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‘They’re excellent at masking’: Author explains how to help pets with anxiety

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Author and animal communicator Joan Ranquet says a technique based on Chinese medicine can help pets deal with emotional stress. Ranquet said that animals can have emotional responses just like humans. “We don’t necessarily recognize it because they’re excellent at masking,” she told CTV News. “Moving into a new house, getting a new boyfriend or girlfriend, divorce, even bringing in a roommate, bringing in another animal, all of these things definitely can contribute,” Ranquet said. Some of the signs to watch for, according to Ranquet, include a variety of unwanted behaviors. “If they start digging or even licking their paws,…
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More people in Windsor are surrendering their pets after struggling to afford them

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More people than ever are turning to Feeding Windsor-Essex’s pet food bank as inflation hits grocery bills hard for humans and pet food. And local organizations say the number of people who’ve had to surrender their pets because of rising costs has more than doubled in the last three years. “Some people come here, [they say] ‘We haven’t got enough money to live on,” said Darlene Druer, a volunteer at the local pet food bank. “‘But our animals have to have food.” “They don’t care about themselves, they care about the animals.” The pet food bank first started about five…
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‘Smaller than an ice-lolly stick’: Chihuahua crowned the world’s shortest dog

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A two-year-old chihuahuas who is smaller than an ice-lolly stick has been crowned the world’s shortest dog. Pearl the chihuahua, who was born in Florida, took the Guinness World Record after measuring 9.14cm (3.59in) in height and 12.7cm (5in) in length. She is a relative of the previous record holder, Miracle Milly, who died in 2020 before Pearl was born – Pearl is the daughter of one of Milly’s identical sisters. When she was born Pearl weighed just 28g. Pearl’s owner, Vanesa Semler, told Guinness World Records she feels “blessed to have her”, adding: “And to have this unique opportunity…
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Toymaker makes stuffed replicas of dead pets for grieving owners in the Philippines

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Anyone who has seen one of their beloved pets pass away knows the empty space that it leaves behind and the feeling of wanting them once more by your side. A toymaker in the Philippines has come up with the perfect solution that sees pet owners reunited with life-like replicas of their treasured animals. David Tan and his team of 20 employees create ‘stuffed animal clones’ using wire, stuffing and artificial fur at the Pampanga Teddy Bear Factory in Angeles City, 85km from the capital, Manila. The fur is airbrushed to recreate the colours and markings of the animals. Tan…
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All in Advent Window 23! – Be That Dog!

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All In Adventist December 23, it’s christmas Eve eve! We hope all this kindness has made you believe! But today just in case you are still undecided, this window will make you uncertain no more! For this special window note the kindness others show, especially those strangers you do not even know. The kindness of strangers is a special kind of generosity because it really seems to expect nothing in return. This kind of kindness is genuine empathy and compassion, which is the best kind of network you can log into. And that’s why the sharing part of this window…
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All in Advent Window 24! – Be That Dog!

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All In Adventist December 24, the last window of all. Tomorrow is Christmas when Santa does call. But before that is the window that’s most special of all, it’s the window to forgive the big and the small. This may be the biggest window of all. To forgive someone may be one of the greatest challenges we face. But it may also be one of the biggest kindnesses we can give. Especially to ourselves. Forgiveness is itself a kind of window and, once opened, can release a lot of the things we are really better off letting fly into the…
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Animal lovers flock Joshimath to tend to abandoned pets | Dehradun News

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DEHRADUN: When Sanjay Mohapatra reached Joshimath on the afternoon of January 21, he found that a family who was rushing to a safer location in Pipalkoti was abandoning their dog in Singhdhar. The dog is now being looked after by Mohapatra, an animal lover, and his team. Mohapatra is in Joshimath with his team of 11, including two veterinary doctors and two para-veterinary staff and other animal lovers, who have come 493km away from Delhi to the town. Dogs, left behind by the owners & bothered by the emptiness of town, start to get aggressiveMohapatra was not the only one…
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Canada Day fireworks: How to protect pets

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As communities in BC prepare to mark Canada Day with festivities and fireworks, animal advocates are reminding the public to be mindful of the impact on animals. “It’s a terrifying experience for an animal because we have to realize that they don’t know what’s going on and they hear loud bangs,” Charlotte Ellice of the BC SPCA told CTV News. She said every year, animals end up hurt and run away from home after being scared by the explosive noise. “There are animals that are injured. There’s a high increase in strays that find their way into centers who have…
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