Halo Pets Blog

Improving the well being of pets and the people who love them.

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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Quarantine center in Queens, NY for cats

Cats In Quarantine

  Scary avian flu infects shelter cats in NYC After a mysterious outbreak of bird flu swept through New York City shelters earlier this month, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) opened an emergency quarantine center to house the entire cat population in the city’s shelter system, according to The
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Ohio Cat Saves His Family from Fire

Ohio Cat Saves Family From Fire

When Alexandra Brown saved a stray cat covered in oil, she never knew that he would return the favor only a few months later. In June 2016, she found a tabby cat in Bowling Green covered in oil and obviously in need of help. She brought the cat home to her family of five and
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