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I like to take my dog for a jog in the morning, but on darker or cloudy days, we’re less visible.  I want to make sure that my dog gets out of the house, but I don’t want to risk his safety, which is why I purchased a dog safety vest for him.  Similar to the vests worn by construction workers and crossing guards, this bright orange vest has reflective tape and can be seen in the dark and foggy mornings.

Now when we go out, I don’t have to worry about either one of us getting hurt due to low visibility.

Lift the cat litter box and tilt it toward the back. Shake the box gently up and down. You should see urine balls emerge and float toward the top. Repeat this step, lifting the box and shaking a few times but this time at the opposite end. At this point, the majority of the waste is now on the surface and available for easy removal. If shaking the box causes the litter to throw off a lot of dust, skip this step. The dustiness of the litter will depend on the brand and quality that you buy.

Remove clumps from the edges. All too often you’ll find a clump of litter cemented to the box. This stuff is clay and it sticks well. Do not attempt to scrape this mess off. It will fall into crumbs that are impossible to remove with a scoop and will contaminate your litter and the box will stink of urine no matter what. This is important - keep the pee balls intact to the extent possible. Here’s the trick: remove the cemented waste by lifting the box so that you can tap on the outside of the box and knock off the cling on in one piece. If you have a liner, pull on it so that the clump turns on its side and falls off of the plastic.

Scoop waste into a zip bag, zip close, then put into a small trash can with a lid. Take out with the trash. You will never have a smell or the mess of a spill.

Replenish the litter. Use enough litter up to 2 inches tall, since most cats (especially long-haired) won’t use litter that’s deeper or might dig a big hole, causing litter to spill over the sides. Use your scoop to grade the gravel so that it slopes up high on both ends of the litter box, forming a gentle trough. This slope is key to keeping your box clean - you want to maximize the depth of the litter where the cat pees so that the litter can absorb the waste before it reaches the plastic sides or bottom of the box and sticks to it like glue. Cats, especially male cats, tend to urinate at either end of the box, rarely in the middle.

I wanted to share with you a couple of personal incidents with rawhide dog chews. 

I had a beautiful Britney Spaniel and I gave her a rawhide bone to chew on.  My son went in the kitchen and she was laying on the floor dying.  He yelled and I went running in to find her sprawled out on the floor and unable to breath.  Prying open her mouth I found a chunk of rawhide she had chewed off lodged in her throat.  I had to shove my hand down in her throat to retrieve it and give her mouth to nose air.  I was very lucky that she survived and from that moment on she never left my side.   I truly believe she knew I saved her life.

 Another incident occurred when I went to visit my mother one day and during our conversation I happened to look over and saw her Spits gasping for air.  I ran over to check on her and she had a piece of rawhide lodged in her throat.  I quickly pushed my fingers into her mouth and removed it, however, she wasn’t as grateful as my Britney she tried to bite me.  

You will not find rawhide on my site.  I do not want to add to a pets death or discomfort.

I hope this information has been helpful.  Please use Rawhide Chews with caution and Monitor your pet.  It could save his/her life!

Our modern dogs diverged from wolves about 100,000 years ago, and dogs were domesticated from those wolf ancestors about 15,000 years ago.  This date would make dogs the first species to be domesticated by humans.

Evidence suggests that dogs were first domesticated in East Asia or possibly China, and some of the humans who entered North America took dogs with them from Asia. As people migrated around the planet, a variety of dog forms migrated with them. The agricultural revolution and subsequent urban revolution led to an increase in the dog population and a demand for specialization. This demand for specialization provided the opportunity for selective breeding to create specialized working dogs and pets.

Today we can find training information and items to help train a domestic dog by using no-pull trainers, dvd training, wooden gates and more.

The domestic cat has had a very long history with man that  dating back over 9,500 years.  Cats were often considered evil with the Devil because of their aloof and independent nature, cats were killed en masse.If this bias toward cats had not existed, local rodent populations could have been kept down, lessening the spread of plague-infected fleas from host to host.

I am glad that cats are the way they are today because I love to take my cat Sabrina everywhere I go in her cat tote carrier.