A Michael Broad Blog
This is one reason why cats are better than dogs. I fully realise that dogs in some respects are better than cats. This is about dog poop. Here are 6 points about dog poop: In the UK, people have to pick up dog poop under bylaws. You see it all the time; owners wearily …
According to a small study of six cats carried out in Hungary and published in the journal Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, xylitol is not poisonous to cats (the study is listed at the base of the page with comment). The study was published in June 2018 and up to that point it wasn’t clear …
Paul ‘Pen’ Farthing and cats and dogs were evacuated from Kabul Airport at 4:30 PM Saturday 28th August. Please read on. This is a quick note about the rapid Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and what might ensue. The truth is we don’t know for sure because their history is frankly appalling in terms of …
I have to be tough on the way the question has been asked in the title. Firstly, all cats do not look the same. There are some cats which have been bred to extreme which I mention below. Secondly, dogs do have a wider range of appearances but they are all brothers under the …
You have to believe that this dog knew exactly what he was doing when he decided to karate kick a cat with whom he was playing. It is an aggressive kick but it looks like play fighting to me. It appears that the dog used his intelligence to figure out that if he wanted …
A recent YouGov poll has found that companion animal guardians (a.k.a. pet owners) are almost split down the middle with 51% living with a dog or dogs and 47% cohabiting with a cat or cats. An interesting finding of the poll is perhaps unsurprising when you think about it. We know that wild dogs …
Yes and no. Munchkin cats are dwarf cats: normally pedigree cats with short legs and normal bodies. The dog equivalent is the Dachshund. This dwarfism in companion animals is caused by an inherited dominant, genetic mutation. Mutations occur all the time in nature which is why humans evolved. Genetic mutations are entirely natural. On …
The title might upset cat lovers but they should not be because it is the findings of a study. Studies are not gospel truth. Far from it often. And the researchers have cautioned that more research is needed. The lead author of this study is Dr Robert Yolken, a professor at John Hopkin’s children’s …
