tales from straydom . . . . . . tips, stories and resources for pets
I feed 10 cats and 32 dogs twice a day every day whether it is hot or cold, light or dark, and whether it is sunny or cloudy or rainy. So I know most everyone’s eating quirks. Goose and Paketa — two of my cats — chase their food around their bowls like small bulldozers, [...]
Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by isak
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The goal with antibiotics is to hammer down the infection and not give it a chance to develop resistance before it is wiped out. This means that keeping the dog on the antibiotics long enough is critical. If a dogs starts to look better after a few days, do NOT take it off the drugs!
Posted on December 18th, 2008 by isak
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I was washing the dishes this morning and heard a small bang. It felt like it was somewhere nearby, so I thought maybe the shampoo had blown off the window sill in the bathroom. There was a pretty strong wind gusting in the open windows from the north. It didn’t sound like anything broke, so [...]
Posted on December 14th, 2008 by isak
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Just a nod to a woman I met this summer through an old high school friend. Her name is Valerie. Her sister-in-law from Montana sent her an email about a Hurricane Katrina survivor, a pony named Molly. Molly had been abandoned by her family as they fled the hurricane. In all the excitement of the [...]
Posted on December 9th, 2008 by isak
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Several years ago, Diane Sawyer did a story on a family that had a multiple-birth event. They had six or seven babies, I can’t remember the details. A few years later, Diane went back to visit the family and see how things were going. The kids were a few years older and all very healthy [...]
Posted on December 9th, 2008 by isak
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Within a few days, a couple stories crossed the pages of the news around the country. Each registered a “Geez” in my mind. Both are pet-related stories: In Tulsa, a four-month old lab puppy is confiscated from a home for mauling a baby to death. The baby was in one of those baby swings and [...]
Posted on December 9th, 2008 by isak
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Purina has reduced the size of their Pro Plan and One dog food bags. What was once a 37.5 lb bag is now 34 lbs. The price remained the same… for a while: $27. Now it’s $34.
My dog pack consumes about 1,000 lbs per month, so I had to switch to a cheaper Purina [...]
Posted on December 5th, 2008 by isak
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