by Peggy | Mar 3, 2010 | 0 comments

Want to help shelter animals? Purina will be setting up food banks and offering special adoption events at shelters in Florida, Texas, Arizona and California. By checking out the Purina One Tour for Heroes site, you can find out if they are visiting a shelter near...

Pet Roundup

by Peggy | Mar 1, 2010 | 0 comments

Welcome to Monday Pet Roundup!*What about the horses? Thought-provoking article on Pet Connection. If you care about horses, you’ll want to read this.*Some airlines allow small cats and dogs to travel in crates under the passengers’ feet. This is good news...

Great Dog Breed Awards

by Peggy | Feb 26, 2010 | 0 comments

So many different breeds of dogs! In addition to the classic AKC The Complete Dog Book, I’ve been enjoying my new book, Smithsonian Handbook Dogs, where I’ve been learning about more breeds I never knew existed. I’d love to meet them all. In honor of...

5 Ways to Help Your Cat Get Active

by Peggy | Feb 24, 2010 | 0 comments

It’s pretty easy to figure out how to help your overweight dog—take him out for a walk. Throw a stick. But what about your cat? Some people describe their feline friends as sedentary, sluggish, laid-back. Okay, lazy. Forget chasing mice. These cats consider exercise...

Monday Pet Roundup

by Peggy | Feb 22, 2010 | 2 comments

Hi and welcome to Monday Pet Roundup!*Technology is constantly surprising me. PC World reports on a New iphone app that “translates” your dogs barks and then “tweets them out to the world”! Right now my dog would be tweeting zzzzzzz.* More...