Slightly feral cat not adjusting well to new home
Dear Cathy, We recently adopted a 2-1/2-year-old orange tabby cat from our local TNR rescue. He was rescued as a […]
Cats, Fearful Pets, Feral cats
Dogs, Fearful Pets, Training Dogs
Breaking the habit of growling at visitors at the front door
Dear Cathy, My dog, a Yorkie-Pekinese mix, barks at every noise he hears. He goes into a frenzy when someone
Cats, Grooming
Strange cat loves to eat his clipped toe nails
Dear Cathy, I must have the strangest cat in world. I take out nail clippers, call him and he comes
Dogs, Leashing pets
Approaching neighbors about leash laws
Dear Cathy, In the Newsday column on July 16, 2018, a woman from Illinois complained about her neighbor having her
Cats
Cat’s nocturnal nature and getting some sleep
Dear Cathy, In regard to the woman whose cat keeps her up all night, the only thing that worked for
Dogs, Fearful Pets
Socializing and training a fearful dog
Dear Cathy, My dog, Major, is a rescue who was 18 weeks old when we got him and is almost
Dogs, Fearful Pets
How do you clean a dog who is afraid of a bath?
Dear Cathy, Our eight-year-old dog, Shea, has never liked getting wet, but has tolerated being bathed and getting wet to
Dogs, Rescues and Adoptees
Possible reasons dog has become a hoarder
Dear Cathy, We have a nine-year-old, 14-pound female dog named Bernie. We believe her parents were Bichons. We brought Bernie
Cats, Pets
Understanding your cat’s sound world (Music hath charms…)
Dear Cathy, I recently adopted two small kittens and am curious to know if keeping a clock ticking near where
Dogs, Neighbors and the neighborhood
Neighbors and pets
Dear Cathy, I am a very responsible pet owner. I currently have two small breed dogs, a 13-year-old toy Rat