Knowing Your Pet

In 1961, photos were taken of cats and their owners lined up waiting for auditions in Hollywood.

Check them out: Auditions for black cats in 1961

If your cat is scratching your furniture and you don’t know what to do about it, click on the link below to get some useful tips.

How to Stop Your Cat From Scratching Furniture

Here is a really cute cartoon by animator, Simon Tofield:

Microchips for puppies will soon be a necessary part of dog ownership in England. This is to control the dangerous dog issue that is becoming quite a problem.

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According to Dispatch.com, the new DogTV channel seems to be quite a hit with dogs that stay home all day. Some of their favorite shows are SpongeBob SquarePants, and animals shows.

The DogTV marketing head, Beke Lubeach, commented, “They love watching other dogs being active on the screen, and other animals.” He also added that their most popular animals are birds, monkeys and zebras.

Click here to read the rest of the story. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2012/04/19/dogs-like-to-watch-spongebob-on-tv.html

DogTV is a different type of television programming just for dogs. This on-demand TV will entertain your dog when you are unable to. It is commercial and rerun free and the cost is only $4.99 a month. For owners that are at work all day, this could be the ultimate solution to keep your dogs out of trouble.

Read the full article here: Dog TV: Cable Channel Designed For Dogs Left At Home

Dogs love sticking their heads out of car windows. Is it because they like to feel the breeze on their faces or maybe they like the scenery.

Click here to find out another theory.

Can you teach your cat tricks? I would never have believed it if I hadn’t seen these videos. I’m sure you will be convinced too after you check them out on mnn.com.

Click here to see more videos: Mother Nature Network.

As reported on their website, the Widener University Art Gallery is holding an exhibit from April 10 to May 12. The main focus is on families from Philadelphia who were affected when the Titanic went down. We are often informed of the horrific ordeal that the passengers and crew went through, but we seldom hear of the dogs on the Titanic and what happened to them that fateful day. This exhibit includes information that was found regarding pets.

There were approximately 12 dogs, only three of which survived – two Pomeranians and one Pekingese, all from first class. There is also information about some that perished.

For more details, go to the Widener website.