Pet Monologues

Pet owners can be buried with pets.

MERRILLVILLE, IN―A growing number of funeral homes and cemeteries are offering burial and cremation services for animals to help bereaved pet owners cope with their loss. Read the rest of this entry »

Warning for pet owners about puppy scam.

CHICAGO (CBS)―There’s a warning for pet owners about a scam that tries to take advantage of their puppy love. Read the rest of this entry »

I am working on a post about how to train your cat. While you eagerly await those secrets you might enjoy several trainees.

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i-love-cats.com

When the student is ready, the teacher appears.

I admit, when I encounter a pet snake of say 24-36″ inches in length, a lot of thoughts cross my mind. The movie Anaconda for one. But each time, after awhile, the snake grows on me. Not that I would ever get one for a pet. For sure, not now.

Emerald tree boa

A story told by a veterinarian:

“This Lady had this kink with exotic animals, and some years ago she bought a boa, and she let the boa slither around the house all the time. There were no problems; every day Snakey had insects for lunch, and when she grew up, some mice… a nice life indeed for a boa.

“However, after a year or so, Snakey started to present an odd behavior. At night, she would crawl besides her master’s bed and stiffen as if she was in pain. The Lady would then try to console her, to no use. The boa kept getting tenser and tenser, until she was rigid as a baseball bat and completely straight. After a few hours, Snakey would relax and slither normally. Read the rest of this entry »

Recall dates spike pet insurance claims.

While non-pet food recalls continue to be in the headlines, the pet-food recalls have diminished. Read the rest of this entry »

Ellen DeGeneres gives a pooch away to her hairdresser because it didn’t get along with her cats.

In doing so, DeGeneres violated an agreement with the Mutts and Moms dog rescue agency by not informing them of the handoff.

Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres performs her monologue to open the 79th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo

“I guess I signed a piece of paper that says if I can’t keep Iggy, it goes back to the rescue organization, which is not someone’s home, which is not a family,” she said in a show transcript provided to The Associated Press.

“I thought I did a good thing. I tried to find a loving home for the dog because I couldn’t keep it.”

“Because I did it wrong, those people went and took that dog out of their home, and took it away from those kids,” a sobbing DeGeneres said on her show. Read the rest of this entry »

For those who are into design-driven products there is a company in Texas, One Form Design, that is pushing the envelope in pet-products. Here are two examples.

Leading Edge

The Cat Cocoon

At this writing we are not sure if there is a push for “green” products although The Cat Cocoon fabricated out of a paper product might qualify. We will wait to hear from the designer. PM is currently looking where these products can be purchased. If you have retail information and/or are aware of other innovative products, please let us know. It would be appreciated.

Source: one-form.net

While reading one of my fave magazines I stumble upon an article that pet lovers would enjoy. This article was taken out of Wired Magazine and titled “A Canine Hotel May Sound Luxe, but There’s No Place Like Home”

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Room Z5 is empty except for a faux-suede floor pillow, a 14-inch flatscreen TV, an IP network camera, and a 9-pound miniature pinscher sitting motionless by the steel door. After a few minutes, the pooch gets up, walks across the room, and settles on the pillow, almost covering the white letters that spell out w-a-g. Kitschy dance music wafts in from the hallway. A dog yelps in the background.

Illustration by Jessica Hische

Wag is a new pet hotel in San Francisco that promises the ultimate in canine luxury. It has an atmospheric-filtration system that recycles the facility’s air 10 times per hour. Temperature-controlled rooms remain at a comfortable 69 degrees Fahrenheit. The suites ($85 a night) even have “Wag Cams,” accessible from an Internet browser, so that curious or concerned owners can check on their furry companions.

Tonight I’ve booked my dog, Ruby, into Wag. I scheduled her for an in-room belly massage ($12), a moonlit walk on the antibacterial Astroturf rooftop ($15), and room service (one pig’s ear and a bowl of water). This should be a great night—I’ll have the evening off from my dog-parenting duties, and Ruby will make new friends and be pampered by Wag’s experienced staff. Read the rest of this entry »

Can a “doomsday” pet site save dogs?

A dog is killed approximately every 9 seconds. Read the rest of this entry »

Who Shot Daisy Mae? $5,000 reward.

Seattle—”It looks like she was shot while she was curled up sleeping,” said Melinda Booker, who still is in shock, along with her husband… Read the rest of this entry »