Month: February 2017

Ivy the cat from Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada

Hero Cat Saves Trapped Neighbor

Many cat parents have brushed off their cats’ demands for attention. It’s a good thing that Mary Johnston on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada paid attention. According to Nugget.Ca, Mary was reading one afternoon in September when her cat, Ivy, jumped into her lap. The two-year-old Siamese mix then immediately leaped from Mary’s lap to a
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Ohio Shelter Dog Saves Cat

Ohio Shelter Dog Saves Cat

If two people can’t get along, some might say that they “fight like cats and dogs.” However, animal lovers know that sometimes cats and dogs can be the best of friends. In the case of a cat and dog in Ohio, one was the other’s hero. On November 14, Freida Feher, a volunteer at the
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Maisie with homemade toy - the towel burrito

Training Your Dog With A New Homemade Toy

Dog toys can cost big bucks, reason enough to make your own. In my house, the favorite toy for chasing, tugging, gnawing—and even to cart around as a security blanket—is the Towel Burrito. These are my own invention, and I got the idea when I was reading about working dogs who sniff out bombs and
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