Pender prisoners to train family pets
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »Raab, the founder of Monty's Home, has been working with the Pender Correctional Institution to start a dog-training program at the Burgaw prison, bringing together unwanted dogs and locked-up people for the benefit of both. The Pawsitive Partners Prison Program will ...
The Dog Spot is a real treat for pets and owners
Saturday, July 26th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »A few days ago, a friend and I took my dog, Dixie, to an area on Cleveland Avenue, just past the railroad tracks. We let her roam freely and happily under a bridge. She sniffed at grass and rocks in this ...
More The Sims Pets for Nintendo DS
Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »EA has today announced The Sims 2 Apartment Pets, coming exclusively to Nintendo DS on August 22, 2008. In Apartment Life Pets Sims move into an apartment building above a pet spa where they must care for a variety of local ...
RSPCA tells schools ‘no pets’
Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »The classroom guineapig faces extinction if schools follow new advice from the RSPCA urging an end to the tradition of taking the natural world into schools. School pets may be harmed by constant touching from excited pupils and poor living conditions, ...
Pets are part of family grieving
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »When Millicent "Mikki" Kraushaar died, her obituary included this: "She is also survived by her dog Angel who provided unwavering love and comfort. They shared a special bond, and it was this little white dog that helped her understand how important ...
Caring for pets: Adding a cat and more
Sunday, April 27th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »We can't really ask them, so if you plan to introduce a second (or fifth) cat, do so carefully. Cat expert Arden Moore, co-author of "Planet Cat," says indoor cats have a strong sense of place and are very territorial. ...
Pets Affected by Household Toxins
Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »According to a new research study, exposure to common household chemicals affect our pets and these toxins may determine diseases such as cancer, or hyperthyroidism. Researchers for the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a non-profit research organization from Washington, DC, examined blood ...
Tiny Travelers Welcomed with Open Arms
Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »Traveling with your kids is getting easier than ever before. In recent years the travel industry has experienced a boom in family travel and rather than assuming that parents will only take children to family oriented sites such as ...
Dog suits and dung among my pet hates
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »People joke that the number of pet dogs in Beijing is more than the urban population. It is an exaggeration to some but Beijingers seem to love their pets more than most. They might address their offspring as "lazy little scamps", ...
Japan experiments with robots as part of daily life
Saturday, March 1st, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise and disgust. Hooked up to a database of words clustered by association, the robot _ ...
