… and NO CLASS this weekend!

Muggy and Lola’s sweet mugs are a steady fixture on the sidelines of Pit Ed classes, always wearing those classic “Woe is me” faces and luring visitors over to get them some lovin’ while their person stays busy teaching two back to back training classes. Smart dogs!

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Can you believe it’s almost October? We’re closing in on our final week of the calendar photo contest, which ends next Monday on the fourth, so the next few days are going to get exciting as people strategize and jostle to position their favorite photos to the top twelve spots in the contest. There are bound to be a few surprises and upsets as now popular photos lose their seats in voting upsets, so keep you eye on that first page. If you haven’t already, it’s time to promote your fav page to your online friends using the links offered just to the right hand of the photo you want to see hanging on your wall next year.

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September 27th, 2010Artists and donating art

Every pet portrait artist I know gets hit up by rescue groups all over the United States, asking for donated art that will be auctioned to help fund the care of homeless animals. Back in the early…

September 26th, 2010Kidney Disease In Cats

Kidney disease is more common to occur in older cats, but sometimes the disease can strike cats of all ages. If you suspect that your feline companion may have kidney disease then you should pay attention to any changes taking place in regards to urination and the amount of water your cat is drinking. If either of these two activities increases more and more as weeks progress then there’s probably the symptoms of failing kidney. In additional, your cat will also start to show signs of weight loss and vomiting.

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September 24th, 2010when "good guys" fight their dogs


We’ve been holding onto this topic for months, not sure when or how or if it would ever surface. Recently, police and humane investigators revealed an infiltration strategy that is loaded with ethical stomach upset. That is, they’ve confessed to using dogs to infiltrate fighting operations, even going so far as staging them in impromptu rolls as well as big money dog fights in the ring. Their reason for putting their own dogs in harm’s way is explained by Terry Mills, veteran Missouri State Highway Patrol officer:.

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Green IguanaThis is to help protect the species!

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September 20th, 2010Basic Canary Care

CanaryBirds make delightful pets, but they are sensitive creatures with special needs, and some of them have very long lifespan!

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Very few, if any, contagious illnesses are passed directly between people and domestic dogs or cats. Dogs and cats do not catch colds or the flu from humans, while people suffer problems only when they fail to get scratches or bites from cats medically treated, or when their pets have ringworm!

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A close call with Oprah three weeks ago reminded us all about the flakey nature of the media.

Back in New York, Roo Yori was all packed up and about to put homeboy Hector on a plane to meet Oprah in Chicago when a last-minute call came in from show producers who said: “Never mind.” Read the rest of this entry »