• Thanks in advance for your time and help.. Two weeks ago I adopted a 5-6 month old female IG (italian greyhound) from a rescue organization. "Lacy" had not been fed by her former 'owners' for some weeks when the foster home got her, only 2 days ...
  • It's certainly different handling a dog whose head isn't right at the same height your hand normally falls. Sometimes it's hard to get Skeeter to be on the correct side of me. If I get him to target my hand he'll sometimes hop and hop and hop ...
  • I now have a boxer living at my house temporarily. She showed up at the middle school (yes, the same one the cat showed up at before Christmas it is between two pretty big developments and has kids with food). She looks like she is not fully ...
  • Happy Birthday to Blade! Today is Blade's 5th Birthday. I can't even believe it has been that long. Amazing how time flies. I got him a kong and the others too. Right now they are all happily chewing, licking and chomping on their new kongs. Tonight I ...
  • So, I've had to spend a lot more time in the dog run lately, and I've suddenly been inundated with people who tell me all about how much they love CMs shows. In the interest of science, I save my opinions about his methods for the end of the ...
  • A distant relative recently passed away and left me her pet parrot in her will. I hardly knew the woman but she knew I liked birds (I keep budgies), so here I am with her beloved parrot with not much of an idea how to handle him and look after ...
  • Have the rest of you agilityholics checked out the Agility In Motion "Magazine" tapes/DVDs yet? They are tres cool! They're short snippets of training tips from some of the top trainers (Nancy Geyes, Jim Basic, Rachel Sanders and more) along with ...
  • This morning, my cat decided it would be fun to attack my arm. I was bleeding profusely all morning, and by the time the bleeding had almost stopped, he did it again. I know he's playing...he's just a very, playful wild cat. But this kind of ...
  • Red Girl arrived home in Calgary today, surviving the flight just fine. She came Westjet cargo and, because it's very hot here right now, I was concerned about her hanging out with the rest of the cargo. No problem - someone went out there right ...
  • I'm sorry if this got posted multiple times, I keep getting an error message. I have a one year old cat. He's very playful and wild. I have scratches all over my arms, hands, legs, and face from his little "play" attacks. It's hard for me to get ...