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Newsbie Pix, Flickr Why Does My Cat Stare at Me? by Dr. Patty Khuly via Vetstreet It's difficult to ignore your kitty when she's got her unblinking eyes focused on you. Often, she's staring because she wants something to eat and believes that if she stares into your eyes she can somehow control your mind and force you to do her bidding. (OK, maybe the mind control part of that isn't true, but she may well be hungry.) Sometimes a stare involves the sequential opening and closing of one peeping eye as she drifts in and out of slumber. Cats do this for several reasons, such as keeping an eye out for predators. SEE ALSO: Is Aspirin Safe for Cats? No! Take heart, though: However much a cat ...
Gui Trento, Flickr Meet Mary Burch, American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen Director and Paw Nation's new expert columnist addressing your questions on animal behavior. Dr. Burch has over 25 years of experience working with dogs and she is one of less than 50 Certified Applied Animal Behaviorists based in the United States. She is the author of ten books including the new official book on the AKC Canine Good Citizen Program, "Citizen Canine: 10 Essential Skills Every Well-Mannered Dog Should Know." My 2-year old cat, Blackie, is easily unnerved by new people in the house and loud noises such as thunder. She gets especially upset when she goes to the vet, or to be groomed, or really ...
Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL), Flickr Meet Mary Burch, American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen Director and Paw Nation's new expert columnist addressing your questions on animal behavior. Dr. Burch has over 25 years of experience working with dogs and she is one of less than 50 Certified Applied Animal Behaviorists based in the United States. She is the author of ten books including the new official book on the AKC Canine Good Citizen Program, "Citizen Canine: 10 Essential Skills Every Well-Mannered Dog Should Know." Can cats be bipolar? My cat Binny is 5 years old and her behavior goes from one extreme to the other. One minute she'll purr and want me to pet her, and the ...
At Ellen Woodside Elementary School in Greenville, S.C., goats are the new lawn mowers. Seriously. The school is now aided by Wanda, Timmy, and Cosmo -- three goats -- who act as "weedwhackers." At least that's what third graders in Leah Sullivan's class are calling it. The animals aren't just keeping the school's grasses trimmed, they're providing science and nature lessons as well, giving students the opportunity to see just how the animals eat and interact with each other outside of a petting zoo. The project has been so successful that the school district now has ten goats living at several schools. Most importantly, at least to some of the adults, the goats-as-groundskeepers are ...
put that down, Flickr Did you know that 34.2 percent of people who give up their pets have had them for over two years? Clearly, these folks didn't give up their furry family member at the first sign of inconvenience--which, lets be honest, happens the first day you bring a pet home. But due to changes in housing, the potentially high costs of pet-owning, behavior problems, and a host of other reasons, many animal adoptions don't quite take. That's why this March, Petfinder.com is introducing their new FurKeeps program. (Though you can go online now and preview some of the features.) Prospective pet parents can go the section "Starting Your Adoption Right" which features an adoption ...