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Watch videos from Paw Nation Ben Westhoff Each week, Ben Westhoff shares the ups and downs of owning Pippi, the Dalmatian mix he and his wife, Anna, adopted as a puppy in late 2009. After Anna and I woke up the other morning we let Pippi out of my office, where she sleeps at night. She ran over to greet us as she does every morning, her tail wagging enthusiastically. After a few moments of this, however, we noticed streaks of blood across the walls, the door, our legs, and even Pippi herself -- everything that had come into contact with her tail. We saw that the end of her tail was a bloody mess, and promptly corralled her in the bathroom, where Anna put some Neosporin on the ...

Cat Fanciers' Association Name: Japanese Bobtail Appearance: A Japanese bobtail is a very hard cat to miss. Your first reaction might be concern, wondering if the cat's tail was lost in some sort of accident. But, no, that's the way it should be, as Japanese bobtails have one of the strangest mutations: They have little stubby tails. According to the Cat Fanciers' Association, the mutation is a recessive trait, so the only way to breed bobtails is by breeding two of them together. Aside from their tails, Japanese bobtails have triangular heads, large, alert ears, a medium sized body, and can come in all colors and patterns. Also, bobtails are prone to have mismatched eyes. History: ...