The Petside Digest: This Week's Must-Reads

How To Train Almost Anything: Today's Woof Training a pet is always harder than it sounds. Today's Woof provides some helpful tips on how to concentrate on behaviors and 'capture' them. By utilizing these opportunities you can teach your dog (or pretty much any other animal) how to perform those behaviors on cue. It's a great way to teach your pet simple things that are already part of their repertoire in order to prepare them for those more complicated commands. There's also a video showing you exactly how to do it! 5 Ways to Winterize Your Pets: K9 Chronicles It's getting to that time of year again...when we drag out the winter coats and snuggle up to a hot cup of tea before bed. But what about our four-legged friends? They may have a natural warm coat but don't you just feel for them in cold weather, especially when there's no other protection for them from the cold weather? K9 Chronicles has come up with five ways to winterize your pets to make things more comfortable for them come winter. Pit Bull Rehabilitation: Life With Dogs An estimated 16,000 dogs are killed each year in the US due to dog fighting. Instead of law enforcement, one animal rights group is trying something different by turning dog fighters into dog lovers. The Pit Bull rehabilitation program aims to prevent the disgusting money-making practice of dog fighting. Life With Dogs has a link to the video on their blog. Friday Laughs: Pets Jubilee A little light humor never went astray. Pets Jubilee has posted a few funny photos of animals saying the darndest things. Adoptable Pet of the Week: Sadie Sadie (pictured) is a cuddly black kitten at the Animal Humane Society of Golden Valley, MN. She's a lovely girl who's already spayed, litterbox trained, and looking for a loving home! Click here for more info. Image Source: Adopt a Pet