Is it time to bring home a dog for your child? Make sure it’s the right breed. As parents, you know your child, their personality, and level of responsibility so you can choose the right breed for your child’s personality type in order to maximize their potential to learn, love and grow. – Breeds for […]
We Can’t Help Everydog, But Everyone Can Help Somedog
Thank you Mary from Miami for sending this photo! You will receive a signed copy of Wendy Diamond’s best selling book It’s a Dog’s World: The Savvy Guide to Four-Legged Living (Random House) for making us smile on SATurday! If anyone has a furtastic photo please submit to yappy@animalfair.com with Furtastic in the subject line […]
How to Decipher a Meow from a Cry!
Any devoted cat parent believes that they can understand their cat’s cries. The truth is, as some linguists and animal specialists have extensively studied, this is a definite possibility. By manipulating their one-word vocabulary (“meow”) through pitch and length changes, cats have devised their own language for communication. Household cats are quick to discover that […]
A Princess To Pooches In Need – Grace Kelly’s Finding Shelter
Wendy and Baby Hope sat down with Grace Kelly (no, not the princess – but she’s a princess in her own right!), co-founder of the animal welfare organization Finding Shelter. Finding Shelter is a no-kill animal rescue group committed to the saving, rehabilitation, training and permanent placement of dogs and cats in need. Finding Shelter […]
Who Is Checkers? National Dogs In Politics Day
September 23rd celebrates National Dogs In Politics Day! I pledge allegiance to the pooch! Its National dogs in politics day! No, its not a day where we recognize dog mayors or presidents (if there is even such thing). This national pet holiday has a VERY interesting back-story that we would LOVE to […]
Wacky Animal Laws: Keeping Yourself Out Of the Doghouse
Imagine endeavoring to prevent a dog from barking, let alone a cat from meowing – sounds like an impossible task, as any pet parent will testify. But these are just two of the many strange and wacky pieces of legislation that were written and sanctioned long ago, before humans recognized the injustice of their ways, or rather, […]