Get a Pet Launches Supercool Scavenger Hunt for Shelters and Rescues
Attention rescues, shelters and those who love them in NYC, Chicago and Los Angeles! There is a super cool event going on NOW through Oct. 10 sponsored by Get-A-Pet, an organization with a history of helping place homeless pets from rescues and shelters into forever loving homes. Get-a-Pet has partnered with Halo Purely For Pets, GMC and Chevrolet to donate three vans full of Halo Spot’s Stew and a total of $9,000 in cash to a handful of lucky rescues and shelters. “Drive Pets Home” will be …
Catastrophes Web Series Uses Humor to Help Homeless Cats
Bonjour, Guy! Photo credit: Catastrophes Great news, cat peeps (and cats)! A new web video series has launched that uses comedy to promote an important topic that is oh, so close to our hearts: adoption. CATastrophes recently made its debut on Discovery Digital Network’s Animalist.com. The series is the brainchild of Alana Grelyak and Michael Gabriele, a Chicago-based husband and wife film making team, along with actor and comedian Kris Flanagan. You may remember these guys from their other very funny videos, a couple of which were finalists…
Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day!
Believe me, Pug has been working it today. He’s no dummy.
Kitty Walks Boy to School Every Day
William and BFF Milly Moo. Photo credit: Caters I love the story of this sweet, sweet tabby cat named Milly Moo and her favorite little dude, William Dutton. According to the Daily Star, William, Milly Moo and their family live in Sandy, Bedfordshire, UK. William is three years old, just the age of my littlest human so this story is a favorite in our household. The little boy was super scared to start his first day of preschool at The Maple Tree Lower School back in April. William’s mom said…
How to Choose a Scratching Post
Pugsley: Resident Scratcher Man The staff has been in an uproar lately because Pug has been scratching up the windowsills and female staff’s prized sea grass laundry hamper. And, every time the staff buys a new scratching post for us, it goes unused. I understand her frustration but humans aren’t always smart about cat products. In this instance, there are some things the staff needs to understand about choosing a scratching post. Here’s the thing: a scratching post isn’t just a fun toy for a cat. It’s actually a…