If you have cats, especially if you have more than one, chances are that sometime within your lifetime you’ll have to deal with urine-spraying outside the box. Here are some facts you should know: Over 80% of cats that spray urine can be treated successfully.    90% of intact males spray, so if you have an intact male and he’s spraying, the solution is to neuter him.   10% of neutered or spayed cats spray during sometime of their life.    Cats normally spray to identify their territory, but they also spray to just identify that they were in a specific

It’s a multi-cat household where all get along, then one day a change and now everything’s wrong. Before they were buddies or at least sort of friends, but now one chases the other to no happy end. While disputes among human family members are often status quo, a sudden feud among felines can leave everyone frazzled. It seems strange that amicable individuals could erupt in a friendship-ending fight. Anyone who watches soap operas though sees it happen all the time with humans. Two college buddies are closer than a sock and a shoe. Then add a big party, alcohol, and

Here are some tips to make traveling with your pet safe and enjoyable.

Every year members of the Golden Valley Harrier Running Club, to which I belong, start the New Year with a major fat burning event – an 18+ mile trail run. Well, I ventured on this run two years ago with Jonesy, my Jack Russell Terrier. He fared well. In fact, he probably ran 20 miles and had plenty of energy the rest of the day for other activities such as fetch. My legs however, were sore for days due to the several miles of downhill running right at the start. That and the fact that the longest I’d run in

What looks cute and charming when it belongs to a friend, but transforms into a screaming, food-throwing test of patience when it belongs to you? A five year old child? No, a parrot; one of the most demanding pets a person can own. According to Dr. Irene Pepperberg, adjunct associate professor at the Dept. of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA., “People often buy parrots because they think of them as low maintenance pets. They think they can put them in a cage, hang a toy, put in a bowl of seeds and that’s it. They don’t realize how intelligent these

It’s one of the busiest times of year for most people. Everyone is running from store to store trying to find that perfect gift, hanging up lights, decorating the tree, and baking all sorts of yummy treats. With all that chaos going on, don’t forget about you four-legged loved ones. And no, I don’t mean to remember to wrap up a new bone for Rover or buy Kitty some catnip. The holidays bring a handful of hazards for your pets. Please take the time to read my previous blog Holiday Hazards that Can Ambush Your Pet and have a happy and safe