By Meike Knol
Many people ask me where they could go to acquire a new pet.
If I know of anyone with puppies or kittens to give away, or if someone needs to re-home their pet. I always tell them all to go and adopt a pet from an animal shelter.
They usually take my advice and visit [...]
Over eighty people gathered to join in a lovely evening, at the Bar Mercat in Camarles on Saturday 4th September. The weather was fine and we sat outside, enjoying the ambience with animal lovers from all over the world.
There were even a few very well-behaved doggies who attended and wagged their tails to the [...]
The enormous amount of stray cats and dogs here in Catalunya is heartbreaking.
There are soooo many!
All of us have seen innocent abandoned animals scuffing around for scraps of food.
A look of despair in their fearful eyes. Confused, helpless, and scared they are driven to distractions by hunger and thirst. Their uncertain future holds a life [...]
I’m sure you’ll all recognise that moment of complete peace and relaxation, somewhere between dozing and wakefulness: silence, stillness, weightless contentment. O what bliss that must be. You can forget it when you share your home with a Munchie.
If I get the desire to relax, the Munchie assumes I’m lying there waiting to be jumped [...]
By Meike Knol
In March, my 4 year old Rottweiler was diagnosed with Canine Leishmaniasis.
I was a bit shocked to hear that she had tested positive to this disease, since I was under the impression that I had done everything to protect her from infection, and just in December a routine full blood panel had revealed [...]
CONTINUING FROM LAST month’s article we will now examine a few points in more detai.:
Isolation
To start with, the new cat should be set up in a separate room, often referred to as a “safe room”. No other animals should be allowed in that room at first. The safe room needs a litter box, food and [...]
A Debt Repaid in many ways
We had arrived here in southern Catalonia full of enthusiasm, expectation and perhaps a little apprehension, to start a new life in the campo surrounded by olive and citrus trees.
Our little finca, small in stature compared to the home we had left in England, gave us the promise of a [...]
This is the first in a two part article, with the rest to come next month.
The time has come! You have decided to get a new cat. Or maybe, a new cat has decided to join your garden of Eden and become your new companion.
A kitty is so easy to [...]
