I don't know who filmed this but it looks professionally done, the fawn is probably domesticated but it's so darn cute a video that it doesn't matter. Cats have that ability to get along with any kind of animal, especially the young ones and this really shows how close two wildly dis-similar animals can be under the right circumstances.
After seeing that slogan for Leader of the Pack, Corp. I knew that Lori Chandler was going to be my kind of person. Anyone who loves and works with dogs like she does – training them, socializing them and "maintaining leadership through exercise and affection" is the person I want to help me with (my), my dogs problems.
Dealing with owners like me who just don't get it when it comes to training a dog, it's a wonder that she is not concerned more about the dog's sanity! But, being human herself she is loyal to her species and shrugs it off by explaining to our pets that someday we will be able to understand what they are trying to tell us. The fact that we had the good sense to call Lori to educate us about our dog is a big step toward a new and wonderful relationship with him. What I found is that it's us dog owners who have most of the problems, not having a clue as to why our dogs behave the way they do, well, I'll let Lori tell you all about it – she is Rim Country's "Dog Whisperer"
But first, just a brief history: My dog Duke is a 4 year-old Chocolate Lab adopted from the Payson shelter here in Payson, Arizona about a year and a half ago. You may have read about our struggle to save his life starting the day after we adopted him. He is the star of the show here at My Baby Pet and he is a wonderful dog! He just needed some help with being too exuberant with guests and coming to grips with a terrible separation anxiety.
Lori's company, Leader Of The Pack, Corp offers traditional obedience training, behavioral therapy (leadership) training and CGC/TDI certification (Canine Good Citizen/Therapy Dog International), and provides assistance for just about any other problem you might encounter with a dog. She has 12 dogs of her own, all rescues, she donates her time at the local animal shelter, using a unique approach – she teaches training techniques in a free class that uses the shelters dogs to demonstrate her methods. This gives the dog a distinct advantage when he or she is adopted and also eliminates the apprehension of bringing the family dog to the shelter.
Lori believes that you must first "achieve and maintain leadership through exercise, discipline, then affection, as prescribed by Cesar Millan (the Dog Whisperer). She is gentle, patient and after just one session, ole Duke is a whole lot better. I can't think of a better endorsement for Lori other than we are scheduled for another session next week!
If you are a lover of all animals like me and a sucker for a pretty face you won’t be surprised that cats are still the number one choice for us humans to own as pets. (do you ever really own a cat?) This according to the recently released “pet census” from the American Veterinary Medical Association. As a matter of fact, since they first started counting our pets in 2001 it turns out that, by late 2007, there are more than 10 million more cats than dogs!
My theory on this little bit of Pet trivia is that, while dogs remain man’s best friend, more women are cat owners than men. There are 9 million more cats and 10 million more dogs since the “pet census” was last taken in 2001 but the more interesting statistic to me is that our total pet population has now reached a record high of 282 million. It’s also fun to note that nearly 60% of all homes in the United States have at least one pet living in their household while 21% have five or more. I can’t personally imagine having five dogs OR cats (one dog is enough of a challenge for me).
Did You Know That Stephen King Has 5 Cats? (more…)
I have read some interesting stories about how people treat animals but this one is a first. It seems that a pet groomer in Pennsylvania decided to market what was referred to as "gothic kittens" with ear, neck and tail piercings (you supply the trench coat) and then offering them for sale on the Internet. The SPCA in Wilkes-Barr received an anonymous tip by an animal lover that animals were being abused and the groomers home was raided. Authorities have now charged her with animal cruelty and ordered her to stand trial.
I could never do this to any animal, much less a defenseless kitten but my question to readers is this: should she be prosecuted for animal cruelty? I would like to hear her testimony as to how the piercings were performed, did she in fact, inflict pain on the cats by doing the piercings without anesthetic? Could putting a ring in a cats ear be any more cruel or painful than removing their front claws? Just the thought of having my nails ripped out gives me the shivers and I would take an ear piercing over that any day!
There are no laws in Pennsylvania about piercing cats but there are laws about inflicting pain. I think that this woman may have gone over the top with the gothic thing but gee whiz, you should see my grand kids! They are pierced from one end to the other, their "holes" become infected and it has to be painful. I can't understand why they do it but unlike our animals – they can choose to be mutilated.
