This is my little girl, October. She's been protesting Waffle ever since he arrived in May; she used to be my baby. Or, I used to be her human. She's the complete opposite of my macho-cat, Torry. She's extremely loving and needy, a little skittish, and not very brave. Or smart. In fact, if she weren't so adorable, I'm not sure I'd like her.…

Let me preface the below statement/question with the following: we have a long-standing tradition of cat-hating among the women in my family. My mother hates cats, my grandmother hates cats, my great-grandmother hated cats. In fact, my grandmother fondly tells a story of her mother (my great-grandmother) who, upon finding a cat in her (farm) kitchen who had decided to partake itself of a recently cooked chicken, picked it up,…

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My boy Gunny had ACl surgery 8 weeks ago. The repaired leg is obviously weaker and looks skinnier than the other due to muscle atrophy. I might be jumping the gun here, but I am concerned that I should be doing more to make him use the repaired leg more. We are still helping him up stairs but he goes down once in a while on his own. We are only doing very short walks and trying to keep him from his usual running around. Is there something I should be doing to force him to put…

Well, unfortunately I'm ashamed to report that poor Fred the foster Corgi had an accident. The horses made an escape during feeding and poor Fred was run over during the dash. A quick physical exam revealed no broken bones or swelling and resulted in a nip to the examiner. We were extremely concerned for him throughout the night. A trip to the vet has shown no permanent damage. Some bruising, both external and internal, some arthritis, but everything intact and working. We now have our a…

This is her 3rd week Hana has been with us. Last week, went and got 12 weeks shots @ vet. As soon as we entered the office, she starts shaking...don't know whether she knows it is the "scary" vet's office, but after couple of treats she calmed down. Good thing she could be easily bribed. She checked out great...she is now 10+lbs.…

I took chloe to the dog park today, it is separated between large and small, so we go to small side. Things were fine until a jack russell mix boy came-he , barred teeth, Chloe ran behind my legs, then sat down to me on the bench, she was very friendly to all the people. I probably did not help but I was nervous since seemed showed her teeth back. I could tell that she would want to play but when this dog came by she changed her mind. The owner's brother in law said that their dog has to run…

We are all enjoying our new house! Simon and I have moved as we are both starting our first teaching jobs (at the same school!) in a few weeks. He's teaching sixth grade and I'm doing k-12 vocal music. The dogs love our new place. This rental has all wood flooring all through the house and tile in the kitchen which is sooooo great for our dogs. I'm loving not having to vaccuum. It will ultimately be much cleaner because I can now see where the dog hair is and sweep it up. We also have a…