Get a Hair Cut: Help Homeless Pets

Need a haircut? Like to help homeless pets? Here’s the perfect opportunity to do both! Tomorrow Sports Page in Dallas and West Pittston are giving haircuts and the proceeds will benefit Blue Chip Farms Animal Refuge.

 

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You Know You’re a Pet Parent When #25–We’re Off to BlogPaws

 

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Ricochet and I have been slowly packing for our trip to BlogPaws, a conference for pet bloggers, this week. This will be my second time attending and I can’t wait to meet all the blogging friends I’ve made since I last attended.

If you are going, be sure to say Hi! I’ll be accompanying this guy-

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Paws for Some Pet News -5/11/13

Did you miss any pet news this past week? Stay up to date on pets news in NEPA and elsewhere

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Pet News from NEPA

A couple from Shohola made the decision to move rather than give up their dogs after receiving a letter stating their dogs’ barking violated a zoning ordinance. I do everything I can to make sure when my dogs bark it doesn’t bother my neighbors, but I know some people are never happy so I’d make the same decision.

A Pottsville family is raising funds to get an autistic service dog for their son.

 

Pets News Across the Nation and from around the World

Ovarian cancer is usually not detected until it has spread from its original site making it harder to cure. Early detection increases the chance for survival.  The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine is working with other organizations on using dogs to detect the disease.

Pets improve our health in so many ways. Studies are showing they may lower our risk of developing heart disease.

 

Say What?!

Cats are the darlings of the Internet with all the cute pictures, the memes and most of all, the videos. But many, many years before the Internet was even an idea in someone’s head, cats were a popular subject for film.

This early film short called “The Boxing Cats” was produced by Thomas Edison who was a pioneer in the motion film industry.

NEPA Pets Featured Facebook Page

NEPA Pets Featured Facebook Page shares a pet-related Facebook page or group from Northeast PA.

 

When you have a lost pet, one of the most important things to do is get the word out. The more people that can keep an eye out, the better chance of getting your pet back safe and [...]

You Know You’re a Pet Parent When #23

 

I caught myself telling the dustpan to stay this morning when I set it down. It wasn’t going anywhere, but the word came out of my mouth anyway. My dog training has seeped into my everyday life.

Do you find yourself doing this?

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Taking Your Dog for a Walk in NEPA- Kirby Park

 

Finally Spring has arrived!! And I decided to enjoy the nice weather by meeting a friend to walk our dogs at Kirby Park.

Kirby Park is a 52 acre park along the Susquehanna River on the Kingston side. The land was given to the city of Wilkes-Barre by Fred M. Kirby, one of [...]

Those Little Moments of Joy

I was bringing Roca, my African Grey parrot, downstairs for the day and as we were going down the steps she started singing “do do do-oo”. It was just a few notes, but it just made me smile. It was a great way to start the day.

Don’t you love those little moments you have [...]

You Know You’re a Pet Parent When #22

 

Is your pet a fan of Animal Planet?  Or do they prefer watching sports?

My dogs and cats show no interest in the television, but I leave it on in the mornings for Roca and Kijivu, my African Greys. For awhile, they got to watch the Today show, then it was [...]