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A very sophisticated high tech pet door with a great appearance

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on January 12, 2021 by MikeBJanuary 12, 2021
Advanced dog door. MyQ Pet Portal

The Chamberlain myQ Pet Portal replaces the old-fashioned doggie door flap with a programmable sliding-door system built into your house’s front or back door. The video explains how it works. It is very sophisticated and very expensive. It’s what you … Continue reading →

Posted in dog behaviour | Tagged cats, dogs, products, technology

Too-rapid weight loss in cats can cause fatty liver syndrome

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on January 1, 2021 by MikeBJanuary 1, 2021
Obese gray cat

All the experts and the veterinarians say that if you are going to embark on a weight loss program for your overweight domestic cat you should do it gently because too-rapid weight loss can result in serious metabolic problems such … Continue reading →

Posted in Feline Health | Tagged cat health, cats, domestic cats, health, human animal relationship, liver disease, weight loss | Leave a reply

Boris as a puppy name surges in popularity

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 19, 2020 by MikeBDecember 19, 2020
Boris the worried Labrador

Boris Johnson can’t be that bad in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic because “Boris” is a far more popular name for puppies nowadays than it was before. It is now the 74th most popular name for a puppy in Britain … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs | Tagged cats, dogs, pet names

Cat looks totally disgusted

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 14, 2020 by MikeBDecember 15, 2020
Cat wears totally disgusted face

It is hard to tell whether this cat is totally disgusted or pissed of with what is happening before his eyes or that his facial anatomy encourages this look. It’s probably a bit of both but I think it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats | Tagged cats

First European city with an integrated policy on human-animal cohabitation

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 14, 2020 by MikeBDecember 14, 2020
Lucca, Tuscany

Big words indeed. And bold aspirations. There are plans to make the Tuscan city of Lucca more animal friendly, to integrate, through town planning and management, domestic animals into the residents’ lifestyle. This is going one step further than the … Continue reading →

Posted in Humans | Tagged cats, community cats, dogs, human animal relationship, human behavior, Italy

“THIS CAT IS NOT STUCK” – amusing sign

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 28, 2020 by MikeBNovember 28, 2020
This cat is not stuck. Thank you

This is a bit of fun. I don’t know anything about this photograph, by which I mean I don’t know the backstory but we have to presume that this delightful ginger tabby cat, which I think is a boy, loves … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats | Tagged cat ownership, cat television, cats, ginger tabby cat, windows

Most kittens are declawed before they are 8 months old

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 27, 2020 by MikeBNovember 27, 2020
Declawing is like this

In the tweet on this page, The Paw Project is saying that the reason why kittens are being declawed at such a young age is to avoid owners being scratched but if they were trained in those early years beyond … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal cruelty | Tagged america, animal cruelty, cats, declawing, kittens, North America, veterinarian

Fipronil and imidacloprid pet flea treatments poisoning river wildlife

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 17, 2020 by MikeBNovember 17, 2020
Fronline fipronil

NEWS AND VIEWS: This is a cross post because I think the issue needs to be flagged up as strongly as possible. Some very high-profile and well-known cat and dog skin parasite treatments such as Frontline and Advantage contain strong … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged cats, dogs, domestic cats, environment, human to cat relationship, human to dog relationship, news, pesticides, pet flea treatments, products, study, toxic products

Live with a pet cat? Throw the salt lamp out.

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 16, 2020 by MikeBNovember 16, 2020
Himalayan salt lamps toxic to domestic cats

@lemonletterBuy a normal lamp and keep your kitties safe! ##cat ##fyp ##staysafe ##love ##Affirmations♬ Send Me on My Way – Guy Meets Girl The lamps are made from blocks of salt which can be lethal to cats. Apparently a New … Continue reading →

Posted in Feline Health | Tagged cats, domestic cats, hazards

Picture of a domestic cat with webbed feet

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 10, 2020 by MikeBOctober 10, 2020
Picture of hairless domestic cat showing webbed feet

All domestic cats have webbed feet but it is difficult to see the webbing for the obvious reason that their toes are covered in quite dense fur. Incidentally, the domestic cat with the most dense fur on their paws is … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats | Tagged anatomy, cats, pictures | Leave a reply

Freeholder allegedly ripped off pensioners by charging £80 for permission to keep a pet

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 10, 2020 by MikeBOctober 10, 2020
Tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz

Allegedly, elderly people living in retirement flats are being ripped off by a company controlled by Vincent Tchenguiz. The lease of these flats allows pets to be kept provided they do not cause a nuisance. This is a standard term … Continue reading →

Posted in Humans | Tagged cat ownership, cats, dog ownership, dogs, law, leasehold, pet ownership, pets

Drive-through holy water blessing of cats and dogs in the Philippines

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 5, 2020 by MikeBOctober 5, 2020
Priest blesses a dog in a passing car in Quezon City

NEWS AND VIEWS: Family pets have been blessed with holy water in Quezon City, Philippines at a drive-through ceremony to mark the feast of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and to mark World Animal Day. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Humans | Tagged cats, dogs, news, religion

Cat lovers need to learn about the wild cat species

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 2, 2020 by MikeBOctober 2, 2020
African golden cat

I love all cat lovers. Well, not quite, not the ones who hoard cats but perhaps they’re not true cat lovers anyway. The phrase “cat lover” always refers to domestic, stray and feral cats. It is quite narrow in its … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats | Tagged cat lovers, cats, conservation, education, wild cats

Cats are mistreated more often than dogs during coronavirus lockdown

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on September 28, 2020 by MikeBSeptember 28, 2020

The Association of Dogs and Cats Homes’s statistics tell us that cats are twice as likely to be abandoned than dogs during the coronavirus lockdown in the UK. The lockdown is continuing in a sporadic way across Britain. So this … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats | Tagged abandoned, cat news, cat welfare, cats, human animal relationship, human behavior

Discarded coke cans shredded by lawnmowers are wildlife hazards

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on August 21, 2020 by MikeBAugust 21, 2020
Shredded Diet Coke cans a hazard to animals and people

Discarded Diet Coke cans can become a serious wildlife and companion animal hazard. They are transformed into razor-sharp objects when cut and destroyed by lawnmowers. I’m referring to a story on the website Kent Online which reports shredded Diet Coke … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged cats, dogs, environment, feral cats, hazards

Slug pellets are a danger to cats, dogs and wildlife

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on August 19, 2020 by MikeBAugust 19, 2020
Slug and slug pellets

Although, in the UK, the chemical metaldehyde has been banned from slug pellets from the Spring of 2020, because it is just too toxic to animals, there will be old stocks of pellets in garden sheds which contain the chemical … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats | Tagged cats, dogs, poison, toxic products

Infographic: the right way to pick up your cat

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on August 14, 2020 by MikeBAugust 15, 2020
Holding a cat correctly

The infographic is by Ruth aka Kattaddorra. She is a cat lover who lives in the North of England. She created the infographic many years ago. Every day I pick up my cat several times. He asks me to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats | Tagged cats, human animal relationship

Painting eyes on the backside of cattle deters lion attacks

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on August 14, 2020 by MikeBAugust 14, 2020
Bum stare: protecting cattle from lion attack in Botswana and elsewhere in Africa

About 6 years ago I wrote about the Bangladeshi and Indian people working in the sprawling 10,000 square kilometre Delta of mangrove swamps called the Sundarbans and how they protected themselves from tiger attacks by wearing masks. The masks are … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats, Conservation | Tagged Africa, cats, conservation, lion conservation, lions

The industrial revolution is behind the popularity of dog breeds

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on August 3, 2020 by MikeBAugust 3, 2020
Crufts 1891

The Industrial Revolution in the UK started about 1760 and ended some time between 1820 and 1840. It was an era of the rapid development of industry due to the introduction of machinery. The machines were powered by steam. Factories … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs | Tagged cats, dog history, dogs, pedigree dogs

‘Raining cats and dogs’ – origin of the saying

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on August 1, 2020 by MikeBAugust 1, 2020
Rainging cats and dogs origin

No doubt you will find that different people produce a different answer to this question. My research indicates that the idiom “raining cats and dogs” probably comes from a poem by Jonathan Swift entitled A Description of a City Shower. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats | Tagged cats, dogs, sayings

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