pets: Do pets know when we're sick? - 12/18/11 05:59 PM
Do pets know when we're sick?
Yesterday I the office I indulged in some of the Christmas goodies that people had brought. In a way I suppose it's kind of dangerous to eat stuff that people prepared without benefit of knowing how they prepared it. It's not like going to a … (9 comments)
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pets: A public service announcement from Zoey the Cool Cat - 09/07/11 03:43 PM
A public service announcement fromZoey the Cool Cat
I grew up with cats. Lots of them. Mom would take in any cat that crossed the boundary into our yard, even if the cat wasn't necessarily looking for a new home. A little milk and food, and that cat was hers!
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pets: June 5 Open House for the National Cat Protection Society - 05/28/11 05:21 PM
June 5 Open House for theNational Cat Protection Society
The National Cat Protection Society will be holding an open house from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. on June 5 at its Spring Valley shelter at 9031 Birch Street.
The National Cat Protection Society was founded in 1968 … (3 comments)
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pets: Out & About San Diego with Jim Frimmer, Your Mission Valley Realtor — Pictures from the 2011 Del Mar Cat Show - 01/23/11 10:17 PM
This is one of a series titledOut & About with Jim Frimmer, your Realtor in Mission Valley.Read others in this series by clicking on Out & About.
Pictures from the 2011 Del Mar Cat Show
Yesterday was spent at the cat show which ended its three-day run today. However, … (15 comments)
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pets: Final two days to get your pets in the ActiveRain pet eBook - 01/01/11 09:58 PM
Final two days to get your pets in the ActiveRain pet eBook
2010 was the Chinese Year of the Tiger, so I spent the year collecting pictures of ActiveRain cats since we absolutely, positively know that they do most of the blogging here, right?
Since I got so many … (14 comments)
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pets: This is the last month to let your pets come out to play! - 12/05/10 10:07 PM
This is the last month to let your pets come out to play!
Tiger Woods having a four-shot lead going into today's round and losing in a playoff reminded me that 2010 is the Chinese Year of the Tiger, and it started off with a bang with cheetahs and … (6 comments)
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pets: Out & About San Diego with Jim Frimmer, Your Mission Valley Realtor — Union-Tribune Pet Expo 2011 - 12/05/10 08:52 PM
Union-Tribune Pet Expo 2011
The San Diego Union-Tribune Pet Expo takes up residence at thte Del Mar Fairgrounds in about six weeks, January 29-30.
This is a great event for pet vendors offering everything from pet food to pet collars to pet beds to actual pets. There are … (7 comments)
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pets: Don't let the spooks spook your pets! - 10/31/10 01:48 PM
Don't let the spooks spook your pets!
I know we're all anticipating the little spooks arriving at our houses this evening looking for treats, and threatening tricks, but don't forget our other little spooks, more popularly known as pets.
All the noise — doorbells ringing, unknown voices, laughter, doors slamming, children screaming … (9 comments)
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pets: Everyone has a castle - 08/16/10 09:02 AM
Zoey the Cool Cat always likes to remind me — and me, you — that every house is someone's home, and that home is their castle, regardless of how big or small or unseemly it might be to you and me.
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pets: Where does Zoey the Cool Cat rank? - 07/11/10 10:02 PM
According to Veterinary Pet Insurance, the most popular name for pets is Max. Whatever happened to Spot, Rover, Fido, and Lassie?
Apparently classic pet names have given way to human names, possibly because human names make our pets seem more like part of the family.
However, Veterinary Pet Insurance also … (9 comments)
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pets: She's a natural poser - 06/24/10 07:36 PM
One of the comments in a recent post of mine asked me if I had to pose Zoey the Cool Cat.
Zoey the Cool Cat doesn't need any encouragement whatsoever for posing.
This was the picture that elicited the comment:
We've had Zoey the Cool Cat since September 20, … (14 comments)
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pets: What you see isn't necessarily what you get - 05/30/10 10:29 PM
When we bought our first house, we were looking for something that had an unkempt yard, something without the curb appeal, something where my other half could do some gardening.
I also found out that he firmly believed that if the outside was unkempt, then the inside would be livable … (8 comments)
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pets: The joys of having a cat - 05/27/10 02:05 PM
I grew up in a family of cats, so I'm always only the lookout for things about cats: books, knick-knacks, statues, sayings....
Just about anything related to cats.
While my husband and I were out celebrating our sixteenth anniversary yesterday, I found two cute sayings about cats and had the … (30 comments)
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pets: My mom's two new cats - 04/18/10 11:17 PM
My family has always had cats. Usually they came around to our house and adopted us, but we didn't have any problem enticing them to stay with good food, water and milk, and friendly meows.
Within the last year my mom and her boyfriend had both of their cats die. … (17 comments)
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pets: How to store and organize your cats - 03/14/10 11:33 PM
My mom and her boyfriend recently had to euthanize their last black cat, a tuxedo named, what else, "Tuxedo."
Tuxedo and his littermate, another black cat named Midnight, were 15 years old. Midnight had to be euthanized late last year.
They are catless at the moment, but we had supper … (10 comments)
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pets: Dog and cat sales to be banned in West Hollywood, California - 03/07/10 10:53 PM
Southern California's answer to the City of Berkeley and San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury District is West Hollywood.
All three areas are known to be a little out of the ordinary, a little quirky, a little unusual....
West Hollywood recognizes pets as companions and their owners as guardians, but in an effort … (5 comments)
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pets: February 20 is "Love Your Pet Day" - 02/17/10 09:19 PM
Although we have a cat in our household, we do everything we can to ensure that she doesn't get spoiled and try to run the household.
That doesn't mean we're successful, though.
Anyway, if you haven't yet spoiled your pet, you get to practice on February 20 since it is … (22 comments)
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pets: I just have to be patient. - 02/12/10 09:07 PM
Zoey the Cool Cat loves the early mornings around the house because the birds are chirping and flying around outside and the sun is shining in the windows.
There is a ledge outside the home office windows where a little lizard usually comes out to relax once the sun comes up.
For … (16 comments)
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pets: If it's in my empire, it's mine! - 02/07/10 09:07 PM
In preparation for the Super Bowl, I went to Trader Joe's.
My recommendation is that if you go to the store, plan ahead and don't go an hour before game time. That seems to be when everyone else goes.
Anyway, going to Trader Joe's means that I came home with sacks.
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pets: Calling all dog owners and dog lovers! - 01/31/10 09:27 PM
I was reading an article today titled "Military dogs in Afghanistan short on chow."
Dogs have been used in combat since World War I to find bombs, the missing, and the dead. In Afghanistan they are doing heavy duty work searching for roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices.
The United … (4 comments)
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