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Petside.com's Top Ten Pet Movies of All Time- 9

Petside.com's Top Ten Pet Movies of All Time
Petside.com's Top Ten Pet Movies of All Time- 10

Petside.com's ranking of the Top Ten pet movies of all time. This list includes the funniest, saddest and all-around best pet movies ever made. Read on to see if your favorite made the list!
Petside.com's Top Ten Pet Movies of All Time

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Coping with Loss Pt. 1: Diagnosis and Care

Learning that your pet has a terminal illness can be devastating for a family. Working with a veterinarian you trust to confirm the diagnosis is the first step.
Coping with Loss Pt. 2: Pet's Passing

The word euthanasia, meaning good death, makes people wince. Ending a pet's life is a difficult and personal choice. Families caring for a suffering pet can get help in deciding whether and when to make this choice, and support afterwards.
Coping with Loss Pt. 3: Recovery and Grieving

Grieving and recovery from the loss of a pet applies to the entire family: adults, children and other pets. "A pet's death hurts so much because pets are a source of unconditional love and appreciation. When a pet dies, we lose a part of ourselves," says Enid Traisman,M.S.W., C.T, C.F.S., and Director, DoveLewis Pet Loss Support Group.
Pets on an Island Paradise

Pets play important roles in peoples' lives across the world, even in a paradise like the Cook Islands. The rise of tourism on the Cook Islands has created a need to make some changes in the way island companion animals live. Access to veterinary care has been a key component in that change, but veterinary care is not what you imagine from your experiences with veterinary clinics in North America.
Boomerang Cats

If you have a "boomerang cat" you certainly recognize this scenario: Kitty jumps in your lap while you're working, you put her down, she's right back up seconds later. Put her down, she's back up. Cat down, cat back. But there's hope for attention hungry kitties! Read on to find out how to keep this cat behavior from, er....coming back.
Taking the Labor out of Pet Pregnancies

Unless they are breeders, most people spay or neuter their pets to avoid pregnancy. But if they wait too long, or miscalculate a pet's age, they might be faced with a pregnant pet. Taking the proper steps during a pregnancy will make the situation less stressful for owners and pets alike. Read on for tips on caring for your pregnant pet.
Canine Vaccinations: A Shot in the Bark

Getting annual boosters for your dog is just part of being a good owner, right? Well, some veterinary scientists asked why dogs have annual boosters when people's vaccines lasted a lifetime, and new research has shown surprising results! Read on to learn about the latest studies and find out how often your dog really needs his booster shots.
Operation Baghdad Pups

There's good news for U.S. soldiers who have befriended stray dogs or cats during their duty tours in the Middle East. Up until now, it was almost impossible for soldiers to safely bring their 'adopted' animals home. Now thanks to SPCA International, some soldiers will be able to bring their beloved companions home. Click to read more about the new program "Operation Baghdad Pups."
Create the Ideal Litter Box Environment

If you could ask your cat what he thinks about his litter box, what would he tell you? One of the best ways to reduce your cat's stress level is to provide her with an ideal litter box environment that mimics the outdoors such as multiple sites to choose from, ideal litter scent and texture, and a safe location. Read more to find out how to give your cat the ideal litter box enviroment.
Pets with Disabilities Series: Blind Pets

Most happy pet owners struggle with housetraining the dog, or keeping the cat from scratching the couch. It is easy to take for granted the things that they can do, like hearing or seeing, while correcting or learning to endure the things they cannot, namely obeying a few basic commands.
Pets with Disabilities Series: Deaf Pets

When you stop and consider how similar animals are to humans, their capacity for love, their ingenuity (usually when food is involved), their survival instincts and intuition about people, it should come as no surprise that in the face of adapting to a challenge like hearing loss or deafness in an animal, one of our greatest resources for understanding their new needs and recognizing the extent of their capabilities lies in the fundamental realities of life as a deaf adult, who can see, move, think, love, laugh and thrive as well as anyone else.
Pets with Disabilities Series: 2- or 3-legged Pets

Pet owners fondly refer to their animals as their four-legged friends, but sometimes they come with only two or three functioning limbs. Sometimes animals start out with four, and then accident or illness results in paralysis or sufficient damage to render some of the legs useless.
Feline Sense Series: All Ears

Okay, face it . . . cats are cute and those little triangular ears perched atop their heads are merely icing on the furry cake. But those ears are not just pretty decorations; they are a powerful set of investigative tools used by felines to hear what humans would find unimaginable. They can hear extremely high as well as extremely low frequencies. In other words, in the art of hearing, a cat's ears are an astonishing machine.
Feline Sense Series: Touchy Feely

Whenever you touch your cat, you may not realize that the skin underneath all that fur is quite sensitive. And the fur that covers kitty is specialized sensory hairs. Researchers have not figured out much regarding how the hairs on kitty's body are used except for the whiskers - who many people do not even realize constitutes itself as a type of hair on felines.
Feline Sense Series: A Matter of Taste

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Feline Sense Series: Nosing Around

For the felis catus - the scientific name for domesticated or house cats - all of the feline senses are rather acute, but their sense of smell is perhaps its main source for identifying individuals, objects and prey in its surroundings. Read on to learn more about how your cat's sense of smell impacts their day to day world.
Feline Sense Series: Anatomy of a Cat Eye

It's a myth that cats can see in complete darkness. The part of the feline's retina called the "tapetum lucidum," acts like a reflector in the eye and bounces light to the back of the retina, thus the appearance of "glowing" eyes which a cat exhibits at night when their eyes are struck with a beam of light, such as car headlights.