Archives for July 2006

Petpourri

Race car fans loved this fundraiser for homeless pets. Mark your calendars or bookmark this site for next year.

If you are a Mets fan and want to dress up your critter to win goodies visit these sites: This poor cat is really a Mets fan but hates the hat. This is the official Met Your Pet site to submit your pet photos (outfitted in Met gear..see my earlier posting for links for official pet sports gear).

Part of the reason animal professionals discourage “free” placement of pets is due to the trade in animals. Here is an article highlighting the issue of pets sold for research.

Another article offering pet hurricane evacuation tips.

Survey says…this article talks about taking pets to work. You’ll find the statistics about workers interesting.

If you thought you saw everything check out pet tech. If this concept is appealing I have some other links to share including “sniffy the rat.”

Pit bulls on the rampage across the pond.

Cute pet owner commentary includes some of the books I’ve mentioned and linked to.

I don’t recommend wolf-dogs as pets. Here is an recent article with video on wolf-dogs. I happen to think the article is a bit lame. Here is my extensive commentary on wolf-dog ownership complete with expert comments and references.

This is a good pet safety and health article full of tips.

Contest: How does your pet make you smile?

Check out this press release to enter a contest with some groovy prizes.

Fur dye for pets? Fur dye is being claimed as one of the newest trends for pets. I have my reservations. It really needs to be gentle if done at all. This little “Panda dog” was a hot video on the internet about six months ago.

This site was supposed to sell pet hair dye but I didn’t find any what I found was nail color, shampoos and mud for pets on this site. Check out the cat in the photo..definately does not want to be there.

Dog mauling trial news.

Yet another pit bull attack…

This is cool! Maybe I should train eco-dogs!

Naughty behavior reported on Animal Liberation Front.


Legend dog trainer, Captain Haggerty dies. I missed this report and only got to chat with this guy on the phone.
The one thing about animal trainers, we never agree with each other except for what the third one is doing wrong. Did I metion we all have opinions and are not afraid to share them?

I don’t remember if I shared this pet specialty store with you. But you might also want to check out these great books related to Barketechture:

This is a good overview on how to pick a better commercial pet food.

Pet paranoia? Okay, the fact that this article made the news and people are up in arms over the pets seems a bit humorous to me.

Did we learn anything yet about evacuating with pets?