If you read Part I of the Reading Labels article (and we hope you did), you probably wondered what else we could possibly have said on the subject. Hopefully, after reading this concluding chapter you understand why we begat this magnum opus… and also why we could have said even more! Continue Reading
Pets are more than just pretty animals on display in a cage or aquarium. One of Total Pet’s missions is to show what we can learn from their presence in our lives if we just take the time to observe their behaviors.
A bark to bark introspective by Beckett Smith
1. Humor Them
They expect nothing of you. Understand that to them, you’re just a bulldog. Use this knowledge to your advantage. See it from their perspective: you have genetic tendencies to develop hip dysphasia, cherry eye, skin allergies, Demodex, kneecap dislocation, heat stroke, sleep apnea, infected wrinkles, potential weight problems, and periodic bouts of lethargy and malaise. So what? It’s not as if you’ll develop all of those things. Little do they know that you can outmuscle and bulldoze over just about anyone or anything at will. You know this; they do not. Exploit this knowledge.
DNA research suggests that ferrets first appeared in domestication around 2,500 years ago; the oldest known ferret fossil remains are dated at 1,500 years ago. No matter from which date you choose to start, the ferret’s journey to pet stardom was a long trip indeed. Used domestically for many activities including hunting and guarding grain stores, the ferret didn’t gain the full measure of domestic comforts until the 1960s when they started to become a kind of novelty or celebrity pet. Dick Smothers and David Carradine were members of this fledgling ferret club. In more recent years, the ferret has made notable appearances in the Harry Potter universe and the film The Big Lebowski. Continue Reading
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