Posted by admin | Posted in Pets & Animals | Posted on 17-03-2011
Studies have shown that regularly petting a dog brings a person the following benefits: Lower blood pressure Lower cholesterol Lower risk of heart disease Improvement in chronic illnesses (such as Alzheimer’s or AIDS) Improvement in emotional condition — easing of stress, sadness, and pain. A lot of that is common knowledge.
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Posted by admin | Posted in Home & Family | Posted on 30-04-2010
Cats need to knead. Nobody knows much about why cats do anything. There are many notions but few dependable facts. The usual suspects are: The cat is reverting to kitten behavior in which the mother is not producing an immediate supply of milk and the kneading opens the gates. Seems reasonable and likely. I have many cats. Actually I have two, they just seem like many.
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Posted by admin | Posted in Home & Family | Posted on 16-02-2010
I don’t know why I thought I could get away with it. When my cat “Bear” jumped onto my lap expecting his morning petting session, I wondered if THIS time I could get away with reading the newspaper while giving him a few off-hand, preoccupied strokes. “Heh, heh”, I thought. “I’ll start by giving him my full attention but then I’ll sneak my paper in when he’s not looking.
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