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We noticed (some time ago) that the iGoogle "How To of the Day" was "How to Leash Train Your Cat." That got our attention. We imagined putting the harness on our cat. We imagined clipping on the lead. We further imagined ourselves burned in effigy.
Our cat (Swiper) claims that putting a cat on any sort of lead (or leash or other tethering material) is unnatural and unforgivable. But we also would like to note that, as the WikiHow article states, "if you live in an area with lots of traffic or a local population of feral cats," it may also be a necessary evil. (Swiper would like to emphasize the word evil here, and we'll let her, but we wish she would stand aside so we can finish this without further interruption.)
Put the harness on the cat. Clip on the leash if it isn't already part of the harness. The cat will probably do one of two things: sit very still, crouching low to the floor, or squirm in a frantic panic. Stay calm and don't interfere unless the cat seems like it will hurt itself. This is also a good time to watch and make sure the cat can't squeeze out of its harness--they can be incredible contortionists.One more thing the cat may do? Begin to plot a coup.
Still, if you are skilled in rhetoric, you may be able to posit that walking on the leash is better than staying all day inside the house, is it not? Take care not to use the comparative question: "the dog walks on a leash… do you think you're better than the dog?" The answer, of course, is obvious, and just asking such a question will cause you to fall considerably in the eyes of your cat.
Blessings, and happy walkies.
Previously published at Itchmo.com (defunct... not my fault!).
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Kitty Training
Sometimes animal life is simply too perfect. This cat an dog are in sync. I wonder if the cat uses a clicker.
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What's Up With Max?
Why is "Max" such a popular name for both dogs and cats?
Number 1 on both lists? How can this be explained? Do you have a dog or cat named Max? My neighbor does. Maybe I should ask her. But I'll ask you instead, because she's right next door and you're all around the world (I'm assuming). If your dog is named Max, why? What was the reason you gave your dog or cat the name that you did?
Do We [and by 'we' we mean all cats] Eat Spiders in Our Sleep?
In our further investigation regarding the consumption of spiders in sleep, we explore the feline world and receive a response something like this.
Spiders?There you have it.In our sleep?
Don't be ridiculous.
We do not eat spiders in our sleep. Ever. What ever gave you such a notion.
No. Cats. We eat spiders when we're awake.
Much easier to catch that way, you know.
Blessings.
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If (If?) Cats Ruled the World
Itchmo is holding an "if cat's ruled the world" contest. And I just know you are going to want in on that action. So visit the entry deets over on the Itchmo site:
“If Cats Ruled The World” Contest | Itchmo: News For Dogs & Cats: It’s easy to enter.Let's see. My answer would likely be... you mean they don't already.Just complete this sentence and make it as funny as possible: If cats ruled the world…
Your prize? Your name in lights on Itchmo.com and the title of The Funniest Cat Parent.
You can submit your entries via our comments.
Blessings.
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Francesca | from the Adoptable Pets photo pool
Francesca Uploaded to flickr by Gini~.
Francesca is available for adoption in Northern Virginia, USA, through HART
Blogged from the Adoptable Pets photo pool by Terry Bain.
Eyes that will pierce you. Directly through you.
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Swimming Kitty
Think all cats are water averse? Think again. Some even enjoy the occasional swim.
Katwallks Cat "Furniture"
At some point in your life you may decide that cats have completely and utterly taken over your life, your home, and your soul.
At this point (or some time even before this point) you may decide to go ahead and let them walk on your walls. 
This is not a recommended product for those who are renting or otherwise do not own their walls. However, you know, I can't really stop you from doing whatever you want.
Obviously.
Blessings.
Food and Disinformation Administration
Do you trust the FDA? If so, why? Do you have evidence that says the FDA should be trusted?
FDA’s newly appointed “food safety czar” says that our imported food supply is safe, just days after the latest round of recall expansions. This is the third time the FDA has announced that the pet food supply is safe to eat.Acheson said the search for the pet food contaminant is “virtually closed” and investigators have a “very good handle” on its distribution. Government officials say the threat to humans is extremely low.The last 2 times the FDA called the pet food supply safe to eat, they were followed by more recalls. Currently, 20 million chickens that have eaten tainted pet food are under quarantine by the USDA.
Itchmo » Blog Archive » FDA: Pet Food is Safe, Just Days After More Recalls
I don't know exactly who to trust. But it ain't gonna be the FDA. Not for the forseeable future, anyhow. I'm wondering how many people will have to get sick and die before we yank the FDA out of the pocket of industry.
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Kitten Cannon
Why is it that the most sadistic, ill-conceived games are also the most fun?
Launch the hapless orange kitten into a field filled with bombs, trampolines, and kitten-eating venus fly-traps and see how long he lasts.
You would think that a game about shotting a kitten out of a cannon and having it bounce and splat and burst and be eaten would be ridiculously un-fun. But so long as you pretend it's not a kitten at all, it has some strange appeal.
So okay, go ahead, tell me I'm just as sadistic and mean and terrible as the game creaters. But first, play the game, okay?
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More Melamine in More Pet Food Ingredients
Here's the straight dope on the newest melamine poison in yer dog food.
· Rice protein concentrate used in pet food has been contaminated by melamine, testing confirmed on April 18. Melamine was also found in corn gluten in pet food in South Africa on April 19. Melamine contaminated wheat gluten has already caused more than 100 brands of pet food to be recalled. FDA suspects that the melamine may have been intentionally added to the pet food ingredients to boost the protein content although that theory has not been confirmed.
· Blue Buffalo recalled a cat food product on April 19.
· Royal Canin recalled dog and cat food products on April 19.
· Natural Life recalled a dog food product on April 17.
· Natural Balance recalled cat food, dog food and dog treat products on April 16 and 17.
Recalled Pet Food and Treats | The Humane Society of the United States
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Dry Pet Food Yanked
A major recall of pet food in North America has expanded to two more companies and now includes dry food for the first time, U.S. federal health authorities and the companies said.Dry pet food implicated in North American recall. My suggestions are: 1. If you feed your pet and he or she gets sick, tell someone about the food you fed 'em. Tell the company that made it. Tell your vet. Tell the media. Tell me. Whatever. Talk about it. 2. Don't feed your pet junk food. Just about anything you buy at Wal-Mart or a supermarket or even most of the stuff at the major pet stores is junk... mostly filler that your dog doesn't even process. Why do they put corn in your dog food, for instance? Because it's cheap and it fills up the bag. If there's corn in your pet's food, don't buy it. Heck, even you don't process corn very well. You can switch to a raw foods diet, or get a real super premium brand, like Eagle Pack or Canidae (my dogs won't eat Canidae, but they love Eagle Pack... your experience may vary). 3. Don't panic. Use your noggin'. See if your dog will eat a carrot. Mine will. Apples, too. Give the cat a bit of tuna (but not a bath), and enjoy the love you get in return. And write to your pet food manufacturer. Ask them whey every damn food on the shelf apparently has chaff from China in it. Ask them why there is corn in your pet's food. Ask them how they intend to avoid this in the future. Declare war on the evil pet food empire. 4. Declaring war on anybody is a lot of work. Have some ice cream. Take the dog for a walk. Brush the cat. Let the cat out. Let her back in again. Throw a tennis ball. More ice cream. 5. Repeat until the problem desists. And bless you. It's too late for me to write more. And I'm getting very sleepy. Too much ice cream. check out the Pet Food Recall swicki at eurekster.com
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More Menu Foods Madness
Please take care by Gini~. The Pet Food issue in North America continues to unfold. Last night Alpo dog food, a cuts and gravy style food, was recalled. Before that Hills recalled the first DRY food when they recalled their prescription cat diet m/d. There are now two reasons for the recalled food and both are tied to wheat gluten. The first is aminopterin which Cornell found. The second is melamine, a contaminate discovered by the FDA. There is much I could say but the most important thing is to be careful with the food you give your dogs and cats. They don't really know for certain how the wheat gluten is killing our pets. FDA did NOT find aminopterin in the wheat gluten.
Please continue to watch the recalls and take care with your pet food choices. The Alpo recall came out last night around midnight. Since I was up most of the night and I have a google alert set up for it, I noticed it. If you want to keep track of what is happening, one easy thing you can do is go to itchmo! and click the 'Get Recall Alerts' button to be put on their email list.
UPDATE: 9:24 tonight I got the email from ichmo! about another new recall. Here's the scoop:
"ANOTHER RECALL: Ol’Roy Wet Foods, Jerky Treats, Gravy Train Beef Sticks and Pounce Meaty Morsels"
Del Monte has announced that their Ol'Roy brand wet food, as well as
the other brands have been made using the tainted wheat gluten also
used by Menu Foods. The other brands are: Jerky Treats, Gravy Train
Beef Sticks, Pounce Meaty Morsels, Dollar General, and Happy Tails.
They are now recalling their food.
More here:
www.itchmo.com/read/another-recall-ol-roy-del-monte_20070331
Will the Menu Foods recall never end? Will somebody please evaluate the necessity of nearly every major brand of pet food using the same source? Will this be necessary again? Probably. We are terribly slow learners. And it's only a matter of time before something similar happens to humans... if the spinach recall wasn't enough to scare you, ask yourself if you know exactly where your millions of corn products come from...
...likely you don't. And neither do I.
Okay. I'm going to give myself nightmares just before bed. Not always a good idea to breeze through the internets just before bed, but there you go. Too late.
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Pet Food Recall Swicki
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Menu Foods Recalled Pet Food Not Even Safe for Rats / New with Yummy Aminopterin Gravy
Rat poison has been found in tainted pet food that has been linked to the deaths of at least 14 pets, the New York State Department of Agriculture announced today.Skip to next paragraphRelatedTimes Topics: Menu FoodsThe toxin, identified in samples of pet food tested at Cornell University, is aminopterin, a derivative of folic acid, the department said. The substance is not approved for use in the United States.
Rat Poison Found in Tainted Pet Food - New York Times
Don't get me started on the many multi-layered ironies here, because there are too many sick animals involved for me to be making jokes.
Should I say one more time that there needs to be more suppliers of any food source than just one? And just because it's pet food doesn't mean we can get sloppy on making sure it's safe?
Heads up, Menu Foods, Inc. You all are in for a tough row.
Blessings, y'all.
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Recall of Pet Foods Manufactured by Menu Foods, Inc.
Less is more. Or more is less. Or something. But to know more about this and that and the other things (regarding the pet food recalls related to Menu Foods, Inc., etc., you can also read the press releases:
Menu Foods, Inc. Press Release
Nestlé PurinaPetCare Company Press Release
Hill’s PetNutrition, Inc. Press Release
P&G Pet Care Press Release (Consumers who have purchased IAMS or Eukanuba pet food who have questions should check the IAMS web site. Consumers who have purchased other pet food distributed by Menu should contact Menu.)
Recall of Pet Foods Manufactured by Menu Foods, Inc.
One question... is there any doubt that a single-source (or limited-source) food manufacturer is a bad idea? Can you say "monopoly is bad for your health?" Try saying it out loud. A few more times.
And don't forget when this is all over, get your pet food somewhere else.
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Menu Foods Pet Food Recall
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been informed that Menu Foods, Inc., a private-label pet food manufacturer based in Statesville, Ontario, Canada, is recalling all its "cuts and gravy" style dog and cat food produced at its facility in Emporia, Kansas between December 3, 2006 and March 6, 2007. The products are sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico.The recall was prompted by consumer complaints received by the manufacturer and by tasting trials conducted by the manufacturer. There has been a small number of reported instances of cats and dogs in the United States that developed kidney failure after eating the affected product. Ten deaths, one dog and nine cats, have reported at this time. The firm has undertaken extensive testing of the pet food products in question, but to date has been unable to find the source of the problem.
Recall of Pet Foods Manufactured by Menu Foods, Inc.
More.
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Important caption for cat/dog owners
IMPORTANT FOR CAT AND DOG OWNERS: In case you have not noticed in the news, Menu Foods (one of the largest 'wet' style pet food manufacturers in North America) announced a major recall yesterday. The exact brand and lot numbers were not released until this morning. There are many brands being recalled !! If you feed your cat or dog wet food you need to check on the Menu Foods web site and also on the Iams web site, if you are feeding Iams, to make sure that you don't feed your pets any recalled food. I did notice that some of the food was manufactured for distribution in the UK. So it might not be just North Americans that need to check. The brand I noticed food for the UK on was Iams, but I did not check every single brand.
Menu foods
Iams Press Release
How to read Iams UPC codes
FDA recall page
Sorry for posting the photo to adoption pools. I just want to make sure no one feeds bad food to their cats, fosters or any cat or dog in their care.
UPDATE Saturday night Hills and Purina voluntarily recalled some of their food. The best place to see how the recalls are shaping up is the FDA web site.
Hill's recall:
1. Science Diet® Kitten Savory Cuts® Ocean Fish 3 oz. and 5.5 oz.
2. Science Diet® Feline Adult Savory Cuts® Beef 5.5 oz.
3. Science Diet® Feline Adult Savory Cuts® Chicken 5.5 oz.
4. Science Diet® Feline Adult Savory Cuts® Ocean Fish 5.5 oz.
5. Science Diet® Feline Senior Savory Cuts® Chicken 5.5 oz.">
Purina Recall
Nestlé Purina PetCare Company today announced that as a precautionary measure, it is voluntarily withdrawing its 5.3 ounce Mighty Dog® brand pouch products that were produced by Menu Foods, Inc. from December 3, 2006 through March 14, 2007
News/Alert for cat and dog folks out there. Check your pet food. This flickr post says just about all that's necessary, so I'll let it do the talking... especially since it includes this fabulous kitten photo.
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DIY » Build Your Own Cat Tree
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