I know I already dubbed Brody Indiana Bones in a prior post, but I'm stealing the nom de plume for my upcoming trip to Peru with Amazon Cares. I am Indiana Bones, slogging through anacondas and tarantulas in search of the elusive capybara. It's the largest rodent in the world, and I want to see one. It's not a photoshopped guinea pig: It's the world's largest rodent. *squish* I admit it will take a bit of luck, since I'm going to be pretty busy doing veterinary work- the main reason for ... Read more »
The Hairy Hambone in: GUILTY!
By now I'm assuming many of you have seen Denver the Guilty dog. If not, it's worth it. The behaviorists will tell you, over and over again: Stop anthropomorphizing your pets. They do not feel shame or guilt. I don't know about that. For all the protesting that dogs forget what naughty things they did 5 seconds after committing the crime, that these intelligent beings simply disavow all knowledge and memory of their actions and are merely responding to our own disapproval, I know of way ... Read more »
Drinkwell 360 review and giveaway!
Congratulations to the winner, Marie Collins! I hope you love it! It's Giveaway Tuesday! My favorite day! Today we have something for all the cat owners out there, something that almost all of us have owned or have thought about owning at some point: a drinking fountain. Despite their well known aversion to baths, cats love water- as long as they don't have to sit in it. Turn on a stream of water in the sink and it's like a kitty magnet- zoom! In they come, tongues extended as they oh so ... Read more »
The Litterbox Chronicles, Part 3: The Box Buffet
While the world has been in chaos and disarray, I haven't had a whole lot of time to spend pondering the smaller issues in our household: namely, Apollo and his marking. But I have been passively conducting an experiment with the litterbox, otherwise known as the Litterbox Buffet. When you are trying to make your cat's bathroom the Happy Place, one of the key questions you need to ask is "What kind of toilet do you like?" It would certainly make it easier if you could simply present the cat ... Read more »
I have a match, who’s got the lighter fluid?
Pardon me a moment of exceptional sentimentality here, but I can't help it. I'm getting a little Linda Richman as we speak. From something that began as a flurry of e-mails amongst a couple of the Be the Change pals on Sunday, Paws for Japan evolved into a event with over 150 blogs, countless Facebook posts and Tweets, and untold participation- with only 3 days notice. It's like we posted a "hey, we're having a little cookout at the bay, BYOB" to the community wall at the library and the ... Read more »
Dr. V’s Kiss My Blarney Garage Sale!
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, a traditional Irish blessing that seems particularly apropos: We're on this Earth together, And if we would be brothers, Fight not just on your own behalf But for the sake of others. I don't have awesome products to sell like the people in the previous post, so I had to resort to badgering other people to help me out to come up with some offerings. All proceeds benefit World Vets, of course. ... Read more »
Pet Etailers Giving Back: Shop Here!
Despite giving everyone about 2 days' notice, so many of you came through and offered to host giveaways, donate proceeds to World Vets, and all around be amazing in support of Paws for Japan and animal relief. Thank you all. These are all the giveaways and donations I was made aware of by e-mail as of the 16th, but if I missed any or if you know of other ones, please add them in to the comment section! I know there are some auctions and other giveaways going on today...very exciting day! I ... Read more »
Paws for Japan: Why Animal Rescues Matter
As the world watches the horror in Japan worsen from day to day, and scores of people flee from the devastated island, a small but dedicated group of heroes are leaving safety behind and heading into the maelstrom. Among them, people whose sole purpose is to rescue the animal victims of the earthquake and tsunami. Much has been made of this video making the rounds. In it, a news crew comes upon a sad sight that is being replayed all over the country. Those animals are alive now, thanks to ... Read more »
Brody vs Pool
Quick housekeeping: Tomorrow is Paws for Japan! Are you ready? We will have a linky blog hop up tomorrow for everyone. If you have a retail website that is going to be participating by donating items or sales proceeds, you can send me the url TODAY and I will include it in tomorrow's post. That is in addition to the linky. If you want the code for the Chip In widget for World Vets, it's here. If you are having trouble with the banner or badge, e-mail me. Well, it's been kind of a heavy ... Read more »
Adopt the Internet Day: Love = win
In honor of Petfinder's Adopt the Internet Day, we are featuring Adoption Success Stories here at Pawcurious, starring the wonderful pets sent in by you, the readers. This is Part 3 of 3. Gilbert: So Happy Together, from Julie It was so hard to find my favorite picture - he is so photogenic and happy, even when I force him into a hot dog or banana costume! But this one really shows his personality and was taken by a friend at the dog park. I adopted Gilbert 8 1/2 years ago. I found him on the ... Read more »
Adopt the Internet: More fun than a barrel of winning
In honor of Petfinder's Adopt the Internet Day, we are featuring Adoption Success Stories here at Pawcurious, starring the wonderful pets sent in by you, the readers. This is Part 2 of 3. Pewter, Cheddar and Shorty: Amy prefers to let the pictures speak for themselves ... Read more »
Adopt the Internet: I adopt, therefore I win
In honor of Petfinder's Adopt the Internet Day, we are featuring Adoption Success Stories here at Pawcurious, starring the wonderful pets sent in by you, the readers. This is Part 1 of 3. From reader Jessica: This is my newly adopted cat, Tom. He's absolutely wonderful! When we went to the rescue foundation, my roommates and I all felt the urge to take every single kitten and puppy home, but we knew that we had to choose just one. Tom was the quite one of the bunch, not running around like a ... Read more »
Adopt the Internet Day: One Dog
You all remember Wall-E, right? The little guy who was euthanized not once but twice, and still found himself alive at the end of the day? Adorable, isn't he? "The litter was so sick," the shelter said, despite the fact that he was fine the next day. 3,000 people have applied to adopt him, a dog who was no different from any other healthy dog at the shelter except for this one simple fact: He got lucky. ... Read more »
Paws for Japan
Like many of you, I have been glued to the television this weekend in horror at the disaster that has befallen the residents of Japan. At times like these, our daily concerns about Little League games, the price of gas, or frustrations about the stupid little things evaporate as we take a look around at all the things we are fortunate enough to have- loved ones, security, safety- and imagine them all swept away in the blink of an eye. We will donate, as always, to the usual organizations ... Read more »
The 3 C’s of Pet Emergencies (and why that dog CPR video drives me nuts)
OK, I wasn't going to comment on that "Dog trainer saves dog with CPR" video that's floating around the web, but enough people have seen it that I think it warrants it. It's gotten enough play in the last day that I actually decided to postpone my vaccine post. Despite the fact that the man neither saved the dog nor performed CPR, I would be OK with not bursting his bubble and letting him carry on this wave of adoration were it not for this one simple fact: I don't want you all to do the ... Read more »
Canine Vaccines Part 1: One size does not fit all
Vaccines: the big, the bad, the ever changing topic. There's enough information to write about this for a whole week, but for now I'm going to keep it to a few posts. This week, I'm doing a 2 part series on dog vaccinations. Today, I'm going to summarize the most current vaccine recommendations for canines. Tomorrow, I'll share some of the tidbits I got at the Western Veterinary Conference that give us some additional insight about how to use these to optimum benefit. Here's to our dogs' ... Read more »
Koa Go Bragh
Today I had to take the kids for a haircut, and in the way kids do, the stylist at Fantastic Sam's got to know everything there is to know about their lives. "Who's Brody?" she asked my son. "My dog," he replied. "He's a Golden Retriever." "Oh, you have a dog," she said agreeably. "How cool." "I have two dogs," he corrected her. "Brody and Licorice." That one was new to me too, so I leaned in closer. "Licorice?" she asked. "What kind of dog is that?" "She's a labrador," he ... Read more »
Woodrow Wear Power Paws Review and Giveaway!
I will sort through the many entries to the Freaky Dog People giveaway from last week and contact the winners by the end of this week. In the meantime, who's ready for another Giveaway Tuesday?? Today I'm reviewing pet socks. Go ahead and raise your eyebrows. I admit on first glance, it looks more dress-up than functional. But bear with me. I spend a lot of time on the ground with a dog paw in my lap in my line of work. Those pads sustain a lot of insult- foxtail awns poking in ... Read more »
