Author Archive: Joy of Living
Is Mother’s Day Deadly to Cats? It Can Be….
Party Marty with an important warning about Mother’s Day! My buddy Bolt, the Yorkie-Poo, just called me to let me know that one of the humans in his house bought the other human some stargazer lilies for Mother’s Day. The clerk at the store asked the person, “Do you have cats?” He asked why and […]
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Five Reasons To Get A Pet Bird
As I wrote earlier in the week, birds are the third most popular pet choice in the US. Below are five reasons birds may be a good pet choice for you: They can talk! Even though we often think we know what our pets are trying to say to us, with a bird there’s no […]
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Funny Pet Video of the Week
For this week’s funny pet video, thought I’d share one from the third most popular pet, the birds! In this video, Frostie is rocking it out! Enjoy!
Watch VideoJessie Presents…More Random Dog Trivia!
Jessie, the bored dog looking up interesting facts about dogs on the internet: It’s been a lazy day for me today. I was checking out my online dating profile but got bored, so I did a random search on some random information about dogs. I am feeling so random today. Did you know that… …Ancient […]
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The Top 10 Most Popular Pets in the US
In honor of National Pet Week, I decided to give you the Top 10 List of the Most Popular Pets in the US. Here they are: Dogs Cats Birds Fish Guinea Pigs & Hamsters Rabbits Ferrets Turtles & Tortoises Snakes Iguanas How many of the top 10 are members of your household?
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Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone! Kansas City is attempting to set a Guinness Book of World Record goal of the most costumed dogs in a parade today. Best of luck, looking forward to seeing pics of the costumes and parade!
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Enough “All Pit Bulls Are Bad”
As I’ve written here before, I have a problem with breed-specific legislation that singles out pit bulls. In reading online today, I found yet another story of BSL, this time in Maryland. The Maryland Court of Appeals has ruled that pit bulls are “inherently dangerous” and anyone owning a pit bull or pit bull mix […]
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Funny Pet Video of the Week
In this video, two cats are struggling to get the hang of patty-cake. Enjoy!
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Exercises that are “ABs”-olutely Great for You and Your Cat!
Party Marty, the suave and sophisticated cat, checking out his profile in the mirror: Not bad. Not bad at all. Those winter months were not too hard on this bod! However, I bet there are some fat cats out there who could stand a bit of old-fashioned exercise before swim suit season is in full […]
Continue ReadingGood-bye To A Friend
I found out today that a client, Chandler, had passed away. When I first hime a couple of years ago, he was still adjusting to quite a few changes: new house, new people, new dogs. Although he had his grumpy times, overall he dealt with everything pretty well. One of the biggest challenges for him […]
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