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Transporting pets!

Chep — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:00:10 +0000

Owning more than once pet can often make life very difficult when you need to transport them at the same time, but separately. I have a friend who regularly enters her pets into shows and she overcomes this problem by using a pet stroller which has been designed to transport more than two pets at once!
Her pet cat sits comfortably in the top compartment and her dog is able to reside in the compartment below. Both animals seem happy with this arrangement and it makes my friends life a lot easier. The stroller has large wheels which enable her to manoeuvre it easily whilst her pets are inside.

Toliet trained cats?

Vince — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:37:56 +0000

If you have a cat, you will understand the tediousness of cleaning the cat litter tray and how, if it is left too long, the smell can become rather unpleasant. Recently whilst researching different cat litter trays and cat litters online, I came across an article concerned with training your cat to use a human toilet! Now the idea of this sounded perfect……but the implementation of it is rather a little more difficult!
Even though the article explained the best way to get your cat to start using a human toilet I have to say my cat Ginger did not seem to grasp the idea!
It is quite a shame really as it would have been great not to have to spend money on buying cat litter and not having to worry about cleaning it regularly!

Overweight dogs

Laura — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:55:41 +0000

Concerns with regards to the increasing weight of individuals across the country are not exclusive to humans! According to a survey from the Peoples Dispensary for sick animals, half our dogs will die of obesity or suffer from painful and early deaths due to their owners allowing them to become overweight.
Like many pet owners I am guilty of indulging my pet dog with a dog treat every now and again, although some people take this to the extreme and as well as providing pets with regular meals, they constantly give them scraps during their own meal times.
With the addition of little exercise this can soon mean pooches pile on the pounds.
Be careful your own pet does not fall victim to being over fed and monitor their weight closely.

Looking after a friends pet

Vince — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:36:15 +0000

In a couple of weeks one of my best friends is due to go away on holiday to Canada and she has worryingly asked me to look after her 2 new guinea pigs for her whilst she is away. It’s not that I don’t want to look after them for her it’s just that I don’t have a very good track record when it comes to looking after friends/neighbours pets’ whist they are away. A couple of years ago a neighbour asked me to look after her cat when she was in Spain. It was all going well until one night when I came to feed the cat it didn’t turn up, it had a cat flap so it could come and go as it pleased but for the past 5 nights it had always been back in the house when it came to feeding. So I left the food in her bowl and figured she would eat it over night, but when I checked the next morning the food has not been touched and there was a note through my neighbours door saying ‘I’m sorry but I ran over your cat, please call me’. Turns out someone has run over and killed the cat and I had to break the news to my neighbours when they came back from their holiday!

Micro Pigs – the new must-have pet!

Vince — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:29:16 +0000

Latest pet crazy that has come to England from America is the very cute but also very bizarre, micro pig. This little pink pet measures only 8in from snout to tail, which is about the same size as a baby rabbit or a guinea pig. There are many advantages of owning a micro pig as they are clean, highly intelligent and very loving pets. The micro pig is also an ideal pet for anyone who suffers from allergies as they have hair and skin similar to ours, not fur. There is only one major drawback to these perfect pink pets, the cost of one can start from £650, as one journalist put it, that’s the world’s most expensive bacon.

Meerkats as pets – not so simples

Vince — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:44:32 +0000

Recently there has been a growing market for people wanting to but meerkats as pets, following on from the successful ‘Compare the Meerkat’ advertisement from website comparison company, Compare the Market. Although they might be cute and fluffy, unfortunately meerkats do not make suitable pets due to the fact that they are really smelly! They are also not used to living indoors or on their own, their natural habitat is to live outside in groups as they like lots of company. They can also be quite aggressive, not only to one another but also to their owners as they are used to surviving outside in the wild. My best advice is to visit meerkats in the zoo or in their natural habitat in South Africa or in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana.

Dog Passports

Vince — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:37:29 +0000

Last year the government brought in a new legislation that allowed dogs to travel to selected countries without having to spend weeks away from their owners in quarantine. But it’s not as simple as just hoping on a plane with Rover on a lead, owners need to be organised as they need to prepare at least seven to eight months before travelling. To qualify for a pet passport, Rover must comply with the following criteria, in the order shown:
• Dog must be fitted with a microchip
• Dog must be vaccinated against rabies
• Dog must be at least 3 months old
• Proof of date of birth/age
• Microchip number
• The date of vaccination
• The vaccine product name
• The batch number
• The date the booster vaccination is due
• Your dog may need a blood test to show that the vaccine has given
• Your dog must have been issued with an official ‘PETS Certificate’ by a government authorised vet known as a Local Veterinary Inspector (LVI)

Dog nail clipping

Vince — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:30:41 +0000

I am going to have to attempt it soon, or take Billy down to the dog ‘beauty’ salon as his claws are becoming rather long. I have managed it once before, but it took a friend and myself to work together to manage to get the job done.

Im thinking I might just have to stick my hand in my pocket and take the trip down to the salon, which although is going to cost me, at least Billy won’t be mad with me for clipping him. Therefore when we get home, he might forgive me after 5 mins, whereas if i actually did the deed, then he would trundle off in a mood like a scorned teenager.

Snoring dogs

Vince — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:17:47 +0000

Well I’m sat here trying to watch the football on the tv, but unfortunately Billy, who has obviously had a hard day, is insisting on sitting in front of the fire snoring his head off.
I am convinced that he never used to snore and its all about attempting to attract attention, because as soon as you cal his name, he is wide awake again.
Im trying to think of cures that could work, maybe I could buy some of those nasal strips, although I’m not quite sure they would work on a dog.

Can anyone think of any ideas, aside from shutting him in the kitchen, that will help solve his annoying problem ???

Answers on a postcard please guys !!

Dog walking

Vince — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:07:40 +0000

Took a look at the dog the other day and probably took a look at myself as well and decided we both needed a bit of exercise, so we went out walking along the canal near where I live. Im quite lucky really that Im able to have a nice stretch of path with a nice scenery that allows me and Billy to wander along whilst also having lots of interesting things to look at.

As you wander along the canal, there are obviously the numerous canal boats, both moving along the canal, but also moored up waiting for their next journey. As you continue to travel down, we come across lots of other people walking their dogs, as there is plenty of space for them to enjoy themselves.

Anyone got any suggestions for some nice dog walking terrority in the Cheshire area as me and Billy would like to explore something new and exciting.