Those odd-looking creatures without fur are really cats and dogs. They have all the usual parts and characteristics of their species but are without hair. How did they get that way? Hairlessness in cats and dogs is actually a genetic defect. At some point in time, breeders took advantage of this defect and created hairless […]
Fly-snapping syndrome or as it is also known, fly-biting syndrome, is of special interest to me as one of my dogs appears to have the syndrome. Murphy, my pittie mix, will sometimes stare at one of her paws and then lick or bite it as though something is there annoying her. At first I assumed […]
Not all white cats are deaf. And white cats are not albino. Due to lack of pigmentation, an albino cat will have pink eyes and be sensitive to light. White cats have genes that carry color. But they have another gene that causes masking of the color. This means that all colors are covered or […]
