Pets

My girls have been begging for a companion dog for our beloved Harry for months, and I finally caved after reading an article about why dogs make great Christmas gifts for kids.  But is this really a good idea? She's chewing up stuff.

This dog has a lot to teach the rest of us. If you exercise patience, good things will eventually happen for you.

Getting a dog to take medicine is no easy task. Correction: getting a dog to take medicine was no easy task.

This video shows people acting like dogs in a park, and some of it can be a little disturbing to see.

ZOOSIELOVESCONCERTS via YouTube What is that tapping sound you hear? It's apparently Rocksy the Raccoon! The lady that uploaded this video is a much nicer and more patient person than I am. In the YouTube description of the video, they go on to explain that Rocksy here will knock at the glass door for hours on end until the homeowners refill the "cat" bowl with food...

There's something happening online now that's going to make all of us cave in and adopt more rescues. Have you noticed it?

Is your dog spending the next few days shaking in the corner, or hiding under the bed?  Mine too.  The fireworks are a blast for everyone except the pups.

When the movie "Babe" was released in 1995, there was a surge of people buying micro pigs. When "Finding Nemo" came out, people started buying fish as pets. We aren't so sure this trend should continue because as the video below shows us .....

Some of the top cat-naming trends include names that could double as kid names, and other popular cat names reference alcohol.

So the beloved betta fish, Maddox, passed away suddenly at the Austin house, and Mama decided to run out and get a new fish before the girls got home from school.

Ever feel like you just can't crawl out of bed in the morning?  This dog can relate. A friend showed this to me on her phone while we were hanging out over the weekend, and since it's Monday and we might all have a case of the Mondays, I thought I'd share...

When a dog gets out of the yard and doesn't come back, you never think perhaps he's safe and sound, 1100 miles away. One Texas dog made it all the way to Indiana.