Pet Foster Care

Abandoned pets are often put in animal shelters until they are adopted. Shelters provide animals food and medical care, but the environment can be extremely stressful for them. It would be much comfortable for these lovely creatures to stay in any kind of home environment. In someone’s home, animals can get not only the physical space, but love and more individualized care. What I’m saying is obvious, isn’t it? However, not all the animals become adopted quickly enough. So, animals need foster care too! Pet foster parents are similar to children foster parents. They provide pets lovely and loving environment, help them improve socialization skills so that they can become well-adjusted pets – attractive for the pet adopters. As a bonus, foster parents get to know the animal’s personality and preferences and therefore they can match the animal to the perfect forever home. (more…)

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Cat Breeds – Maine Coon Cats

In general, breed experts agree that the Maine coon cats are amongst the oldest North-American natural breeds. They are named after the state of Maine, the state of their origin. Maine coon cats are incredible pets, very intelligent and independent, and yet so gentle and friendly. If you are considering adopting Maine coon cat as a pet, there are certain things you should keep in mind. (more…)

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What to Do When Your Pets Die

Pet owners consider their pet to be beloved friends, companions, family members. We enjoy spending time, playing, cuddling with our furry friends. But, the loss of these friends usually accompanies the intense pain and it is very hard to cope with the grief. When this heartbreaking event happens, we have to do something with the animal’s body. The circle of life is something we are all aware of and therefore, even though it might sound morbid, it is helpful to make some forward preparation for this sad event. To bury it in the backyard, buy dog memorial stones? Therefore, consider the rules, options, costs and other factors when the time comes. (more…)

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Pet Spaying or Neutering – Should You Do This?

In every country and every community, there are animals without homes. Healthy, sweet animals would be great pets if they only had someone to care about them. Far too many homeless animals enter animal shelters, but just half of them, or even less, become adopted, while the other half becomes euthanized. What can we do about it? It takes time and energy, but we can do a lot. Spaying and neutering is the only really effective birth control for pet animals (dogs, cats, rabbits) your own pet is an important decision with a great impact on our society in general. (more…)

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Are Pet Supplements Necessary?

When you hear that something is called “supplements”, you’ve get the idea that it is something optional. However, pet supplements would better be called “complements”, because those are substances added to your pet’s food to make it nutritionally balanced and complete. Packaged and homemade diets often do not contain all the needed nutrients for your pet. (more…)

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