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I am here again to talk about toys. Unfortunately the occasion is not so playful. Unfortunately it is in fact of the nth operation to remove a stone from a dog’s intestine. Dogs, as I wrote many times, are social animals and therefore they love playing to reinforce the links with the herd even using objects/toys to do mimic innate behaviors. The most evident one is the so called game of “predation”. Our dog takes in his mouth the toy…
My first cat’s name was Funny, a black and white female that my father gave me as a present on the occasion of a surgical operation of my mum. She should have stayed a few days in the hospital and he thought that the emptiness of her absence would be filled by that small being that needed love. And it was. Funny was “mine, only mine” and we grew up together in symbiosis for 18 years. During this long time…
Polyuria and polydpsia are the medical terms that indicate the unnatural and excessive increase in the emission of urine and the sensation of thirst that pusher drinking a lot, by causing a harmful circuit for the balance of the organism or highlighting running pathologies. But when you need to worry when noting this not normal behavior? The sensation of thirst is ruled by the combined work of the pituitary, a small gland inside the brain that controls the status of…
During a veterinary visit we often ask for what kind of food the animal we are visiting usually has and if he may eat a lot grass. The question can sound as off, but it isn’t. In fact the answer is very often positive both for cats and dogs, though these last ones are strictly carnivore. The reasons why our pets do that are several and some, I admit it, are still unknown to us human. However animals instinctively recognize…
“Dogs are like chips, one calls the other” this is written on a t-shirt of mine that is in my wardrobe and in my case this is true! “ Not satisfied with 3 shades of Labrador: honey, chocolate and black – besides of Chanel, our mythical Dachshund – in an October afternoon “ ball of fur” arrives as well. Something more than a 3 months years old and something bigger than a Labrador adult carried on his arms by my…
When she was 7, Celeste had a bad illness that solved itself then well, but that has caused some trawlings like some insecurity and sleepwalking. After about one year the doctor was convinced that only one thing could help Celeste: an unconditional love, only for her to help her to “ face “ the night. She thinks about a pupply, only hers, to sleep with her too. We think of a kitten, but the doctor says that the cat is…
