• There is no fence between our neighbors' house and ours (yet). We have an informal system with them. We've each agreed to not let our dogs out for a pee if the others' dog(s) are already out. Monday night our system failed. I failed to see through ...
  • Hi all, Could I please have your views on the castration of dogs, both for and against. Jake is just over 6 months. He has, in the past week, started taking an interest in other doggie scents and attempted to *** his leg up. Tonight I have had, for ...
  • today Mo-kitty woke up in a large spot of blood. his wound had been bleeding all night. i took him to the vet, who said that this was not abnormal, did some blood tests, and sent him home with me. since he's not allowed to groom himself, he had ...
  • There is an interesting and rather lengthy article in today's Washington Post (Style section) on the Westminster KC dog show titled 'Whoops, Is That Your Tail? A Day at the Pooch Pageant'. You can kinda tell what the tone of the article is from ...
  • I almost did this today, stole a dog that is (if this would be considered stealing).While driving on a busy road, I noticed a small white dog (best guess Bichon Frise) walking along the side in the grass. He was about 2 feet from the road. He was ...
  • Well, I posted here many months ago regarding a stray that we decided to spay and keep. She turned into a beautiful cat with a nice shiny coat. She's still outside, and she sleeps on the deck in a nice little shingled house that I built for her. ...
  • Greetings, So my mom is partially disabled and has had my cat for the past 8 years for company. I still clip the cat and brush her every week or so, and she is healty for being 14 years old, but the problem I think is the smoke. Mom smokes a pack a ...
  • i have so many people tell me that she's not a "true" rottweiler if i let her keep her tail. she was already 2or3months old when we got her, and when we went to the vet he said it can be done but at her age now it would be major surgery, and might ...
  • The cat was mom's and she died after a long illness. The cat had clawed up a lot of furniture in the house and no one else wanted the cat. The cat also had a skin condition which now necessitates a depomedrol shot each month. I took the cat on ...
  • Seeing this post Macy's Parade dog show, it reminds me that there's something very strange about the psychology of dog/cat show people. The control-freakism of fixation on the physical form, stance and movement of an animal. They seem to be first ...