Posts Tagged ‘pets’

Top 50 Wackiest Pet Names

The Most Unusual Dog and Cat Names of 2010 For many pet owners, Fluffy is so common and Rosco is simply boring.  Veterinary Pet Insurance set out for the third year in a row to find the 50 most unusual dog and cat names in the United States. VPI employees selected the most unusual dog names from [...]

The Love From a Dog… It’s Unconditional

What is unconditional love from a dog? For me and most likely anyone who has a dog, it’s when you come home and your dog runs to greet you, so excited that you are home. This is what it’s all about. You could have had the worse day. They don’t care or even comprehend, even if you’ve [...]

Dog Lover? Cat Lover? Swing Both Ways?

Then you must attend this PAWS Event…join PAWS to Shake Off The Winter Blues at 3 Sheets on January 27th at 7 p.m.  PAWS Atlanta has partnered with Snap 2it (Spay and Neuter Assistance Program) for this event!  Admission is $15 (credit cards accepted) in advance or $20 (cash or checks only) at the door.  Each [...]

Green Pet Ownership

No, I’m not telling people to go out to try to find a green dog, but there are ways that you and your dog can live a green life.  Here are a few ways that you can become a Green Pet Owner and Raise a Green Pet, all while helping the environment. Adopt, Adopt, Adopt!!!  The easiest way [...]

Dogs vs. Cats

Do you consider yourself as a dog person or a cat person?  We all know there is a distinct difference, and rarely is someone both. There’s been a battle of the feline vs the canines forever. Most of the time the cat people just don’t understand the dog people and vice a versa.  Who’s more intelligent, who’s more [...]

Happy Paws Rescue Story – Baxter

Ok, if you don’t believe in love at first sight then you haven’t met Baxter. Baxter is a Maltese – Dachshund mix (Mauxie).  He is about 4 months old and weighs in at a whopping 8 pounds. He has amazed me with his intelligence. It only took him 1 week to learn his name, begin [...]

Does Your Dog or Cat Have a BFF?

Madison is only 4 years old, but she has already had a few best friends. She started out with “The Old Man” Jake the Golden when she was just a puppy. She loved him very much, and he loved her too. She was able to get him up and around to play when no one else [...]

Symptoms of Heartworms Infection in Dogs

In my many years of rescue, taking in strays and dogs from shelters, I have seen dogs with heartworm,  and have gone through expensive and lengthy treatments with positive and negative results. Prevention is the key for you and your dog to not have to go through this. Any dog big or small can get infected [...]

P.A.L.S. Atlanta – A Wonderful Organization

Have you heard of P.A.L.S.? No? Well, it stands for “Pets Are Loving Support” I learned of it years ago when I attended a fund raising event. P.A.L.S. is a wonderful organization that helps people with critical illness or disabilities and the elderly keep their existing pets, despite medical or financial changes brought on by illness. [...]

Pet Airways – Safe Travel for Your Pet

Have a dog or cat? Must travel! Adopt that motto and you will truly rank as your dog or cat’s best friend!Many people travel with their pets and stress over their babies traveling in a hot, cold or a cramped, unattended cargo hold. I’ve never done that, and I’m not sure I ever could… Now [...]