Category: Cats

Holiday Gifting for Rescue Animals 🎁

This year, Dr. Pet Mom re-discovered the joy of quilting! She started making quilts for animal rescues and shelters.

Dr. Pet Mom was hooked since the shout out to help local shelters impacted by natural disasters – flooding, hurricanes, forest fires, winter storms, mudslides, and tornadoes.

Christmas time is near and she is gifting more quilts to help homeless cats and dogs.

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Anatomy of an Answered Prayer 🙏

I recently observed the power of prayer. My heartfelt prayers for a loved one were answered.

Here’s what happened…

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Dr. Pet Mom’s Cat Oscar Needs Your Help! 🆘

Our beloved cat Oscar, is in need of surgery for bladder stones. We are asking pet lovers from Dr. Pet Mom’s pet parenting community to chip in and help.

Here is a chronology of Oscar’s health care crisis:

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Pets For Life in Pet Service Deserts 🐱 🐶 🐇 🦜

Have you ever heard of a pet service desert? It’s a community where services for pets are not available or affordable. Families in pet service deserts live in low-income areas. But the Humane Society of the US (HSUS) Pets For Life (PFL) program is working to close the gap in pet wellness services.

Poverty creates barriers in access to health care, quality food and veterinary care. One source noted and that the “extreme lack of access to pet resources is a national crisis” that is often ignored.

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Is Your Cat Psychic? Try This Fun Experiment! 🐱

I bet lots of cat moms and dads know this story:

  • You are sitting on the couch and your cat is sitting on the floor nearby.
  • Kitty is looking at you like she wants to jump up on the couch to join you.
  • You tap on the sofa to encourage her to jump up, and say “C’mon kitty! Jump!”
  • Your cat looks at you and just sits there.
  • You give up.
  • Two minutes later, your kitty jumps up onto the couch.
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Celebrating Adopt A Senior Pet Month 🥳

The holiday season is a time of celebration. I’m happy to celebrate Adopt A Senior Pet Month in November to help senior pets find their new families.

“To create a pet parent community to encourage adoption of rescue and shelter animals. We want to help pets find their forever homes.”

My mission statement keeps me focused on helping animals. Many shelter and rescue animals are senior pets and they’re all looking for a furrever home.

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November Pet Awareness Days 🗓️

The month of November is the middle of the holiday season. It’s a month to honor our military veterans, give thanks, and promote animal awareness events.

November animal events celebrate shelter animals, senior pets, and pet awareness.

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Pets Of Twitter 11/8/19 🐱 🐶 🐇 🦜

I spend most of my social media time on Twitter. Thankfully, I find lots of pet lovers out there!

For something different, I’d like to share some nice pet pics I found on Twitter…

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Why I Love My Cat, Oscar 😊

If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I am open about my anxiety and depression. This week my spouse Dr. Pet Mom, is away in ‘Frostbite Falls’ Minnesota doing some academic stuff.

Enter my cat, Oscar! He’s been great! He is very empathetic, knows when to purr and sit by my side. Thanks Oscar!

The story behind how we got Oscar is quite amazing: He is the result of some sad circumstances and God’s kindness…

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