If you’ve ever been licked by a cat, you’ve experienced the roughness of the tongue, almost like sandpaper. A cat’s tongue is covered with barbs called papillae that face backwards and cause the rough sensation. The barbs are made of seratin, a substance found in human fingernails. The barbs serve a number of purposes. Cats […]
There is an old song that entreats “Don’t Fence Me In.” But in the case of our dogs, we’ve rewritten it to read “do fence me in.” Even dogs that have been trained well and seemingly never disobey boundary limits may at some point decide to run off. You don’t want to take the chance […]
Amazing Gracie – a Dog’s Tale by Dan Dye & Mark Beckloff This is a delightfully written story about two caring, compassionate young men who love their dogs. Gracie, an albino puppy Great Dane, deaf and partially blind, is saved from certain death to go on to become a symbol for all that’s good in […]
