Keeping Pets Healthy and Happy through the Fall and Winter Months

Mom!!! Are you trying to say I'm fat??? I don't think I like mom reading these blog things... 

So mom was reading a blog post recently from the Blogpaws Community about keeping pets happy and healthy in the fall/winter months.  Here is the message:

It’s September and that means falling leaves and autumn scents are in the air. Soon, the temps will fall and the days will get shorter. As dedicated pet parents, you know our pets will go through changes as well.

Fall weather means cooler nights, crisper days, and pets who need to be protected from a variety of things: From ticks and fleas to keeping in shape as outdoor time lessens. Do you know if your pet is the perfect weight?

What? I AM perfect just the way I am! Ignore the fat tummy! 

Our friends at Hill’s^® encourage you and your pet to #GetHealthyHappy and share tips with your readers so their pets are healthy and happy, too!

Here are three tips to keep your pet at the perfect weight as we head into fall:

• Create indoor games to play with pets as the thermometer drops outside
• Visit the vet for a post summer and pre winter checkup and talk with your vet about ways to stay active in cooler weather
• Is your pet’s food nutritionally balanced? Nutrient excesses and deficiencies can lead to health problems. Hill's Science Diet offers a variety of formulated diets to help with many different health conditions. They have diets for dogs that can help manage weight, oral health, and mobility. For cats, Hill's Science Diet offers food to help manage weight, oral health, and even hairballs. 

You mean kitties get to go outside? Sisfur Mia and I only get deck time occasionally! We want to know what this outside world is!!! (With exception to my venture outside after our horrible fire in 2012 I haven't been outside much.) 

CJ enjoying some deck time.

Mia enjoying some deck time.

I don't really play much anymore. Mia likes to play though. Mom will throw her a toy to chase or wave some wand toys around for her to chase. I might play for a minute or 2 and then I call it quits. I don't mind watching Mia run around the place though! She's more youthful than me....

We aren't going to talk about the V. E. T. I know if mom gets the carrier out that means a trip to the V. E. T. I don't even want to think about that place! 

Mom does make sure we eat good, healthy food. Science Diet has been part of our routine for quite a while. We have even learned to share...

I let Mia lick the sauce up first then I scoop in for the good stuff (meat!). Oh and mom said to ignore the dirty floor.

Thanks for providing these great tips BlogPaws Community and Hill’s^®!

For more information about cat care please visit Hill’s^® at: http://www.hillspet.com/cat-care.html.

Lazy Caturday

Dangit mom can't you do anything right?!? Mom didn't notice until today (Monday) that my handsome picture didn't upload when she posted Lazy Caturday! Grr... where can I get a reliable typist???

Just me and my shadow (it was early this morning when I woke mom up to feed me. How dare she let my bowl get half empty!). And Sisfur Mia is around here somewhere... Probably hiding under a blankie...

Happy Lazy Caturday pals!

Happy Birthday to my human!

Thankful Thursday

We are thankful for... nom, nom, nom.

Oh and mom says not to pay attention to the dirty floor! Have a good day pals!

Caturday Fun!

I jumped in the shower with mom (she knows not to shut the bathroom door or she will have unhappy kitties!). I'm now a very wet kitty! Mia just sat on the toilet seat and watched the fun...

Happy Caturday pals! Stay dry!

One Word Wednesday

Spaghetti!

KCFD receives pet oxygen mask donation

I am so happy to hear that the Kansas City Fire Department received a donation of pet size oxygen masks. The mask comes in a kit with three sizes to fit more snugly on a dog or cats face. These kits make it easier to provide oxygen for pets during an emergency as human masks don't generally fit very well.

To read the full story about the donation follow this link:

http://www.kshb.com/lifestyle/pets/kansas-city-fire-department-will-start-using-pet-oxygen-masks-tuesday

The donation to KCFD was made by Blue Springs resident Sheila Turner. The Invisible Fence Company helped facilitate Turner's donation. The Invisible Fence Company to date has donated 10,000 pet masks to fire departments nationwide. To learn more about Invisible Fence Company's Project Breathe program click here. 

Nationwide, 40,000 pets dies in house fires each year. Pets also start around 1,000 fires each year by accidentally knocking over candles or accidentally turning on stoves by knocking into dials according to the National Fire Association. For more information about fire safely read my blog post from earlier this month. There are some great tips on there!  

Even though I was saved with a human size oxygen mask I am so glad to hear pet size masks are getting on more and more fire department trucks! Thank you to Sheila and others who have donated pet size oxygen masks to help save pets lives!