Cat & Dog Behavior & Care Advice
Amy Shojai, CABC, Pet Expert & Award-Winning Author
DWAA Hall of Fame & AVMA Veterinary Media Award Winner
Why Cats Fight! What to Do About Cat Fighting
How do you stop a cat fight? And how do you know if the cat fighting turns serious—rather than just kitten play? Shadow-Pup thinks it’s great fun to chase and wrestle with Karma-Kat. We supervise, of course, and interrupt the play should one or the other object.
There are many kinds of cat aggression, and many are perfectly normal behaviors. Certainly, it’s not fair to you or the cats to allow cats to fight. Learn how to recognize the potential and reasons behind cat aggression and fighting cats, and what you can do.
Shakespeare Goes to the Dogs
Karma has been miffed he’s been left home in the evenings while I rehearse for the first annual Shakespeare In The Grove production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” It’s free to the public and performed at 7:30 pm outdoors at Pecan Grove Park these next two weekends,...
Taking A Breather
I need your understanding, Sweet Peeps. After several years of blogging three times a week, along with the weekly newspaper columns and the 8+ monthly articles for puppies.about.com, my frazzle-icity has reached new heights. Or is that depths? More likely a brick...
Cheap Thrills: Karma’s New Toy
I think Magic is truly put out by what the Karma-Kitten gets away with, all in the name of cute-icity. What do you think? Do you have a "double standard" and some of the fur-kids are allowed to do certain things while others are not? Am I a bad pet mom? (Hey, it is...
National Pet Week!
Well, here at Shojai Central, it's all about the pets 24/7/365. But in case you needed an excuse, this week has been named in honor of pets. My friends at PET360 have even got a special deal going: How do you celebrate National Pet Week? I'm curious how many of y'all...
Cats Under Attack! TNR, TB, Toxo & Talkback
Hating cats, and especially hating feral cats has become a hot topic. No, I don't mean my cats have turned on me, although Seren and Karma have yet to call a truce. Actually, the past week or so has been filled with an array of articles, posts, and flame-war...
STRAYS THE MUSICAL STAGED READING PERFORMANCE
Tonight our cast gathers at a recording studio to create a cast album of the songs from STRAYS, THE MUSICAL. Stay tuned--I'll post some samples here on the blog as soon as they're available! TOMORROW NIGHT is the big day! Saturday at 7:00 pm, please join us for the...
Jessie Stephens, Mentor & Friend
Last week the pet writing world lost a friend, and left our community deeply saddened. Now I've lost another friend, Jessie Stephens, and my heart is broken. As y'all know, writing is a very lonely profession--perhaps not so much now as when I first started out as a...
Marion Lane, Retired Person–A New Star Is Born
I write this through tears, having just received a note that Marion Lane died suddenly Monday night of complications from congestive heart failure. I didn't know she was ill. The pet-writing world is stunned in its surprise and grief. My deepest sympathies to...
STRAYS, THE MUSICAL!
Today's blog is late because honestly, I didn't know this news would come so quickly and I wasn't prepared. Karma thinks he should be our spokes-cat. I'm so very pleased to announce that our next show STRAYS, THE MUSICAL is ready! As some of y'all will recall, our...
Awards
CWA Muse Medallion Award
Dog Writers Association of America Maxwell Award
Fear Free Certified
CWA Muse Medallion Award
Cat Writers Muse Medallion Awards
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