August 2009 Archives

Cat on The Bus

By Steven P on August 31, 2009 5:23 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks
Casper-bus-traveling-cat.jpgA cat has become such a well-known user of a Devon (England) bus service, that its drivers know where to let him off.

Casper, the former shelter cat,  has been queuing with other passengers to get the number three service from his home in Plymouth for months, according to the bus company "First".

Casper's owner Susan Finden, who has had him since 2002, said he had always been a free spirit.

Mrs Finden said she named her pet after Casper the Friendly Ghost, as he has a habit of wandering off. I don't know what the attraction is but he loves big vehicles like lorries and buses she said.


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Shop With Confidence at VetShopOnline.com

By Steven P on August 26, 2009 4:27 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks
As most of our customers know, while we proudly serve customers in the USA and throughout the world, our head office and main distribution facility is in Australia (that's one of the reasons our prices are so cheap!).  Well, we're pleased to days that Australia has just been named as one of the safest countries in which to do business, according to global raiting agency Dun & Bradstreet's Global Risk Indicator.

Australia, along with Canada, Norway and Switzerland, achieved the highest ratings on the indicator, and had one of the most stable risk profiles. Just another reason why you can shop for your pet meds and other animal health products with confidence at VetShopOnline.com :)





Owners that Look Like Dogs

By Steven P on August 23, 2009 7:00 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks
Proving something a lot of us had suspected for a long time, scientists from Bath Spa University (UK) have proven that people are drawn to pets with similar looks.

blonde.jpgIn the study, participants were shown pictures of dog owners and asked to guess whether that person owned a labrador, poodle or staffordshire bull terrier. The participants got the answer right almost twice as often as would be expected by chance.
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US Dog and Cat Numbers on Increase

By Steven P on August 14, 2009 5:28 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks
So exactly how many dogs are there in the USA? How many cats are there in the US? No one knows for sure just how many dogs and cats call the United States home, but recent estimates published in Science Daily, suggest that there are more than 71 million pet dogs and 81 million pet cats in the United States!

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The number of dogs and cats represents a significant increase in recent times, with previous estimates suggesting that in 2001, there were  61 million dogs and 70 million cats. That's an increase of 16% in the number of dogs and cats in US households in just a few years.


Children Understand Dogs from Early Age

By Steven P on August 4, 2009 4:51 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks
So do dogs and very small kids really have a special affinity? If you ask my wife, she would say they do. I myself wasn't so sure - as dog lovers, maybe it's just us seeing what we want to see. I wanted scientific proof. It looks like now we have it!

dog-and-baby2.jpgNew research from Brigham Young University shows that children as young as  6 months old do understand dogs. The research shows that 6 month olds can match the sounds of an angry snarl and a friendly yap to photos of dogs displaying threatening and welcoming body language, even if they have little or no previous exposure to dogs!
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