I’ve never been the kind of person to refer to the dog as my furry baby, or buy her outfits, or attempt to carry her around in a fluffy pink crystal embellished dog handbag. Still, I love my dog and I think she’s a bit fond of me, in a “oh, there’s that person who [...]
Tags: cats, crawling, dogs, newborns, pets, Toddlers
Posted in: Baby, Toddlers
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I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get a little annoyed when people try to compare caring for their dogs or cats to what I go through caring for my kids. I particularly dislike when folks refer to their pets as kids and they aren’t kidding. It’s one thing to say jokingly, [...]
Tags: anthropomorphism, babies, cats, dogs, pets
Posted in: Parenting
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Pesticides in fruits and vegetables? Growth hormones in milk? BPA in water bottles? These are just some of the health issues that we are worried about and try to avoid. But what we probably don’t know is that our pets can be carriers of toxins, too.
This is based on the study of a Washington-based Environmental [...]
Tags: cats, dogs, industrial chemicals, mercury, pets, toxins
Posted in: Current Events, Health
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Call me thoughtless. Call me a terrible wife and mother’I don’t mind. I have two cats which I won’t part with, despite the fact that my husband is allergic to them. We always thought our kids were at least slightly allergic. My husband’s allergist told him that since he’s allergic to cats, it’s highly likely [...]
Tags: Allergies, cats, pets
Posted in: Health, Parenting
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Every household accumulates old, raggedy towels that typically end up in the trash bin. Why not donate those old, useless towels to your local animal shelter? They have all sorts of uses for them from bathing towels to cage linings that act as bedding for the homeless animals.
The ASPCA’s Web site makes it easy to [...]
Tags: animal shelter, cats, dogs, environment, Green, recycle, SPCA, towels
Posted in: Green
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