Tuesday: rofl....you kill joy HAHAHAHA

Tuesday: ROFLMBO

Tuesday: Did they keep doing it while you moved em? LOL

i used to give my dog eukenuba...FP when he was having terrible skin problems but it didnt make any difference to him and at $37 AUD per 4kilo bag it was so expensive so i stopped giving it to him.

we also have those brands over here in australia but nothing has been said here.....I dont feed my cat and dog "bought" pet food as I make and prepare all my own so it wont bother me, but what a terrible thing for those that get affected

Rose: I just read on my homepage that now they say it was RAT POISON that was in it!!! OMG! How in the world could something like that happen?? I wouldn't know what to do if something happened to my man...

anastasia: If they did know it was toxic an sold it anyway I hope they all burn for it. Pets are considered 'kids' to many ppl and to lose them thru neglect from a food company is sad. I am lucky to have heard about it early as we had some store brand wet in gravy that we avoided using. 

Rose: Thank Goodness we dodged a bullet on that one..we feed royal canin..there have been SEVERAL pets in the local area effected by the recalled food..One guy is the head of one of the local shelters here..his 2 kitties are both very sick from it and being treated by our vet.Just heard on the news that the company may have known it was toxic but chose to ship it anyways..I REALLY hope that is NOT the case!!

As most of you animals lovers in North American likely already know, there has been a recall in many major brands of pet foods. For those that dont, please read

Tuesday: I saw a report on that on 20/20 some time ago,my goodness,the conditions that these animals are kept in are unimaginable!!

Andre Faria: It is an aweful thing..and the more people that speak up the more it will help!

anastasia: yes, I´m posting those petitions in every place I can. Like the dolphin and whale's hunting, this is just cruelty...

It's that time of year again: The ice floes off the Canadian coast are about to turn red with the blood of the countless baby harp seals who are slaughtered for their fur.

Words cannot describe the cruelty of the annual seal "hunt," which is really more of a massacre and will begin in just a few days. To stop this yearly atrocity, we must generate an international outcry against the Canadian government. I hope that you will support PETA's public call for an end to this slaughter by immediately taking two important actions:
Sign PETA's international petition to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Our goal is to gather signatures from more than 50,000 people who want to tell the prime minister that "fashion" is no justification for spilling baby seals' blood.

Support PETA's efforts to stop the slaughter of baby seals and the use of all animals for fur. Your online donation will bring more pressure to bear on the Canadian government and the international fur trade.
Canada's annual seal hunt is the largest slaughter of marine animals on Earth. Last year, more than 330,000 baby harp seals were beaten to death so that they could be made into fur coats, collars, and cuffs. The Canadian government claims that hunters only kill adult seals, but 97 percent of the seals killed last year were less than 3 months of age.

Most of these seals are too young to realize that they should try to escape when their killers approach. They lie totally vulnerable on the ice as their heads are bashed in with clubs. Many are dragged across the ice—still conscious—with boat hooks. Often these sensitive animals are skinned alive for their fur. Their bodies are left to rot on the ice because there is no market for their meat.

The Canadian government has authorized hunters to kill more than 335,000 harp seals this year—one of the largest quotas in history. There is no place in the 21st century for this wanton and frivolous cruelty. Canada must end this abomination, but it will take a lot of pressure to compel the government to stop the hunt.
PLEASE!!!! go to peta's website and sign the petition to help try and stop this hunt!!!

Tuesday: my Bear always loves to roll in the dust/dirt after a bath, so Im sneaky....I tie him up on his lead and let him wait about 1/2 hour till he partially dries out LOLOL....he is shih-tzu so your talking long hair here and there is nothing worse than a roll in the dirt LOLOL

Tuesday: I am so glad that you got your baby back!!!!

glad you got your 'kid' back!!!

anastasia: No Sams in Canada.. YET!  the stuff I had to get was shipped to me as is! US product of course!

Rose: Not sure where you are located but Odo-ban also works well for getting smells out and disenfecting..Sam's Club carries it

Ive used feliway... Its a replica of the happy cat pheromone. I have a kitty who pees on my bed every time we bring a new cat in to the home (we rescue cats and most times dont adopt them out once we get attached.) This spray makes her feel happy and not aggitated by the new arrivals.. it works pretty good.
Ive never found anything else to work. She has been with us 6 years or longer and she is fine until we bring in a new kitty then for days she will pee. Once she gets some feliway sprayed around her she gets contented. Mind you we have to give her tons of rubbings and pettings ( more than usual) so she knows we still love her. They are like kids I tell you.
Good luck with your pee kitties
If you need a good product to get the stink out there is a locker room deoderant called Knock out. used in gym bags. It takes the stink outta anything.. even works on eliminating the odor of male spray ( which we had to deal with this week with out latest arrival who is at the hospital right now getting snipped OUCH!)


How long have these kitties been living in the same home? Maybe its a time thing.. I currently have 14 in the home and with in weeks  ( some times months for some) they all tend to get along. They eat, sleep an play together usually.

Has anyone here had experience with "Quiet Moments" calming sprays made by NaturVet? I've been mediating a political/territorial cat dispute at home, ever since saving a kitten last summer. As one funny person put it, "I'm nearly at the end of my urine-soaked rope!" (At least) one of my girls pees on my bed every once in a while--at least I got her to stop urinating in my study. It's so aggravating, but I'd really hate to have to send her away from here...

If less drastic measures don't suffice, I may have to administer drugs: paroxetine for the intimidating girl, and/or buspirone for the one who's feeling threatened/cornered.

I'll try the "calming spray" this week. Wish me luck...

I forgot to tell you guys...2 weeks ago when I was coming home with my husband from his PT..we saw a bald eagle!!! OMG!! It was unbelievable! He was flying towards a grouping of trees.We had heard that there was one or 2 in the area but to actually see it...just don't have the words to express it!!!

Damien has started to blow his coat too...thought with this cold..this wouldn't happen,what do I know though,lol

Oliver and Dexter my two cats, have started to malt quite badly, is this normal in such cold months???

anastasia: Happy belated Birthday Damien :)

anastasia:

My little boy is growing up :(

Bwild: LMAO - I think I've got you beat - my dog used to eat chicken bones galore when we lived in a city, now that we're rural, she LOVES cat poo - we've got stray/outdoor cats everywhere in my little town & she hunts that stuff out, even tho she KNOWS it's wrong, she's got an addiction to it

My dog eats chicken bones all the time. she especially loves dead fish carcasses that she seems to find daily.

Tuesday: I give Bear what we call "Y" bone steak every day. It is human food (meat) but very little fat, lots of 1/2 cooked meat and a lovely y-bone to chew on...He just loves them. He also has dried food, and I ocasionally give him chicken necks which he also loves :)

Rose: We give Damien "almost pig ears" a better alternative to real pig ears.We use to give the real ones to Patch,he loved them but the fat is so high in them.
Damien loves his rawhide and we usually let him have a bone at all times..BUT..that said,he is NEVER EVER unsupervised while eating one and if he does chew chuncks off,in the trash they go.He is an agressive chewer and we have to keep him with chew things at all times,lol

Rose: Thanks for that info Rose! I will certainly be more careful when purchasing any chew treats for my babies!!

Tuesday:I didn't know that, have given them to my little dogs before! I won't do it again if there is a danger to them.