Keeping plants safe from nibbling cats
Q : How can we get our cats to leave our houseplants alone? — E.W., via e-mail A: If your cats love to nibble on houseplants, start by making sure poisonous plants are not on the menu. Many common houseplants can make your cats ill, and a few can be deadly. Among the most dangerous are dieffenbachia, lily of the valley and philodendron. Full Story
Feline taste test tips to tap water
Cats are notorious for not drinking enough water, and their nearchronic state of dehydration contributes to kidney and bladder problems. Getting cats to drink more can be a key to better health, but you may not need to offer purified water (as is sometimes suggested) to do so. As reported by Dr. Eric Barchas in his veterinary blog on the Dogster. Full Story
A crate is key to easier house-training
If you're housetraining a new puppy, you'll find it goes more quickly if you use a crate. Crate-training limits a puppy's options to three: He's either empty and playing in the house, or he's in the crate and "holding it" because he doesn't want to sit in his own waste, or he's at the place you've chosen for him to relieve himself. Full Story
HOLISTIC HEALTH
Do not eat rocks
That may seem like a strange bit of advice. Even if we had an inclination to munch on gravel, our teeth couldn't handle it. Rocks are, ironically, a good source of minerals. When they lie on the bottom of a river bed, with the water rushing over them and banging them together, minute amounts of minerals are released into the water. Full Story
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