Articles: cat behavior
Treating Cats with a New CATitutde
American Association of Feline Practitioners , cat behavior , Cat Cafe , Cat Friendly Practices , cat training , cats , Featured , Steve Dale , veterinary health
We’re looking at cats today with an entirely different lens than say 25 years ago, and this is true for veterinarians too! Veterinarians have responded by creating Cat Friendly Practices. The idea is to offer an approach which is more cat friendly, from the cats’ perspectives. The American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) Cat Friendly…
Dr. Susan Little Earns Power of Pink Award
cat behavior , cats , Featured , human animal bond , pets , Steve Dale , veterinary health , Winn Feline Foundation
Dr. Susan Little is inspiring – there’s no other way to put it. Dr. Little is the most recent recipient of the Germinder20 Power of Pink Award. When our, then famous, piano playing cat Ricky succumbed to feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), I wanted to launch a fund to support research for this very common and deadly…
Dr. Kim Kendall Talks Cats
cat behavior , cats , Steve Dale , veterinary health
Feline veterinarian Dr. Kim Kendall of Sydney Australia has a thing or two to say always. Here, she banters on the national Steve Dale’s Pet World radio show about extended lifespans cats have these days. She attributes longer lives to: Improved veterinary care (and more frequent care which indoor cats inherently receive) Indoors, cats are…
Resolution for Cats Losing Weight
cat behavior , cats , diabetes in pets , veterinary health
It’s that time of year when everyone promises to lose weight. Everyone? How about overweight or obese cats losing weight? A crash diet? That’s absolutely not the answer for people or dogs – but it’s a horrible and potentially life-threatening plan for cats. “The result is cannibalizing the cat’s own liver,” says Dr. Ernie Ward.…
It’s HOW You Feed Your Cat that Matters Most
cat behavior , cats , pet food , Pet Products , Steve Dale , veterinary health
Everyone talks about what we feed our cats, bantering back and forth about a topic worth discussing. However, I’ve suggested for years that what is far more important is how we feed our cats. Dr. Elizabeth Bales agrees, and explains on the national Steve Dale’s Pet World show. We feed our cats all wrong she…
8 Cat Introduction Tips on WGN Radio
cat behavior , cats , dogs , human animal bond , pets , Steve Dale , WGN Radio
When on the radio, there’s little I enjoy more than helping people and their pets. Or trying to do that. As you can listen to HERE on my last WGN radio Steve Dale’s Pet World show, I sometimes struggled a bit to answer texts. It’s because I obviously can’t ask any follow up questions, and only…
Pet Resolutions for 2019
cat behavior , Cat Friendly Practices , cat training , cats , Declaw , dog behavior , dogs , Fear Free , human animal bond , pets , Steve Dale , veterinary health
Here are nine messages I resolve to attempt to communicate – pet resolutions for 2019: Fear Free Fear Free began as an initiative to certify veterinary professionals to implement methods to limit fear, anxiety and stress that pets (and as a result their people) feel during veterinary visits. The impact continues to be so profound…
Fear, Anxiety and Stress For Pets at Christmas: What Do You Do?
cat behavior , cats , dog behavior , dogs , enrichment , Fear Free , human animal bond , pets , Winn Feline Foundation
Some pets are like the Grinch; they just don’t appreciate the Christmas spirit. Everything in their lives are upside down. The family is busily trying to attend to last minute shopping, and frazzled attempting to keep up with your kids’ Christmas parties. Meanwhile at work, end of year deadlines loom, and you feel the pressure.…
12 Tips to Insure Safe Holidays for Pets
cat behavior , cats , dog behavior , dogs , human animal bond , pets
Here are 12 safety tips to insure your pets enjoy a healthy and safe holiday: 12) Candles Burn Bright: Curiosity can kill. If a candle is knocked over, a house fire can start. A pet can get singed brushing against a candle. Scented candles, which you may think of as benign, can be life-threatening to…
Winn Feline Foundation Celebrates All Cats
cat behavior , cats , Featured , Winn Feline Foundation
Winn Feline Foundation celebrates every cat every day. If you have a cat, there’s NO doubt, that cat every day benefits from work which Winn Feline Foundation has funded over the past 50 years.
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