Reader's Digest » Pet Tips http://www.rd.com Tue, 28 May 2013 14:21:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-US Funny Clicks: Shark Cat Rides a Roomba, Infomercial Fails, More Hey! Did you know we have a Facebook page dedicated to the funny stuff we just found sitting around the Internet, gathering digi-dust? Well, we do!…

]]> http://www.rd.com/recommends/funny-clicks-shark-cat-rides-a-roomba-infomercial-fails-more/ Grandpa Wrestles a Gator to Save His Dog It had been a particularly rainy summer in quiet Lake County, Florida. The water level had risen in two ponds nestled among large green lawns in The Villages,…

]]> http://www.rd.com/true-stories/survival/grandpa-wrestles-a-gator-to-save-his-dog/ All Cats, All the Time: New Cats-Only Social Network Launches Like Pinterest? Love cats? Have a bunch of friends that are sick of your compulsive need to share snapshots of your cat on social media? There’s a…

]]> http://www.rd.com/recommends/all-cats-all-the-time-new-cats-only-social-network-launches/ TGIF: Super-Cute Videos to Start Your Weekend Since some things need very little introduction, I shall not stand on ceremony. Here, videos that just made your weekend that much better:

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]]> http://www.rd.com/recommends/tgif-super-cute-videos-to-start-your-weekend/ Send a Card, Save a Dog The North Shore Animal League America, the world’s largest no-kill rescue and adoption organization, is selling adorable e-cards with Happy Hannukah, Merry Christmas, and seasons greetings messages—with proceeds…

]]> http://www.rd.com/recommends/send-a-card-save-a-dog/ Cold Dog in a Onesie Will Warm Your Heart File this under “Aww”: English pooch Lily has a rare bacterial skin infection that’s taken her fur, so owner Anne Rees keeps her all bundled up in an…

]]> http://www.rd.com/recommends/cold-dog-in-a-onesie-will-warm-your-heart/ Hero Pets: A Horse Guides Its Owner Renata Di Pietro was studying to be an opera singer. But at 23, while on a music scholarship at the University of Iowa in 1976, her vision began…

]]> http://www.rd.com/advice/pets/hero-pets-a-horse-guides-its-owner/ Hero Pets: A Truly Golden Retriever As Paul Horton, a 59-year-old retired mechanical engineer, rolls his wheelchair around his Austin, Texas, home, his six-year-old golden retriever, Yogi, trails closely behind him. Yogi and Horton,…

]]> http://www.rd.com/advice/pets/hero-pets-a-truly-golden-retriever/ Hero Pets: Pudding the Cat’s Life-Saving Sense When Amy Jung, 36, and her son, Ethan, eight, visited the Door County Humane Society in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin last February, they had no idea that one of…

]]> http://www.rd.com/advice/pets/hero-pets-puddings-good-sense/ Fat Pets Get Fit: 17 Amazing Makeovers Does your furry friend need a diet? Chances are, yes: More than half of dogs and cats are overweight and 20 percent are obese, according to this…

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