. It’s easy to understand why our shelters continue to be full of so many missing pets. Each day in my Facebook feed I see all the posts of lost dogs. I find this very troubling. Recently, on Nextdoor a pet was lost, and a few days later it was reported found. However, it was not a happy ending. It’s was comforting to know how loving we all are. So many people commented how sorry they were for their loss. When we lose a pet, it’s just as traumatic as losing a relative or friend, and sometimes even more so. How It Happens There are a variety of ways a dog becomes lost or missing. Theft of an unattended dog in your yard,  in your car, or outside of a store. Loud and sudden noises can frighten dogs to run, hide, jump or dig out of a fence. Getting separated ...

Pets have been domesticated since the Egyptian times; cats were first brought in to help us keep our homes clear of mice. After that in many cultures, particularly in Egypt the cat was then worshiped for its intelligence, intensity, and beauty. Egyptian women painted their eyes to try and look like cats, and they became one of the most exalted members of the family in every household. Animals would join their owners in the afterlife and would then serve them in the beyond. Jewelry was developed for cats and they were a part of the family as much as the children of the house. Dogs, known as “Man’s best friend” were developed from wild wolves and joined us first in the hunting fields of the world. Tracking next to us and helping us to be able to find food when we were unable to grow it, it is easy to understand why they became such important members of the human family. Can you imagine the value of an animal that was able to track in a world that was before grocery stores and a...

Purrs are wonderful, right?  There’s you and your kitty, sitting together, with you cuddling and your pet purring.  It’s classic contentment. But purring is really rather a mysterious and complex behavior. #1 First of all, nobody is sure how the purr works.  One theory is that the hyoid, a horseshoe shaped bone in the back of the throat is involved. People who support this idea classify cats into roaring cats and purring cats, pointing out that big cats like lions, tigers and jaguars roar but don’t purr, whereas domestic cats purr but don’t roar. Now, this looks like a useful idea because the roaring cats have a soft hyoid whereas pet cats all have a hard hyoid. As is typical with cats though, there’s a problem: snow leopards have a soft hyoid but they purr! #2 We all know what the happy purr looks like.  This is when your pet is having a seriously good time, like maybe being stroked or waiting for something particularly yumm...

Obesity is a problem for animals as well as for people and it ultimately can affect the lifespan of your pets. The pet has many added stresses such as additional joint pain, liver issues and may have diabetes. For that reason it is very important as a pet owner to take care of the pet and ensure that the pet has plenty of exercise. Here are a few faces that you need to know as a pet owner. Obesity will come when more food is eaten than energy is expended. The extra energy that is taken in is stored on your dog as fat. Your pet may stay obese even after he has stopped consuming so many calories. That means that you need to know that the obesity may be a combination of too much food but also as well of lack of exercise. There are certain breeds of dogs that are also more prone to being obese than other dogs. How to tell if your dog is overweight? Make sure that when you are looking at your dog that you are able to feel the ...

How do you know if you have an alpha dog on your hands? When scientists talk about this role they speak in terms of dominant and subordinate, however most people use these terms to represent behavior. That means they are adding a label that represents the dogs aggressiveness, its ability to connect as well with others and confidence. Once thing as well that is important to understand is that these characteristics have nothing to do with whether or not the dog would be dominant in a social group. Quite often in wolf packs you will see that the alpha is not usually the most aggressive animal and that means that there are other things that make one dog more dominant than another. The term Alpha for example being used to describe a personality of a dog is not accurate and it gives the dog a bad name. That means usually that those dogs cause trouble and they are headstrong. Whether or not a dog has a strong personality has nothing to do with whether or not that dog will make a goo...