Family Goes Fishing and Ends Up with a Cat
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! It was a summer day on Lake Amador. We were cruising the lake fishing for bass. Went into one of the fingers of the lake to fish the bank. As I was casting, I heard a shrill cry. Sounded like a kitten. It continued. I told my husband to beach the boat, I wanted to check it out. CAT. PHOTO: PIXABAY/PEZIBEAR I took some of my turkey from my sandwich, in case I needed to lure him. A boy was...
Why Do Cats Weave Between Our Legs?
Every move a cat makes is on purpose and with a purpose in mind. The fun part is deciphering what each move means. They are persistent and intelligent animals who have learned how to capture their human’s attention and get what they want. If you have a cat, then you have been nearly tripped by them countless times. But why do cats weave between our legs? No, it is not to intentionally trip us, even though that may happen. The wise feline wants attention, is being playful, has separation anxiety, or is attempting to herd you in a certain...
Woman Works Diligently for Months to Rescue Six Cats at Her Vacation Home
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! On Sep. 8, 2014, I was looking out the window at our second home in Rockford, IL, and saw a black and white kitty on our deck. I had never seen her before but she was so cute, and I took a picture of her. When sitting and facing away from me, she appeared to have a black kitten on her back. CAT. PHOTO: PIXABAY/HELGA KATTINGER The next day, I saw a strange bug on the railing of the deck,...
Pittie Pup Paralyzed By Tetanus Got A New Lease On Life
Sometimes, the challenges we face in life can leave us feeling paralyzed — as if we’ll never be able to move forward from the pain of our situation. But one tenacious pittie pup has pushed past that perception and is now sharing her story of success and recovery with fans across the world! Meet Bunny: In April of 2020, then-13-week-old Bunny was rushed to the DeSoto Animal Clinic in Bradenton, FL with intense pain and muscle stiffness. Her owner wasn’t sure what had happened; they’d been completely surprised by...
Houston Area Dog Lovers Mourn The Loss Of Cary Robinson, A Dedicated Volunteer, Writer, And Advocate
Houston, Texas is mourning the loss of one of their own. Cary Robinson, 61, was known and loved in the area for his writing, good-natured personality, and volunteer work with BARC, a Houston-area animal shelter. “If you visited BARC on a Saturday or Sunday, you saw Cary Robinson at the shelter,” said Jill Archibald of Houston PetSet in an interview with FOX 26. His friends and fellow volunteers knew him as the “Used Dog Salesman of the Year” for his humorous and empathetic videos of recently-arrived dogs at BARC....
Hero Dog Saves Family Of 5 During A House Fire
Sometimes pets feel like guardian angels, and I’m sure that’s how a family in Malaysia felt after their puppy saved them from a terrible house fire. Politician Terence Naidu shared about the incident on Facebook, explaining that a family of five had been asleep in their residence when a fire started. No one woke up to the fire, except for the family puppy, Anandaveli. According to Naidu, the puppy ran to 53-year-old Vimala and began pulling her hair. Vimala ignored the dog’s antics, but she didn’t give up. She...
Dog With Separation Anxiety Can’t Wait For His Owner To Be Home Every Day
Separation anxiety doesn’t just affect humans, it can affect our pets as well. No one knows this better than the family of a Peruvian dog who patiently waits for his owner to return home – all day, sometimes into the night. The dog, named Toby, suffers from separation anxiety, and he can hardly handle it when his owner leaves for work each morning. The poor pup will sit on the balcony and watch his companion walk away. Then, he’ll stay there, keeping an eye on the last place he saw his owner. He waits all day, looking for...
Pit Bull Can’t Contain His Excitement When He Finally Sees His Grandparents
There’s something about visiting grandparents that has a magical way of cheering us up. Maybe it’s the fact they have sometimes have goodies for us to snack on, or maybe they just offer a respite from our own homes and lives. Either way, there’s something healing about visiting them, and it seems that’s true for dogs as well. Take Kiaro, for instance – the dog who loves kittens. Kiaro is a gentle soul who was rescued by a family and he took to his place in the home right away. When the family took in foster...
Thousands Petition For People Who Walk Dogs In Heat Waves To Be Fined
A woman has petitioned to make it illegal to walk a dog in weather with temperatures over 20°C (68ºF). 25-year-old Paige Spearman lives in the Uk, where the area has experienced record-high temperatures. In fact, the Met Office in the UK issued its first-ever amber warning for extreme temperatures. As a fellow dog owner, it’s understandable that Spearman was upset by seeing people walking their dogs in extreme temperatures. Photo: Piqsels Dogs getting heatstroke is a real concern when temperatures reach a certain degree,...
A veterinary view on the benefits of cat pheromones
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