From Restless Feline to Sweet Dream Machine
When Christina Tourin’s kitten, Tag, is fast asleep, her meowing can be heard from several rooms away.
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Cat Food Ingredients: The 4 Essential Groups
Felines are true carnivores, so your cat needs meat. We, humans, on the other hand – along with our dog friends – are omnivores. This means we can survive on both animal and plant foods. But because of its physiology, a cat requires animal-based proteins and certain essential amino acids contained in meat protein in order to survive.
Read moreDog Food Ingredients: The 4 Essential Groups
Increasingly, some commercial natural dog foods are including more ingredients from the same food groups that people serve on the family dinner table. These groups include not only meats and other proteins, but also grains for carbohydrates, healthy fats for omega fatty acids, and vegetables and fruits for fiber.
Read moreDogs on Holiday
There used to be no place like home for a dog when the family went away. But these days, there’s a place that might be even better than home.
Read moreHow to Prevent Dog Bites
New York City graduate student Lacey Brown was walking her roommate’s German shepherd last fall when the dog lunged and bit an elderly neighbor on the wrist.
Read moreThe Reasoning for Indoor Cats
As a veterinary technician, Nancy Peterson has seen her share of hard-luck cases. But one cat in particular got to her.
Read moreErase Your Cat’s Carbon Footprint
Chances are, you use energy-efficient lighting in your home, and you unplug your appliances. If you follow these and other green lifestyle guidelines, your carbon footprint – the amount of carbon dioxide emissions created by your activities – is likely at a minimum. But have you thought about your cat’s impact on the environment?
Read moreKitten Behavior Essentials
They say moving to New York City is tough, but the biggest challenge I faced during my first few weeks was unexpected: raising a kitten I rescued from the street, weaned off its mother prematurely. The veterinarian warned me that 3-week-old Andy was too young to survive away from his mother, but to me, Andy looked like a trooper.
Read moreHow to Succeed at Off-Leash Dog Play
Like a doting parent, Anne Hendrickson recalls when her dog, Riley, was just a puppy and she started taking him to an off-leash dog park in Minneapolis.
Read moreKeeping a Clean House with a Canine
If you live with a shedding, dirt-digging pooch, keeping your house clean can seem like a challenge mightier than teaching an old dog a new trick.
Read moreStretching Techniques for Dogs
Like us, dogs benefit from stretching: Our muscle cells work the same. This fact inspired the Foster sisters – Sasha, a certified canine rehabilitation therapist, and Ashley, a certified pet dog trainer – to apply 20 years of research on human stretching to the canine world. The result is their book, The Healthy Way to Stretch Your Dog.
Read moreWhy You Should Recycle Your Dog’s Waste
An estimated 73 million dogs live in the United States, and each dog produces an average of 274 pounds of waste a year.
Read moreWhet Your Dog’s Appetite With Wet Food
Canned or bagged, wet or dry: These are basic choices you must face when perusing the pet food aisle of your favorite store. "Wet" products have undergone some major improvements this year and may be the best choice for your dog. Here’s what you need to know.
Read moreCare of Blue Tongued Skinks
Lizards referred to as Blue Tongued Skinks can be one of several species of the Tiliqua genus, but those kept as pets are most commonly of the Tiliqua scincoides subspecies. Blue Tongue Skinks can be an ideal beginner’s species of lizard because they are easily tamed and handled, but you should be aware that they can reach up to 20 inches in length and can live for up to 20 years.
Read moreCat Toys: When the Thrill is Gone
Pet stores don’t sell dangling cable wires in their cat toy sections. But if they did, it may just be the next bestseller.
Read moreRead Your Dog’s Body Language
The movie Up features a dog with a collar that translates his thoughts into sentences like "I have just met you, and I love you!" Real dogs, however, speak more with body language than with barks.
Read moreA Dog Howling Primer
A few years ago, veterinarian Sophia Yin took her Australian cattle dog, Zoe, to a horse ranch and let the dog sleep in the stables overnight. In the middle of the night, Dr. Yin was startled by a strange, loud howling sound.
Read moreFive Steps to Better Feline Friendship
For weeks, Nicholas Dodman’s family hardly ever saw their two kittens outside of meal times. That’s because Dr. Dodman, DVM, director of the animal behavior clinic at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, adopted kitties that had not socialized much with people before they arrived at his house. "With patience," he says, "they came around in a year’s time."
Read moreCareers for Cat Lovers
Can you really translate your passion for cats into a career working with cats?
Read morePhotographing Your Elusive Feline
Linda Formichelli of Concord, N.H., would love to have a photograph that does justice to her 11-year-old cat, Sasha. However, the black-and-tan feline apparently does not share Formichelli’s desire.
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