While Halloween festivities can be fun for humans, they can be stressful and even dangerous for our four-legged friends. Follow these safety tips to have a fun and safe Halloween for everyone in your household. Do not let pets eat trick or treat candies. They can be toxic to animals. Kids and others in costumes … Continue reading Keep Your Furry Friends Safe this Halloween
Misinformation costs millions of community cats (also known as feral cats) their lives every year. When a person sees a cat living outdoors, the urge is to assume that it needs our help, and that help often comes in the form of delivering said cat to the overcrowded local shelters. Sadly, because feral cats are … Continue reading Community Cats Need Our Help
The weather is starting to cool down, and this makes the first week in October the perfect time to celebrate National Walk Your Dog Week. Obesity is on the rise in the US, both for humans and for their canine friends. In the US, an estimated 56% of dogs are overweight – that amounts to … Continue reading Get Outside for National Walk Your Dog Week
According to the ASPCA, 6.5 million companion animals enter shelters in the US every year. Shelter and rescue resources are stretched thin as they try to find homes for these pets, and sadly, only 50%, on average, will be adopted – and we know the sad end to the story for many of the other 50%. In … Continue reading Consider Adopting a Less Adoptable Pet
We do everything we can to make sure our cats are healthy. We feed them good quality food, we take them to their annual checkups, brush them, scratch them behind the ears, and love them. Cats have a reputation for being the low-maintenance pet – meet their basic needs, and they will live long healthy … Continue reading Happiness is Vital to Your Cat’s Health
August 17 is National Black Cat Appreciation Day – an excellent opportunity to learn a few things about these amazing and notorious cats, and why we should give them a little extra love. To begin, it might surprise some of you to know that, even in this modern age, black cats are still associated by … Continue reading Black Cat Appreciation Day
Local shelters and humane societies are always in need of financial or volunteer assistance and supplies. Crafters are always keeping busy with their favorite type of hobby. In 2012, Sew Doggy Style created National Craft for your Local Shelters Day on July 21st to combine the best of both worlds. It is designed to be … Continue reading Celebrate National Craft for Your Local Shelter on July 21st
July is National Pet Loss Prevention Month, and even though the majority of us are responsible pet owners who care deeply for our furry family members, 1 out of 3 family pets will go missing at least once in their lifetime, potentially ending up as one of the 7.6 million dogs and cats who enter … Continue reading July Is Pet Loss Prevention Month
It is amazing how many different sports there are out there for dogs. And how popular they’ve become with people and their dogs. Dog sports range from being entertaining to fiercely competitive. And they vary from requiring a handler with the dog to dog only events. If this sounds like something fun that you would … Continue reading Dog Sports
Every June is Adopt-a-Shelter Cat Month. It seems like every day is a “holiday” now and every month is some “special” month as well. It can get overwhelming. So instead of another article about how you should adopt a cat and save a life and how many cats get euthanized (between 860,000 and 1.4 million) … Continue reading June is Adopt-A-Shelter Cat Month – My Stories