From the monthly archives:
One of my pet peeves, and it bothers me every time the weather starts heating up, is people leaving their pets in the car while they go into a nice air conditioned building. If you’d think people would know better than to do this here in Texas, where it gets unbearably hot at times, you’d [...]
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A Canadian cat named, Mel-O is a hero for her nine year old friend Alex. When Alex’s blood sugar dropped dangerously low, Mel-O walked walked on the boy’s stomach and batted at him until he woke up. According to Alex’s mother, due to her son’s blood sugar level, it wouldn’t have been more than five [...]
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I decided my blog needed a little color so I decided I’d post a picture of the peacock I get to visit with now and then. This guy…I call him Paul…lives in one of my pet sitting clients’ yard. He isn’t really a pet but they do feed him and he likes to hang out [...]
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Love and pain sometimes go hand in hand, and pet lovers know this all too well. This week two of my friends had to say goodbye to some dear family members. One was a 13 year old cat named Pamela, and the other, a 17 year old terrier name BJ. Both of these beautiful creatures [...]
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My sister called me this evening, knowing my tv was probably off, to suggest I watch a show she thought I’d be interested in — Extreme Makeover Home Edition. It’s not a show I normally watch but when she told me tonight’s makeover was for a family that runs a pet rescue I tuned in. [...]
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My dog Lydia and I went to an Earth Day festival this morning. We didn’t stay terribly long because I didn’t want her feet to get too hot on the pavement. While we were there though, we had fun checking out the booths and talking to the vendors. Lydia’s favorite was the yaya’s Barkery booth, [...]
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Janet Depathy has asked me to be on the staff of the program she founded to help pets in need, Wishbones for Pets. If you’ve never heard of WBFP, get ready!! Janet’s vision is that it will be “to pet sitters what Toys for Tots is to the Marines!” WBFP is a pretty cool way [...]
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It seems lately like lately, we (Austin) get threats of rain but it eventually skirts around us, leaving us high and dry. It’s a pretty cruel game nature’s playing with a part of the country that so desperately needs the rain. Last night though, someone must have had pity on us and it actually rained….we [...]
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