In a fantasy world, no one would every consider re-homing a pet. No one would need to. But in the real world, sometimes good owners need to responsibly re-home their cats. The scenarios are endless. Someone loses a job or a house or a spouse. Someone must move overseas or to an area that does …
Animal humane issues
Note: This post is part of a series on ThatMutt.com called “Saving the cats.” If a community wants to stop killing adoptable pets in pounds and shelters, it has to change its philosophy, according to Linda Cadotte of Animal Allies Humane Society in Duluth, Minn. That shift in philosophy is to stop blaming someone else and …
Note: This post is part of a series this week on ThatMutt.com called “Saving the cats.” My cat Scout had some, shall we say, serious litter box issues last summer. Scout decided he was going to poop everywhere but the litter box. This went on for quite a few months, and it was getting more and more …
No adoptable, impounded cats have been killed in the Fargo-Moorhead area in 2012 (as of March 30), according to Carol Stefonek, one of the directors of CATS Cradle Shelter in Fargo.
912 cats were impounded in Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo in 2011. 138 of those cats were re-claimed by their owners. Others were feral, abandoned or stray, waiting to be claimed by owners that did not exist. And some had owners that – for whatever reason – never came. 335 of those cats were taken in …
Letter to Ninja Ninja, I like to believe I rescued you. I’m only human, after all. The thought of “rescuing” something makes me feel good. But I know you rescued yourself, weeks before I showed up. At some point in your young life, you learned to talk back when people spoke to you, to tolerate …
I do not know whether black dogs take longer to get adopted, but I do know they require decent photos to get noticed. I volunteered to get some pics of a few black dogs with 4 Luv of Dog Rescue on Friday. All four of these dogs are up for adoption. I’m no professional photographer, but …
When I mentioned my former foster dog Cosmo was doing well with his new owner, someone suggested I should’ve used the word “guardian” instead of “owner.” Perhaps someday I will call myself a pet “guardian.” Not today. I am very aware of the words I use to describe my relationships with my pets. I’ve used …
I definitely view declawing as a last resort, but if my cats start to destroy our new couch, all bets are off. Quite a few cat owners as well as Beamer and Scout’s vet suggested I try a product called Soft Paws to put over their claws. I decided to give this product a shot. …
I’ve been thinking about all the negative comments people shared on That Mutt’s Facebook page and on the blog when I wrote about declawing my cats. I’m glad readers shared their opinions and that they care about the welfare of cats. But I’m worried people missed my point. If someone wants to adopt a cat and get that …