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So You Wanna Be A Wrap Star?

As I begin preparing for the holidays, I thought I’d share my tips for wrapping gifts for dogs and cats using pet-friendly paper and a few tips to encourage animals to unwrap their own gifts.

I can’t take credit for this idea. I first saw this in the early 1990s at a boutique cat supply . . . → Read More: So You Wanna Be A Wrap Star?

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Practice Safe Medicating: Use Finger Cots

Another one of the supplies that’s always in my pet sitting bag is a container of finger cots. I use them all the time at home for one reason: one of my cats gets daily medications in the form of a cream that I rub into his ears.

Of course if a medicine can have . . . → Read More: Practice Safe Medicating: Use Finger Cots

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Raising The Steaks (and kibble) Can Reduce Vomiting

Several times a month I share this tip with people, so it seems like one I should write down and distribute more widely, like on my blog.

If you know a cat or dog who frequently vomits clumps of freshly eaten, undigested food it could be that raising their food dishes off the floor will . . . → Read More: Raising The Steaks (and kibble) Can Reduce Vomiting

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Shock and Gnaw: Common Plants That Are Toxic To Cats and Dogs

Many common houseplants are toxic to dogs and cats. And calling something “toxic” might mean any number of things because figuring out plant toxicity is more complex than first meets the eye. For example:

Babys breath and company

Some plants are just irritants, some are dangerous, some are extremely dangerous, and eating a few . . . → Read More: Shock and Gnaw: Common Plants That Are Toxic To Cats and Dogs

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Fertilizer by Fido (Composting Pet Waste)

If you compost (or want to compost) and you’ve got a dog, did you know you can compost dog poo!?

I heard about the “Doggie Doo Composter” on a radio show called ISLA Earth.

Would you use this compost on a garden of edible plants? I’m not sure if . . . → Read More: Fertilizer by Fido (Composting Pet Waste)

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