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cat behavior Daily Feature Friday health and safety 

Keeping Cats Safe and Stress-free During Home Repairs

October 24, 2020October 24, 2020 Bernadette 0 Comments cat behavior, cats drink water, cats drinking water, pets

I don’t often have work done on my house, but I could anticipate each of my cats’ responses to the

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sketch of two cats wrestling, vine charcoal, compressed charcoal, white charcoal, black and white conté
cat behavior Daily Feature Friday health and safety 

Stressed Out Cats

August 30, 2020 Bernadette 0 Comments cat behavior, cats drink water, cats drinking water, pets

Nearly all the behavioral webinars and other sessions I’ve been attending have, well, “stressed” the prevalence of feline “stress” in

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graphite an doclored pencil sketch of tortoiseshell cat drinking
cat behavior Daily Feature Friday health and safety 

Leading Your Cat to Water and Getting Her to Drink It

July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Bernadette 2 Comments cat behavior, cats drink water, cats drinking water, pets

Years ago while discussing 20-year-old Peaches’ needs for fluid therapy as we treated her renal failure my veterinarian mentioned that

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tabby cat in window
cat behavior COVID-19 Daily Feature Friday health and safety 

Ease Your Cat Back Into Routines Before Going Back to Work

May 24, 2020 Bernadette 0 Comments cat behavior, cat pets get COVID-19, CDC, centers for disease control, coronavirus, COVID-19, is COVID-19 zoonotic, pets, veterinarians, veterinary services, zoonotic diseases

In April I published an article on how cats thrive on routine, and how you suddenly being in their space

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Those amber eyes.
cat behavior COVID-19 Daily Feature Friday health and safety 

Give Your Cat, And Yourself, A New Routine While Staying At Home

April 27, 2020May 6, 2020 Bernadette 1 Comment cat behavior, cat pets get COVID-19, CDC, centers for disease control, coronavirus, COVID-19, is COVID-19 zoonotic, pets, veterinarians, veterinary services, zoonotic diseases

Cats are creatures of habit. Small animals who are both predator and prey, cats have little control over their own

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Mimi's favorite scratching post.
Daily Feature Monday published article 

“Nothing Like a Good Scratch” Published in Pittsburgh PetConnections Magazine

April 15, 2020April 20, 2020 Bernadette 1 Comment cat behavior, cat scratching, scratching

First, I’m pleased to share that I’ve been named the “Kitty Korner” editor in Pittsburgh PetConnections Magazine. I’ve been compiling

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Kitties can hide really well.
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“Your Indoor-only Cat Got Outside” Published in Pittsburgh PetConnections Magazine

July 5, 2018 Bernadette 2 Comments cat behavior, lost cat behavior, lost cats, lsot cat

I can’t stress the steps and details enough about finding an indoor cat who’s gotten out of your home. My

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Not every kitty is as lucky as Mimi to have a tree of her own to scratch at will.
cat behavior cats Daily Feature declawing health and safety 

Nothing Like a Good Scratch, Though You Might Disagree

March 25, 2018March 26, 2018 Bernadette 0 Comments cat behavior, cats, cats scratching, cats scratching furniture, Dr. Marci Koski

There she is again, having an obviously great time ripping more stuffing out of the arm of the chair, right

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You won't take my claws away.
cat behavior cats Daily Feature declawing health and safety mimi 

Claws and Scratching

March 3, 2018March 5, 2018 Bernadette 1 Comment cat behavior, cat marking territory, cat scratching, cats

Sunny afternoons are now warm enough to visit outside, after an icy winter and Mimi has been busy letting all

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dilute calico cat ready to eat grass
cat behavior cookie giuseppe health and safety kelly living green with pets mimi peaches Sustainable Ways Wednesday Blog Hop 

Living Green With Pets: A Garden for Your Cats

January 25, 2014 Bernadette 3 Comments cat behavior, cat grass, cat health, cats, Frugal Days, growing cat grass, indoor cat garden, Sustainable Ways Wednesday Blog Hop, Wplongform

NO ONE IS CERTAIN why cats eat grass, or houseplants, or other vegetable matter that shouldn’t be of any interest

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Marketplace

"Purr" gift items.
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Marketplace: Purr!

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I don’t know what it is I like about visual word puzzles, but I doodled them when I was younger.

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Marketplace: Save on Boxed Dozen Holiday Cards

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RSS Winn Feline Foundation

  • “Veterinary Cardiologists, Geneticists & Pedigree Cat Enthusiasts Converge Resources to Progress Understanding of HCM Genetics”
  • EveryCat Health Foundation Seeking a Director of Development and Marketing
  • February Webinar- Feline Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy– Approaches to understanding disease mechanisms
  • Winn Feline Foundation changes its name to EveryCat Health Foundation
  • EveryCat Health Foundation attending the 2021 Midwest Veterinary Virtual Conference, February 16-20

Book Reviews

How to Photograph Your Cat by Walter Chandoha
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How to Photograph Your Cat, from 1955

November 10, 2019 Bernadette 0

I found this little gem of a booklet I knew I had somewhere in this house. A friend gave it

photo by Walter Chandoha from puss n boots ad
book review books books about cats dogs and animals creating with cats Daily Feature kitty things Saturday 

Vintage Cat Food Ads, and A Career Inspired By a Rescued Cat: Photographer Walter Chandoha

January 20, 2019January 20, 2019 Bernadette 5
photo by Walter Chandoha from puss n boots ad
book review books books about cats dogs and animals creating with cats Daily Feature kitty things Saturday 

A Career Inspired By a Rescued Cat, Vintage Cat Food Ads, and Photographer Walter Chandoha

April 21, 2018January 20, 2019 Bernadette 0
Cat Confessions: A "Kitty Come Clean" Tell-all Book by Allia Zobel Nolan
book review books cat photographs creating with cats Daily Feature 

Cat Confessions, a Book Review by Mewsette and Me

November 18, 2017November 19, 2017 Bernadette 0

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GetYourPet.com: Rehome a Pet, Adopt a Pet, Home to Home

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To help take the burden off overcrowded shelters by keeping pets in their homes while up for adoption, a group

Press Releases

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Not Just for Ferals, HCMT Hosts 13 Free and Low-cost Spay/Neuter Clinics Through June 2021

December 11, 2020 Bernadette 0

Shutdowns, physical distancing and unemployment have touched every part of our society, including needs for our pets. Veterinarians closed down

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CCPC Pet Memorial Sunday Ceremony Goes Virtual for 2020

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One Lot of Natural Balance® Ultra Premium Chicken & Liver Paté Formula Canned Cat Food Recalled
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One Lot of Natural Balance® Ultra Premium Chicken & Liver Paté Formula Canned Cat Food Recalled

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CareCredit, PetDesk Partnership Empowers Greater Access To Pet Care

July 4, 2020 Bernadette 1

Recalls

One Lot of Natural Balance® Ultra Premium Chicken & Liver Paté Formula Canned Cat Food Recalled
Daily Feature Monday pet food recall Press Press Release publicity 

One Lot of Natural Balance® Ultra Premium Chicken & Liver Paté Formula Canned Cat Food Recalled

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Bernadette 0

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The J. M. Smucker Company Issues Voluntary Recall of Specific Lots of Special Kitty® Wet Cat Food
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The J. M. Smucker Company Issues Voluntary Recall of Specific Lots of Special Kitty® Wet Cat Food

December 6, 2019 Bernadette 0
Voluntary Recall of Muse Wet Cat Food Natural Chicken Recipe
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Voluntary Recall of Muse Wet Cat Food Natural Chicken Recipe

April 2, 2019 Bernadette 2
Voluntary Recall of Two Lots of 9Lives® Protein Plus® Wet, Canned Cat Food
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Voluntary Recall of Two Lots of 9Lives® Protein Plus® Wet, Canned Cat Food

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