Featured Articles
A kitten or a cat? Domestic or purebred? Short-haired or long-haired?
Once you adopt a cat, she'll be part of your family for up to 20 years. How do you choose a kitten or cat from all the felines waiting to be adopted? Read more about choosing a cat or kitten.
They work in difficult working conditions — in the aftermath of avalanches, earthquakes, and other disasters. They track scents in thick bush and even in water. Their will to work and their anticipation of praise keeps them pushing their powerful noses through wilderness and rubble to find victims, dead or alive.
We call it work, but to dogs, perhaps it's an advanced version of ball toss. Search and rescue (SAR) dogs thrive on the challenges and the rewards. Read more about search and rescue dogs.
In our monthly pet photo contest, we give away a prize to the person who submits the winning photo and to a randomly selected voter. See the pet photo contest page for details.
• November's winning photo: "Bubby," submitted by Amanda of Chatham, New Jersey.
• November's random voter winner: Jeremiah, with an email address ending in hotmail.com.
If you're one of the above winners, please email Service@OdorDestroyer.com via the address you submitted your photo or voted with to claim your prize.
Headline News
It may soon be possible to monitor your pet over the Internet — and transmit soothing strokes that your pet can actually feel. Read more....
Banking on a recent pet boom in Japan, the Pet Inn Royal at Tokyo's Narita International Airport has 170 luxury rooms to accommodate cats, dogs, rabbits, hamsters, and other small animals. Its 24-hour staff includes veterinary and grooming services, and the hotel has an exercise field. Read more....
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Tip of the Month
Protect Your Pet from Winter Cold
Cold temperatures and the accompanying weather can cause discomfort to our pets as well as to us. It can also be life-threatening. Adjust to the elements with your pets, and they'll be safer and healthier.
For tips on protecting your pets in cold weather, see the Odor Destroyer article Protecting Your Pet from Winter Cold.
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• Cats and Stress
• A Rabbit for a Pet?
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Notable Quotable
"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men."
- St. Francis of Assisi
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