Living with animals beyond cats and dogs often comes with a steeper learning curve and fewer clear-cut answers. This section brings together articles covering a wide range of pets and situations, approached with care and common sense.
The focus here is on practical guidance, thoughtful observation, and helping animals thrive in real homes.
Scroll on to explore the articles below.
If you have a pet then you understand the dreaded visit to the vet. It is one of those duties that must be preformed but isn’t overly loved. Well you’re…
You know the emails you sometimes get that have been passed around from friend to friend? I received one from a dear friend that featured the Fable of the Porcupine.…
This is a heartwarming story about an odd couple of friends that have been reared together at the Glen Afric Country Lodge near Pretoria, South Africa. Richard Brooker, 23, raised…
Your beautiful expensive wool area rug once your pride and joy now is an embarrassment because of the urine smell that you cannot get out. Why is it so difficult…
Tired of the same old cats, dogs, gerbils, or birds? If you’re looking for a pet that’s just a little different but still smart, social, and surprisingly lovable, you might…
Crystal, the Capuchin monkey who played Dexter in Night at the Museum (2006) is back in the sequel, Night at the Museum Battle of the Smithsonian(2009). The kids and I watched the movie last week and I’m again fielding questions about why we simply cannot have a pet monkey.
If you are thinking about getting a pet for yourself, or for your family, you should know that dogs and cats are not the only animals that make good pets.…
Dogs Ranked #1 Healthiest For Benefiting Humans’ Happiness and Longevity A wealth of studies suggests that pets are good for your health, sometimes in unexpected ways. The right pet can…
Non-profit online pet-search service already helping dogs and cats expands focus to include other species in need…
LOS ANGELES – APRIL 2, 2009 – Adopt-a-Pet.com, North America’s largest non-profit pet adoption website, today announced the expansion of its pet adoption database to include rabbits, horses, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, farm-type animals and other small pets. This is in addition to the already extensive Adopt-a-Pet.com database of cats and dogs
I was asked to write a guest post over at Paw-Talk.net. Want to know what I wrote about?
If you haven’t ventured to that PETS website before, it’s worth a visit. Here’s what it’s all about:
Paw-Talk began in mid 2001. The goal was to fill a much needed niche – a forum devoted to all animals rather than just one or two species. It started