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Reading Time: 2 minutes Queenstown, New Zealand (PR.com)—The Kids Book Company released the first book in the world in which the customer can fully personalize both the child and their equine friend. With eight kids and six horses or ponies to choose from, “My Secret Unicorn” is the story of the heroic child saving a Unicorn who is lying…
Reading Time: 2 minutes We just got our new Ware Manufacturing Peck N Play Chicken Ball Toy, which someone recommended to us on a chicken group we belong to. The size is 4.5″ by 4.5″ by .45″. It’s described as a good toy for helping prevent chicken boredom. There are holes in the top and bottom that you can…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Many “Wow my pet did That!” posts feature some of our own pets, including: Hermione Hermione is a multicolored tabby who enjoys stuffed animals and sticking her tongue out. Hermione hails from Holbrook, New York. She has a sister named Bonus, who is a also a rescue kitty but much more camera shy. Miley…
Reading Time: 2 minutes For pretty much every three goldfish we here at WMPDT.com buy from the pet store, one lives a long life and the other die of unknown causes fairly early on no matter how careful we are with water quality, food, etc. So we always thought of them as fairly fragile and were surprised to learn…
Reading Time: 3 minutes It seems simple enough. You drop your dog or cat (or other pet) off at a pet sitter and take off for your vacation or work trip. The pet sitter seemed to love animals, your fur baby will get a lot of attention while you are gone, and you are paying a reasonable fee that…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Someone in a backyard chicken group we below to on social media posed the question, “What does everyone do with their chicken feathers?” We definitely took an interest since we have baskets, tins cans, and a few vases with loose feathers we’ve picked up over time and have been planning to put to use. Below…
Reading Time: 3 minutes TEWKSBURY, Mass. (PRNewswire) — Despite their cute faces and sometimes cuddly natures, cats can be confusing! To help pet parents decode behaviors at mealtime, Wellness® Natural Pet Food created the Wellness CATalog – a digital resource for cat parents. Including expertise from Wellness veterinarian Dr. Danielle Bernal, the CATalog helps shed light on the personality traits…
Reading Time: 2 minutes LOS ANGELES (PRNewswire) — In honor of National Dog Appreciation Day on August 26, Wag!, the on-demand mobile dog walking app, has revealed survey results exploring the depths of a pet parent’s love. While it’s no surprise dogs are adored by their families, 38% of the 2,000 pet parents surveyed said the one they show…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sometimes something may seem off, or you might just want to do a weekly check to make sure your feathered friends are okay, especially since diseases that affect chickens can quickly spread to an entire flock. Here’s a quick list to ensure the health of your backyard chickens.:
Reading Time: < 1 minute Want to make sure your pet stays at or gets down to a healthy weight but not sure how much to feed them? The Pet Nutrition Alliance website, which is American Veterinary Medical Association recommended, has dog and cat Calorie Calculators that will tell you how much to feed your dog or cat through calculators…
Reading Time: 2 minutes A dog’s bad breath could be more than an odor problem; it might signify a serious health risk with the potential to damage not only the animal’s teeth and gums but its internal organs as well. American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) President Dr. Mike Topper says regular dental exams can help prevent more serious health…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Well, it’s official. As you may have read in earlier posts, we were hoping Sweet Pea was a peahen (female) but we posted “her” pics on a Facebook group last name and commenters unanimously identified Sweet Pea as a he. That’s going to take some getting used to as we have been referring to him…
Reading Time: 2 minutes We’ve been there. Buying bag after bag of chicken feed can get expensive. And sometimes you just run out and can’t get to Tractor Supply or wherever you buy your feed before the chickens are going to get hungry again. We don’t recommend it for chicks, but in a pinch, we’ve bought bird seed, especially…
Reading Time: < 1 minute This video shows Trent, one of our young peacocks, showing his tail feathers for one of the first times. He just started yesterday. He’s about six months old at this point. As you can see, he doesn’t have a whole lot going on in far as a feathery train, but he’s really just a baby….
Reading Time: < 1 minute If you’ve had to give your pet any kind of medication, you know that it can be traumatic for human and pet. We have tried hiding pills in peanut butter, balled up bread and cheese. While cheese slices work the best with dogs, there have still been times when our dogs have sussed out the…
Reading Time: 3 minutes These are our pet peacocks, Trent (we bought him from a woman who lived in a really rural area off of a Trent Road and the whole time we were like “where’s Trent Road? where’s Trent Road?” so we named him Trent) and Sweet Pea (she’s the white one). They are still pretty young. Trent…
Reading Time: < 1 minute The product: LINK AKC Smart Collar What it does for dogs: •Helps locate a lost dog with GPS tracking. Uses advanced GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi and cellular data to bring dog’s location to your smart phone. Receive a notification if they leave home unexpectedly and use app to quickly track them down with location updates on…