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Magnum, 133318

Magnum is a highly intelligent, very focused dog who needs an active owner to keep up to him! This beautiful Lab is very stressed in our kennel area- too loud & chaotic for such a quiet boy- and desperately needs out of here! Magnum is a really good boy in the office area, likes to chew his rawhides & play with people. Labs are generally very family-friendly, water loving & affectionate dogs. Magnum is best suited to kids aged 12 years+ as he can be very exuberant. As a longterm dog (in our care since Nov. 27!), his adoption fee is only $88.06 and includes his neuter, vet exam, microchip & much more!

Uno, 135911

Uno is a strikingly handsome, friendly boy who was surrendered in January with another cat when his guardian was shipped off to the army- a good choice if you have another cat at home already! At only ~1.5 years old, Uno is a very young cat with a great purrsonality! His adoption fee of $79.00 includes his neuter, vet exam, microchip, 6 weeks of pet insurance, vaccine & more!!

If you would like to adopt one of these pets, please contact:

Chantal Young,
Adoption Coordinator
Phone: (204) 982-3558
Email: chantaly@humanesociety.mb.ca

The Winnipeg Humane Society
5 Kent Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
R2L 1X3
Phone: (204) 982-2021
Fax: (204) 982-2047

www.winnipeghumanesociety.ca

Where every adoptable dog finds a home and cats get a second chance at life!

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For Pet’s Sake

By Anyes Van Volkenburgh

Did you know that animals in the wild rarely if ever get disease? Then why do our pets suffer the same illnesses we do, from cancer, heart disease and diabetes, right down to insomnia, allergies and obesity? I believe the answer is two-fold… For one, our pets are exposed to our stressful lifestyles. They cannot help but pick up our anxiety and worries, poor exercise habits, environmental toxins, excessive eating of processed foods and many other “modern day” factors that lower the immune system’s resistance to getting sick. But it is also because…

…animals are here to teach us love.

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Is My Cat Eating Correctly? (Part two)

By David Brooks

4) Which is the best cat food to choose?

There are so many different brands of cat food on the market, the ‘best’ one is basically a matter of opinion. Certainly palatability is a factor, there’s no point in purchasing a particular food if your cat can’t stand it – although this is occasionally a necessity in cats requiring prescription diets. Rather than recommending you a specific brand, we suggest that you choose one which adheres to the criteria below.

Cat foods labeled as ‘complete’ and ‘balanced’ must meet standards established by the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO), either by meeting a ‘nutrient profile’ or by passing a feeding trial. There are now two separate nutrient profiles for cats - one for growth (kittens) and one for maintenance (adults). Maximum levels of intake of some nutrients have been established for the first time because of the concern that overnutrition, rather than undernutrition, is a bigger problem with many pet foods today. The standards include recommendations on protein, fat, fat soluble vitamins, water soluble vitamins, and mineral content of foods. If you are prepared to get technical, you should choose a food that comes closest to AAFCO recommendations. In summary, consider the following points: Choose a food that suits your cat’s age. Most big pet food companies will have different foods for kittens vs adults. Cats with medical conditions may be recommended special prescription diets. Choose a food that come closest to AAFCO recommendations. The ingredients contains the truth about a particular food. Everything else is there only for marketing purposes. There are no legal and scientific definitions for the terms “premium,” “super premium,” “quality,” or “natural.” Use dry matter numbers to evaluate and compare foods. The source of ingredients (e.g. animal vs vegetable) does not matter, except in the case of food allergies. Avoid supplementation. All commercial cat foods have more than enough protein, fat, vitamins, and minerals. Feeding your cat a good food incorrectly can lead to significant problems.

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Is My Cat Eating Correctly? (Part One)

By David Brooks

1) How many times a day do you feed your cat?

Since cats cannot be exercised like dogs can, the only way you can influence your cats weight is by controlling the amount and type of food he or she eats. If the cat is being fed individual meals several times daily, there is often a tendency by the owner to offer the daily supply of food on several occasions rather than divide up the daily feed into several meals. This can also occur with cats fed dry food ad lib. Cats usually regulate their food intake, but continual exposure to large quantities of food may lead to over-eating and subsequent obesity if too many calories are consumed.

In short, both several individual meals a day and ad lib feeding are fine, it is the total amount offered per 24 hour period which is the important figure.

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What Exactly Do Ferrets Eat?

By Rob Symonds

So you’ve gone out and gotten yourself a furry friend that you are excited about teaching and feeding but it suddenly occurred to you that you are unsure about how to feed the ferret and you’re wondering what do ferrets eat. That is a superb question because like every living thing on earth, the diet plays a huge factor in the health as well as the quality of life that it will have. What do ferrets eat when they are young? What do ferrets eat when they are older? What do ferrets eat when they are babies? If these are among your questions, keep reading and we’ll touch on those subjects.

What Do Ferrets Eat as Babies?

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End Your Parrot’s Screaming And Biting With Clicker Training!

By Zevs Borealis

Does your parrot scream or bite? These are two very common and very annoying behaviors. Especially when company is over! If you are at your wits end, give clicker training a shot. Since we can not reason, or sometimes beg, with our pets, we must communicate through other means. Clicker training helps bridge the communication gap and be quite successful in ending bothersome behaviors.

You don’t have to be a professional trainer to teach your pet. Owners have successfully trained their parrots to hold their wings out for feather trimming and hold out their toes for nail cutting. Can you imagine your bird holding still while you put a harness on it in order to go outdoors? And the joy of a veterinary examination without biting! Bring on the clicker training.

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Inappropriate Elimination In Felines

By L Johnson

For cat owners, feline inappropriate elimination (urinating or defecating outside of the litter box) is the most common behavior complaint, according to leading vet authorities. This behavior can be extremely frustrating; however, it is one that can be solved with time and effort. It is important to remember that vets may assist in remedying this problem but this type of behavior may not be fixable overnight–especially if it has been occurring for several weeks or months.

According to vets, the first thing to do in a case of feline inappropriate elimination (FIE) is to rule out underlying medical causes–such as a urinary tract infection or other disease. If this is definitely a behavior problem, there may be many reasons why this occurred.

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Well .. for the past few weeks .. I have been trying to organize my archives into something useful. When it is finished, I will post the URL and all that when it is ready.

In the meantime, I have this referral script for this blog .. PetLvr.com/blog/refer/ .. that I enabled to log all referrals for the last 365 days last August 2006. What these pages do are showing the popularity of pages referred to by either search engines or other pages.

But, for real stats .. my URCHIN reports on my server shows it all .. since I’ve started blogging May 31, 2005.

TOP POST LIST CREATED

Based on the following two tools for me to figure out what the most popular posts have been in this blog .. (which is important to me, as I have over 2400 posts now!) .. I have combined the most popular links of both tools and combined them into one easy list of posts for your perusal. It is not a one-time page of top linked or popular posts .. because periodically I will be adding more favorites each month and manually selecting the posts that I find appealing as a pet owner myself, and proud to have in this blog - even if it wasn’t too popular.

The link to this new page is … PetLvr.com/blog/top-posts/ .. and is below the archives listing in the sidebar.

Enjoy.

Rich Pets – Living a Pampered Lifestyle

By Rhonda Simmons

He has hundreds of toys, only eats the finest foods and bottled waters, and sleeps in designer beds. He may have an odd yet fashionable collection of clothes to wear for all occasions. He always travels in style and is waited on hand and foot. No matter how their schedule may be, his family will always make time to play with him and have some fun.

Does this sound like the child of a rich mogul or celebrity icon?

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