CatDogBlog

Talk about baby steps, these kittens begin to take their first steps… the kittens are Bruno, Griffin, Bindi, Bear, Tiger, Hyrem, and Lily “little bit”. The kittens were delivered by a semi-homeless neighborhood cat. The owner says all found wonderful homes…


The song is “Music For A Found Harmonium” by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, also heard in the movie Napoleon Dynamite.

When Jack the dog ran into trouble last month, he couldn’t have had a better man around to help. Physician Dave Karli and his dog were out for a walk near their home in Edwards while a father and son were playing catch with a baseball nearby. Jack, a Weimaraner mix, went to get some baseballs on the ground and tried to get several in his mouth.

One went down his throat and got stuck in his airway. Karli said he reached his hand down Jack’s throat and was able to remove the ball. He was bitten in the process.

After the ball was removed, Jack remained passed out. Karli did CPR on his dog for about 15 to 20 seconds until Jack regained consciousness.

Chris Roth, a veterinarian at Eagle-Vail Animal Hospital, said he doesn’t see a lot of owners having to do CPR on their dogs.

“Not a lot,” he said. “But, obviously, it can happen.” - Thanks for that doctor-y quote Mr. Roth, thanks a lot. Good to hear the scared dog survived it all, let’s hope he didn’t bit his rescuer too hard.

Eddie was played on the television series by a Jack Russell terrier named Moose.

His trainer told People magazine that Moose was 16 1/2 years old when he died at her home in Los Angeles. His age in human years would be 79!

He’d been retired for the last six years of his life.

Moose also starred in the movie “My Dog Skip” as the older Skip.

Keeping in mind that your cat evolved from hunters, you can understand why his sense of sight is one of his strongest. But cats are generally considered colorblind.

The retina, the nerve center at the back of the eye, contains cells called cones (responsible for converting light into color) and rods (responsible for black and white). In cats, rods greatly outnumber cones.

Theoretically, color perception is possible since the eye contains some cones, but distinguishing color isn’t necessary for cats. Brightness is far more important. He can see in the dimmest of lights; his eyes can open about three times as wide as the human pupil and let in as much light as possible at the normal “hunting” times of dawn and dusk.

Because of the differences between human and cat retinas, the animals can see using one-sixth of the amount of light people need: At night, for example, objects appear six times brighter to a cat than they do to humans, which helps the animals hunt. In addition to better brightness vision, cats can also detect minute movement, which is easily missed by people - another benefit for a hunter.

The story behind the movie goes as follows “My wife picked up a stray dog last year, who turned out to be pregnant. This is some footage of the two puppies she gave birth to not long afterward. The white one is a boy, the black one is a girl. The bigger one is the mama.”

A cat who’s not afraid to get wet goes scuba diving in his owners swimimg pool. Then his dog buddy joins him underwater for a relaxing swim! You can’t make this kind of story up, see with your own 2 eyes.

According to the pet ownership statistics supplied by the American Pet Product Manufacturer’s Association (APPMA) Survey, 37.7 million U.S. households own a cat totally to over 90.5 million cats! The average number of cats per household is 2.4.

Interest in both mixed breed and purebred cats has grown as well. While pedigreed cats have not attained the same popularity as purebred dogs, a total of 39,990 pedigreed cats were registered in 2005 down from 41,606 in 2004.

According to the Cat Fancier’s Association (CFA), these are America’s top ten favorite cat breeds:

10. Sphynx
Once you get past the shock of seeing a naked cat, you’ll notice that this breed has other distinctive traits. The Sphynx are lively cat as they like to perform monkey-like aerialist stunts from the top of doorways and book shelves. Devoted and loyal, they follow their humans around, wagging their tails doggy style and purring with affection. They demand your unconditional attention and are as mischievous and lovable as children. The Sphynx had 704 registrations in 2005 which is up from 568 in 2004.
Read the rest of this entry »

Tippi is a black Lab mixed with Rottweiler. This movie was shot 5 years ago, if you want to see what she looks like nowadays check out recent gold footage. I thought today it would be fun to throw in some videos.

In America almost half of North Carolina dog owners let the chips fall where they may and don’t clean up after their animals, according to a statewide survey of how people handle their dogs’ waste.

“It’s a big water-quality problem,” said Chrystal Bartlett, the state’s stormwater awareness and outreach coordinator. “It’s also an aesthetic problem.”

The state’s 1.8 million dogs deposit an estimated 681 tons of waste per day in the state, said Bartlett, who works for the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Chris Gonzalez, owner of Poop Away, said he has hauled away as much as 27 gallons of waste from a single yard. He hopes to expand his business from individual homes to subdivisions and apartments.

The survey conducted last year by the state and East Carolina University’s Center for Survey Research found that:
* People in the 35-54 age group are least likely to scoop the poop.
* Women are more likely than men to clean up after their dogs.
* Those who never or rarely pick up what their dogs leave behind were tallied at 59% in rural areas, 49% in the suburbs and 47% in cities.
Read the rest of this entry »

In the U.S. the first athlete to ever appear on a box of Wheaties was in 1934 when Lou Gehrig (born on this day 103 years ago) smiled across breakfast tables around the country. Over the years, many a famous face has graced these familiar orange cereal boxes.

Mary Lou Retton became the first woman face immortalized in 1984, while the late Walter Payton graced it in 1987 and Michael Jordan in 1991. By 1997, Dale Earnhardt became the first racer on a Wheaties box. While Wheaties are “the breakfast for athletes,” the contest will please all those canines ready for a claim-to-fame in 2006.

The “Milk-Bone Make You and Your Dog Famous Contest” ends June 21th. Readers simply send a photo showing the love and chemistry between owner and dog via e-mail or through the mail and they could win the chance to be featured on the Milk-Bone box with their beloved dog and get a year supply of Milk-Bone biscuits on top of that.

Don’t forget to check out last years winners on the site to see what famous dog-look the judges are looking for.