When your pet is ill or injured, don’t you wish they could tell you with words how they are feeling? Would be nice, but what we have, is how they react and behave. When sick, dogs and cats in general, react very differently from one another. I’ll explain how and why.

Michael Birnbaum, my artist friend, returns to tell another story from his childhood about his first dog and their encounter with fire.  The story is entitled, “Trouble with Matches.”

Why is it, that multiple cats living in a household, often don’t get along – either avoiding each other or fighting a lot? There is a major factor that you may be oblivious to, but is highly important to your cat. I’ll tell you about this and then, from the book, Cat Sense by John Bradshaw, I’ll share a list of subtle indicators you can watch for, to understand if the cats actually do or do not get along.

Visit our newly re-designed website, www.raisingyourpaws.com. where you can easily choose and listen to any of the episodes with their full show notes and also find our companion blogs. These expand on the show topics, offer additional tips and solutions for happy living with your pets and offer videos and vlogs for your enjoyment. Also, you can leave a comment about each podcast episode or blog post.

Additional Resources for the Show.

Source for the story about pets coping with illness: “ComPETability: Solving Behavior Problems in your CAT-DOG household,” by Amy Shojai.

Storyteller, Michael Birnbaum’s Website. (Artist and Color Design Stylist) Transformed By Color.

Source for the story about cats getting along or not. “Cat Sense” by John Bradshaw.