You’ll Find Yourself Comforted by This Video of a Cat Grooming and Showering a Dog with Kisses
Cats take hygiene seriously, and they know how to properly groom themselves. It is a habit that you’ll see cats doing for themselves and their kittens. After giving birth to their babies, a mother grooms the kittens by licking their fur. Felines do this daily, as it helps kittens urinate and suckle. Grooming also helps the mother and child build a bond. It’s heartwarming to receive maternal care — even the simplest grooming gesture can induce happiness and warmth in the little kittens. Grooming is like being showered with...
The Daily Routine of a Blind Orange Dragon and Its Incredible Bond with a Human
Mammals aren’t the only animals you can build a bond with. Fish, reptiles, insects, and other animal species can be your best friend, especially when you find a connection with them. Even cold-blooded reptiles make lovely pets. There are wonderful and heartwarming stories about humans having an incredible friendship with reptiles. Their species are often deemed dangerous and scary, but they are more than those personalities. Photo: Youtube/The Dodo Alexey Kashpersky, a Ukrainian Creative Director at Newt Studios, was able to show how a...
Dog Rescued From Home with Dangerous Neighbor Dog, Overcomes Fear with New Family
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! We had found a dog, and in searching the newspapers for someone looking for her, my daughter came across an ad on Craigslist for a 7-month-old lab/border mix. He was in danger from a neighbor’s aggressive dog trying to get through the fence to hurt him. We’d lost our 11-year-old lab mix, Harley, to liver failure about a year and a half before. We cried nearly every day since...
Sniffer Dogs Wear Many Different Hats These Days
Once upon a time, sniffer dogs were limited in their work. In addition to searching for people, they were trained to sniff out explosives, drugs, and cadavers. But as time passed, their roles continued to expand, and man’s best friend — with their 300 million scent receptors — has kept up with it all. Ever eager to please, they can’t wait to get started learning, as the process elicits praise, pets, and treats, three of their favorite things. Sniffing out Illness With increasing frequency, we’re reading about...
What Happens When Shelters Are Overcrowded — And How You Can Help!
Shelters across the United States do important work of keeping animals off the streets. But what happens when those shelters are filled to capacity and must otherwise turn animals away? According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), over 6 million dogs and cats are put in shelters every year. Hundreds of thousands of them don’t make it out alive. Early on during the pandemic, shelters saw record adoptions. However, people who now are returning to the office and taking long-awaited vacations are...
The Dangers of Distracting Service Dogs
If you love animals, dogs particularly, it can be hard to pass one without stopping momentarily to praise it or love on it. It’s just in your nature. But if you see one wearing a service vest or harness, you really should do everything in your power to squelch the urge and go on about your business. The reason being is that service dogs — which come in all shapes and sizes — are working dogs that need to be hyper-vigilant of their owner’s needs. Photo: Pixabay/krista269 The jobs they perform keep their masters safe...
Ideas for Saving Money on Pet Products & Services
Searching for ways to cut corners and save money on family pets without compromising on quality or endangering them? Join the club! For the month of December, while everyone is trying to figure out how to pull off Christmas and still meet their routine obligations, we’ll provide you with some money-saving tips to help you get by. Photo: Pixabay/Alek_B Local Feed Stores If you’re a city dweller, this may not apply to you, but local feed stores have been your rural counterpart’s go-to source for relatively inexpensive pet...
Wells Adams and Sarah Hyland Mourn The Loss Of Beloved Bloodhound, Carl
Wells Adams, bartender on Bachelor in Paradise, just lost his best friend – his bloodhound named Carl. The two have been through so much together and loved each other unconditionally. Carl was a typical bloodhound who would follow his nose wherever it led him and howl at all sorts of things. He even had his own Instagram page. Two months ago, Adams married Sarah Hyland, Modern Family actress, who quickly fell in love with Carl. They were blissfully happy along with Hyland’s chocolate lab, Boo. Adams took to Instagram to share the...
Noodle The Pug, Famous For “Bones or No Bones” Days, Has Passed Away
As our dogs age we know that the day will come when we have to say goodbye, but that doesn’t make it any easier. A pug named Noodle acquired millions of fans on TikTok and Instagram with his adorable face and for his “bones or no bones” predictions. Jonathan Graziano adopted Noodle seven years ago and decided to share the pug’s larger-than-life personality with the world. On Saturday, Graziano shared the devastating news that Noodle had passed away. He died at home in his dad’s arms. “This is incredibly...
This Adorable Instagram Cat Loves Caring For Kittens — Meet Shake!
Keri Brady was teaching English in China when Shake came into her life. Outside of work, Brady was also helping an animal rescue group, who would find and assist stray pets in their neighborhood. Shake was a tiny kitten, no more than 30 grams, when he was found on one of those missions. He was found in a trash can, abandoned alongside his two brothers, Rattle and Roll. “I fostered him alongside six other kittens at the same time with a mother cat who was taking care of everybody and they were all orphans,” Brady says. “Shake...
