How much do you care about your pets? This Sunday, your local PBS station may offer you the answer. On a program, to be aired February 15th, PBS producers will tell the story of, “Why We Love Cats and Dogs.”

Dolittler BFFs, Jim Nelson and Renee Agredano from Tripaws.com, will get to have their say on how much they care about Jerry...even now that he’s gone. They’ve been interviewed for...

Have you met Sparta? He’s the Sparta-cat of “Mean Kitty” fame. And whatever you may think of the aggressive-play, owner-cat relationship behind this Internet sensation, it’s clear Sparta is well-loved...

...and now he’s been diagnosed FeLV-positive, too. 

This post is dedicated to Sparta and his owners, who are doubtless experiencing the swirl of emotions this diagnosis confers. 

The...

Can you believe it? California, Arizona and many municipalities within these states and others have caught the mandatory spay/neuter bug. And now it’s Florida’s turn…

Florida State Rep Scott Randolph brought the bill before the House on January 20th. Here’s the short verbiage (can’t download the complete one yet):

GENERAL BILL (Florida House Bill 451) by SR Scott Randolph

Sterilization of...

Is your pet scared of your veterinarian? Does she turn into a quivering mass of fur at the first turn in the direction of the veterinary hospital? Do his hackles rise at the sight of the kitty kennel? Does she put on the brakes, hide under chairs or howl when the fecal rod is revealed? Or is he so terrified he’s transformed into a growling, snapping land-shark when the veterinary staff...

Always wanted to be a veterinarian and never pursued it? Well now’s your chance to wipe your brow in acknowledgement of that bullet you dodged…now that ‘veterinarian’ has been ranked 123 in a list of the 200 best and worst careers (right between ‘shoe maker’ and ‘forklift operator’). Seriously.

CareerCast is a human resources company that ranks the best and worst careers in an annual list you...

Birds hit airplanes every day. The aviation industry reports that an annual sum of $300 million is attributed to avian encounters of the closest kind. In the US, the industry’s recognition of this danger has even led them to designate a Bird Strike Committee to proactively address the kind of problems encountered by yesterday’s well-steered Airbus.

“It usually doesn't even register as...

Got a dog or a cat? Check. What do you feed him/her/them? Check. Would you say that more than half their diet comes from commercial foods? Check. Do you trust your veterinarian’s advice on diet and nutrition? Check.

In the Dec 1st, 2008 edition of JAVMA (Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association) there’s a short paper describing pet owner attitudes towards pet foods, nutrition...

Are your pets microchipped? My dogs are. But I’ll be honest and tell you that I've implanted ther chips with an expectation that their low-tech tags will speak louder than their hardware in a “lost and found” situation. The microchip is mere back-up. But in the event my dogs’ collars should somehow lose their way as well, I can always hope the microchip will help them get back home.

I rely on...

This news just in courtesy of Terrierman, Patrick Burns:

“The makers of Pedigree Dogs Exposed, the BBC documentary film that led to the BBC withdrawing from televising Crufts Dog Show in the UK are furious with PETA for jumping on the film’s bandwagon.”

If you’ve never seen this excellent documentary, here’s an exemplary clip. As its title suggests, it’s an exposé of dog breeding for the...

Pet food companies are employing increasingly-effective tactics to wed you to their brand. The newest? Recruiting your altruistic animal impulses. And I have to admit it’s a great strategy. How can you resist an ad that minimizes the product and plays up the dire need to find homes for shelter pets?

Spied in the Wall Street Journal’s back-page blurb in Media & Marketing this morning: “Dog...