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First Time Pet Owner: Preparing Mentally
Is becoming a first time pet owner occupying all kinds of awesome daydreams at the moment? Is your work ending up on the backburner while you Google puppies and/or kittens instead? Does imagining being a pet parent make the coffee taste even better? If you’re getting ready to take the
Introducing Your Kitten and Cat for the First Time
Kitten and cat first time introductions are crucial to get right. In other words, they form the bedrock of a feline love story (friendship or romance) or of a lifelong rivalry. And for a cat lifelong is anything from 10-15 years. That’s a potential 15 years with two cute felines turned
How to Stop a Kitten Scratching Furniture
Is your new kitten scratching furniture to his heart’s content? Your new pet might be adorable, but that leather living room suite deserves better. Though it’s a really frustrating habit, there are ways to tackle your kitten’s scratching problem. Here are some tips you can use to save your furniture
Adoptable Dog Café: Interview with The Barkery
Adoptable dog café The Barkery is Ōtautahi’s first of its kind. The soon-to-open indoor/outdoor café is somewhere humans and dogs can connect and socialise. It’s also a safe environment for rescue dogs to meet their forever parents and find a new home. Jack Penniket and Ally Mullord are the owners and together
5 Ways To Show Your Pet You Love Them This Valentine’s Day
Love is in the air! With the world’s most loved-up day of celebration just around the corner, we’re swapping the roses and chocolates for chicken and catnip. Because our real true loves are the pets. If you want to spoil your furbaby, here’s how you can show your pet you
One or Two Kittens – Which is Best?
Unlike puppies, kittens – especially from the same litter – can usually be homed in pairs without any problems. If you’re pondering the ‘one or two kittens?’ question, then this article is for you. Lots of cat fanatics consider more than one kitten when they’re looking to buy or adopt
COVID-19 Vaccination for Pets: What You Need to Know
COVID-19 vaccination for pets – is this something pet parents may need to start considering? It’s a question being raised by scientists and vets alike, and research has already begun. What we know for sure is that pets and other animals do get the virus. To date, although people have
COVID-19 in Animals: Pet Safety During Pandemic
COVID-19 in animals is something we’ve all heard about. As pet parents, we may be wondering if this poses a threat to our pet. Can animals get coronavirus? And is there a vaccine for pets? After all, humans first contracted the virus from an animal (which means it can jump
Cats Sitting on Laptops – What Gives?
Why are cats so…weird? Analysing what our cats are doing, or thinking….or plotting (!) has been a favourite pastime of pet parents since, well, forever! But with so many of us taking to our home desks during the last year, it’s become more apparent than ever that there’s one thing
How Do You Teach Your Puppy To Walk On A Lead?
Ever seen those people walking their dogs where everything looks so…. controlled? Serene? Pleasant? How do they do that? If your walks have always been more like a speed run with the added bonus of a serious upper arm workout, fear not. Anyone can teach their puppy to walk on