Discuss all topics pertaining to the health and well being of pets. Topics will include but are not limited to, training, nutrition, health, fashion, pet laws, and grief assistance. http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 18 May 2013 07:13:55 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:13:55 Little Cooper and Lucy & Captain the Flying Yorkies!

<a href="http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/bethpets/media/sp16_zpsb8dcc837.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj562/bethpets/sp16_zpsb8dcc837.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo sp16_zpsb8dcc837.jpg"/></a>... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110565 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:53:01 http://youtu.be/PkUVnYG27Vc... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110556 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:51:12 I have a feeder out and a number of Anna's humming birds feed. Today I noticed a beautiful male was feeding on the side opposite from my view. I noticed he was there an unusually long time when a female came by and first buzzed him then actually touched him. He proceeded to tip over and hang upside ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110554 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:50:02 http://youtu.be/yAUhTPqESdk... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110545 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:07:55 http://youtu.be/Tr5wwI2gvRI... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110543 Thu, 16 May 2013 22:46:13 Maybe some of you saw this already. I think yahoo had it up. The picture is absolutely priceless.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/one-photo-that-proves-that-dogs-feel-gratitude

On Sunday, my beagle will be seeing his former foster mom (who cared for him for almost 12 months) for the first t... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110527 Thu, 16 May 2013 19:10:28 Janie, The Dog With A Broken Back, Is Proof That Miracles Can Happen
http://huff.to/17vdGsd ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110507 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:07:15 http://youtu.be/28E2EKBlr0k... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110502 Thu, 16 May 2013 11:25:34 At an animal rights debate last week, five mayoral hopefuls voiced their support for a change in city oversight of animal shelters.

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio set his sights on Animal Care and Control of New York City, the organization that runs the city’s shelters. “AC&C has been a mess,” Mr... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110495 Wed, 15 May 2013 21:10:52 Cooper, Chloe & Khloe are loving doggie daycare in the spring!!!
http://youtu.be/Xuz3pgYiATc... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110494 Wed, 15 May 2013 19:56:48 http://youtu.be/6pMEEwF5cUU... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110490 Wed, 15 May 2013 11:49:05 Cross posted form DU Lounge.

Here are the facts:
I have no previous experience dealing with a cat momma and her litter.

One of the neighborhood stray apparently decided my yard was her home and she became an unwed mother today. I am not sure how many kittens yet. She is sweet and has let me p... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110485 Tue, 14 May 2013 23:22:49 All but the bottom one of Brigid were taken this morning. We tried to get the two to stand together but they were too hyper. See how Brigid has grown in 3 months! All her food seems to grow her taller; she's not filling out yet although she gets all she wants to eat. She's about a half inch tall... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110483 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:51:44
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http://www.paalsforlife.com/... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110474 Mon, 13 May 2013 19:39:48 http://youtu.be/JqV_qqA56QE... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110470 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:34:05 She's digging through our raised beds. I fear for my potatoes and peppers! The plastic snow fence we put up around the beds was eaten through within an hour. I've heard that chicken wire can deter dogs from digging, placed down atop the beds, but that seems like it would inhibit plant growth. Can't ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110462 Mon, 13 May 2013 01:31:32 We are his 4th home (original home, rescue, my mom adopted him from the rescue and then after 3 yrs decided she couldn't handle so we took him in) and he is reactive around other dogs. He is very attached to our lab mix (she is 12) and we found that if I walk ahead a few feet with her, he is less r... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110460 Sun, 12 May 2013 22:35:28 Mimi and her 5 babies at the county animal shelter:
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First day with me. Employees at animal shelter put an orphan kitten in with Mim... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110457 Sun, 12 May 2013 19:33:20 I do not have a garage so my car sits in the driveway. One of the stray cats in the area had 5 kittens, 2 of whom decided to check out the engine of my car ( :banghead: ). I think that I have gotten them out but does anybody have any suggestions as to what I can do to keep them out of my engine in... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110416 Fri, 10 May 2013 17:30:18
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... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110402 Fri, 10 May 2013 12:25:17 Where weeks of antibiotics (Orbax) have failed, just putting on some Neosporin ointment has helped heal an abcess wound that has been festering on my kitty's forehead since May 2012. I am in the third week of treatment now, and the wound has gone from 1 cm across to just a little scab. For the firs... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110401 Fri, 10 May 2013 10:46:56 was attacked and stung by a group of bees on tuesday morning. I let her out for her morning ritual while getting ready for work and next thing you know I hear yelping in the back yard!

I ran to her and saw that there were many bees flying around her hind legs. I brushed her off and hurried her ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110388 Thu, 09 May 2013 21:37:08 The nation’s largest cardiovascular health organization has a new message for Americans: Owning a dog may protect you from heart disease.

The unusual message was contained in a scientific statement published on Thursday by the American Heart Association, which convened a panel of experts to revi... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110386 Thu, 09 May 2013 21:20:17 http://youtu.be/L7QFFZJWAX8... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110376 Wed, 08 May 2013 19:33:02 The older lady I live with (she's a senior citizen) had a poorly behaved, poorly trained german shepherd, that I regular took for walks. I say [i]had[/i] because when I came home she told me the dog had been put down. She was sad about it. The 10 year old dog had severe, chronic, ear infections, ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110366 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:30:14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30dufWDomuk&feature=share&list=SPMHhjKfBkIZQqq8Ga-ND6596C8cIlnSQo... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110361 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:51:30 While an animated movie, it "watches" like live action as the characters are drawn and the dog's personality of developed and refined. The dog never becomes human. He is a dog and the people who made the movie know dogs very, very well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=b-C... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110356 Wed, 08 May 2013 01:15:56 Or, what passes for news in tiny Midwest towns, aka RedNeckLand.

Since the melodrama of "FlyBy" has continued even longer, and my lengthy reports on that thread have probably received all the views they're going to, please forgive me if I report the most recent - and I hope final - developments i... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110342 Tue, 07 May 2013 18:33:38 I have a new rescue dog who is TERRIBLE on the leash.

He's a 1 year old Jack Russell mix named Rudy. I also have another dog -- so when we walk, it's two dogs.

Rudy pulls like a plow horse, flips from side to side at random, goes behind me, twists up the leashes, stops every 10 feet to "mark"... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110320 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:33:09 When I got Kidley Catton nearly five years ago, my cousin told me that he was "about five years old," but she didn't know for sure, because she'd picked him up after his former owners moved away and left him. :cry:

He's been an excellent kitty for much of the time, but last October, I went to Jap... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110317 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:08:09 Rudy is a 3 year old, super friendly, neutered and house trained Labradoodle who is in the middle of a messy divorce. His owner wants to have him put down because it's too much trouble to give him his seizure pill every day.
My partner and I are trying to get him out of there and we have a very go... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110304 Mon, 06 May 2013 22:25:00 But I'm furious enough to chew nails and violate my self-imposed ban on weekday internet use, at least briefly.

Though he's not quite the worst neighbor I ever had, there's a geezer on my south side who needs heavy meds or something. When the chows were alive, I caught him more than once leaning... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110301 Mon, 06 May 2013 22:02:23 Remember Obie the 77 lb doxie? Now he's about 35 lbs and had his excess skin removed on Friday. This is how he looks today.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/941469_459952217415313_618431339_n.jpg

Compare this to when Nora first took Obie in.

http://cdn.thedailybeas... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110299 Mon, 06 May 2013 21:53:16 I have a new feline nephew!!!

Meet Marvel!

http://a.yfrog.com/img809/8838/y6a3.jpg

He's a 12 week old Siamese / tuxedo mix. My sister and her boyfriend got him yesterday.

My sister said Marvel's mom is a tuxedo like her late tuxedo kitty Morgan was. I cannot wait to meet this little gu... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110298 Mon, 06 May 2013 21:40:06 http://www.mooneyart.com/vicki/MMSleepKittehs.jpg

My regular vet wants a minimum of $1K for 2nd and 3rd vaccinations + rabies for both. No discounts for rescues. I think i'm going to check around. These two are my babies! :loveya:... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110283 Mon, 06 May 2013 17:40:03 Cause that's what I usually see of her when she's focused on something
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She's too damn smart for her own good. Every time I come up with a new way to trick her into getting within reach so I can grab her when it's time to leave the par... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110282 Mon, 06 May 2013 15:33:14 other textiles/fabrics? My puppy will pull the strings out of a rug, a towel, or the fiber from a tennis ball to eat it! I try to stop him (when I catch him) but don't know how to stop this behavior! He's well fed, exercised daily, and otherwise healthy. Would appreciate any help as I can't rid ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110276 Mon, 06 May 2013 12:34:48 https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/215281_296798360454354_597619104_n.jpg... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110265 Sun, 05 May 2013 17:26:41 It's nasty outside, and she has no desire to go out, and she has eaten and used the litter box, but she's just piled up asleep.

It's like she's depressed or something. Usually, she will play a little bit, but all she wants to do is stay in the blanket on my bed. She's alert and responds when I ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110230 Fri, 03 May 2013 20:54:13 http://vimeo.com/5606758... http://www.democraticunderground.com/116110224 Fri, 03 May 2013 10:34:37