Animal Care

Supporting Each Other On Pet Loss Grief

Losing a beloved pet can be an incredibly challenging and emotional experience for a family. Pets are also cherished members of the family, and their absence can leave a void that’s difficult to fill. During this time, it’s important to provide support, understanding, and a safe space for each family member to grieve in their own way.

It’s been almost four months now when we lost our 18-year-old adopted cat, Minos. I still cry whenever (and wherever). Minos has been with us when he was 12, a senior cat that was full of sweetness, silliness, and love. He bonded with hubby, always sitting on his lap, asking for pets, and basically sleeping beside him everyday.

I personally was preparing myself mentally and emotionally, knowing that an average cat lives up to 14 years, I was always reading up on the best things for older cats. Still, he lived up to be 18.5 and he spent his best years with us.

November 15, 2023 19 comments

Animal Care

Things to Consider When Getting a Pet

written by Marie Gizelle

Now that the kids are at an age where they can start handling responsibilities, you have decided to get a pet. However, you do not choose to get one on a whim.

The first thing to consider when buying a pet would be your lifestyle and your ability to provide a loving and responsible home for a pet. It’s essential to evaluate if you have the time, energy, and resources to care for a pet properly and if a pet is a good fit for your current lifestyle.

It would be best to consider the amount of time you have to devote to a pet, including feeding, grooming, training, and providing companionship. You should also consider if you have a suitable living space for a pet, whether it be a house or apartment, and if you have a backyard for certain types of pets.

You should also consider the financial commitment involved in owning a pet, including the cost of food, veterinary care, grooming, and other expenses. It’s crucial to ensure you can afford the ongoing costs of owning a pet before buying one.

November 4, 2023 11 comments

Prettifying Your Dog: DIY Grooming for Man’s Best Friend

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Prettifying Your Dog: DIY Grooming Man’s Best Friend

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Caring for your dog’s grooming needs should be part of your regular tasks as a responsible pet owner. While you could take your dog to the groomers or the pet salon, there is a feeling of satisfaction that comes from grooming your pet dog yourself. Besides, you’re bound to save a whole lot of money by doing so. Prettifying your dog is easy with the right tools and a few basic guidelines. When it comes to trimming your dog’s fur or “hairstyling” for dog shows, however, it is still best to leave the shears and clippers with the professionals.

For some basic everyday grooming, take a look at the following tips:

1. Train your dog to be comfortable with bathing and grooming sessions.

Even with the best grooming tools and the cutest ribbons and dog clothes, it would be difficult to prettify your dog if he does not enjoy being fussed over. Make bathing and grooming a regular part of your dog care routine early on in your dog’s life. If you are getting an older dog, it might be more challenging to do this. Forcing your dog can be frustrating for both of you. Take things slow. Get your dog used to his coat being “caressed” before you move on to brushing. Start with a short brushing session and then gradually increase the duration of your sessions as he becomes comfortable.

2. Brush your dog’s hair often.

The frequency of brushing your dog’s hair generally depends on the length of his coat; long haired dogs usually need to be brushed daily while short haired dogs can actually go without brushing for up to a month. For prettifying your dog, however, it is recommended that you brush your dog’s coat on a daily basis. You don’t have to wash his hair or bathe him. Just take your dog brush and get the tangles off his coat. Doing this will also prevent matting and take out any dirt or particles that your dog might pick up while gallivanting around the house or out in the yard.

3. Check your dog’s eyes, ears, nose, and nails.

Always check these parts of your dog’s body for any particles or dirt accumulation. Any discharge from these body parts should be an alert for a vet visit. Your dog’s nails should also be clipped regularly. Observe how fast your dog’s nails grow and clip accordingly. You can ask your vet or your pet groomer to teach you how to do this properly. You have to use the right tools and technique so you don’t hurt your dog. Your dog can get traumatized when you accidentally cut his nails too short. When this happens, you would have a hard time getting him to cooperate with you the next time you need to cut his nails.

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October 30, 2013 0 comment

Animal Care

Prosthetic For Animals – How It Makes Life Better For Them

written by admin

As you might already know, prosthetics for humans (either for the injured or the disabled) is a good device to make daily life better. Prosthetics are proven to be the best and effective way to help injured or disabled person to move around and act like a normal once again.

The effectiveness of prosthetic device is now also embraced by animal doctors or vets worldwide. It is widely used to help disabled or injured pets not just to move around but to also live the life they should have. Below are few of the known prosthetics that are given to animals that showed great results.

Prosthetic Flippers

Given to a female loggerhead turtle named Yu in Japan. Yu was washed up in a Japanese fishing net with her front flippers severely damaged or injured after a shark encounter five years ago. Although the prosthetic flippers are not yet perfect for Yu, its effectiveness is quite amazing and the loggerhead turtle can now freely swim.

Prosthetic For Animals image via https://veganithaca.wordpress.com/

Prosthetic Limbs

Oscar, a cat who had its hind legs severed, was given a pair of prosthetic limbs. Noel Fitzpatrick, a veterinary surgeon, used a system effectively developed by a certain University in London. The 2 year old cat can now freely walk, run and jump again because of the prosthetic limbs.

Prosthetic Tail Fluke

A 37-years-old female bottlenose dolphin named Fuji can swim and jump actively because of the artificial tail fluke attached to her. The dolphin lost almost 80% of her tail fluke because of a disease that strikes her. This world’s first artificial fin for a dolphin was developed by Japanese vets with the big help coming from Bridgestone Company (largest tire maker in Japan).

Prosthetic Leg

After her front left leg was brutally damaged by a landmine, Motala, a female elephant, can walk again like the others. Thanks to the prosthetic leg attached and given by Elephant Hospital in Lampang province, north of Bangkok.

Prosthetic Wheeling Front Legs

An art student from central Israeli city of Tel Aviv invented something that allowed Hoppa, a dog born without front legs, to experience the joy of walking and running. The prosthetic “wheeling” device aims to improve the lives of animals born with such deficiency or abnormalities.

Above are just few of the many prosthetics and their affectivity for animals’ stories that you can read and see. As advancement in technology and science continue, for sure more high -tech prosthetic device for animals will be invented soon.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/photos/injured-animals-keep-moving-with-prosthetics-slideshow/25-old-female-loggerhead-turtle-named-yu-swims-photo-122604180.html

February 19, 2013 6 comments

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For the Birds

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I found this video on a Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ControversialFiles), it is about an island in the Pacific ocean 2000 km from any other coast line. Nobody lives in the said island. It has become a bird sanctuary and yet, each of the birds are dying with what seem to be what they are eating. It’s a rather depressing reality. Watch only if you can stomach morbid scenes.

February 12, 2013 5 comments