It’s cutest kitten picture of the week time! This week’s photo is from the Webshots album of “ MD72.” This person has an entire album of cats and kittens and the kitten pictures in it are absolutely adorable. I mean, most kitten pictures ARE adorable if you are a cat-fanatic like I am, but these ones are really special.

I couldn’t resist this one for obvious reasons: they’re called ears. The kitten picture info from Webshots says that this cat is an Ocicat named Domingo. How cute! They should have called him Dumbo though

Check out the MD72 “Cats and Kittens” album for more pictures of this little guy and some other really sweet kitten photos. Or visit the Pets Category on Webshots.com. They have great stuff over there!

Henry was famous here at work last Friday on Take Your Dog to Work Day. He lived the life of a Copywriter for the day and loved it. We had a fun-filled day of getting lots of pets, eating lots of treats, perusing around the silent auction, entering the cutest pet photo contest, taking a big group photo, and oh yeah - actually working.

Here are some of the pictures I got of him. In this one he is sitting in the hallway with me:

In this one he is laying under my desk, all worn out from running around outside with other dogs…

And after a long day of fun and being spoiled, he lied down under my desk to take a nap. (This picture really shows his extra wide Bassett body. Yes, we are aware that he needs to go on a diet.)

And here he is by his water bowl, patiently waiting for another dog to walk down the hallway so he can sniff him up and down…

Here he is making some new friends outside:

I just found the cutest pet card ever. Well it’s actually a pet eCard, but its musical! It plays “Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch” and is meant to be sent to a lover or love-interest.

I can’t get a thumbnail of it from the site unfortunately, but it’s SO worth watching. It has the most adorable animal pictures scrolling while the music is playing - all pictures of animals cuddling: penguins, cats, monkeys, puppies, and more.

Check it out here. Click on that link and then scroll until you see the card come up that says, “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch).” Click on the little arrow to play it. It’s the cutest pet card ever!

For all of you dog-lovers out there who humanize your dog, this is the book for you.

I know most of us have “voices” for our dogs, and we’ve all given them little personality traits and thoughts from time to time. (For example, at our house we frequently discuss with our Golden Retriever, Benson whatever happens to be worrying him that day; he is a little worry-wart dog as made evident by the look in his eyes and his little cone-head look. Oftentimes we have conversations with him about what is worrying him - with one of us obviously being the dog’s voice. I know, we’re totally nuts).

Anyways, back to the book. Dog Park Diary: the Social Round of Goody Beagle is all about Goody’s life at the dog park. It’s a diary he kept of one of his more rousing weeks at his favorite place: the dog park.

I must say, this book is HILARIOUS. I was laughing out loud on the second page. It so poignantly brings to life what we all think and say and do for our dogs every day. We humanize them.

Goody teaches us all about proper dog park etiquette, namely about “sniff-butt,” every dog’s favorite activity. He tells us stories about the other dogs, some his friends, some not his friends. He teaches us all about Beagles, too.

There are so many things we humans don’t know our dogs are thinking: Goody will tell you all of them.

So if you’re looking for a FUN read and a belly laugh, pick up a copy of Dog Park Diary: the Social Round of Goody Beagle. It has some GREAT photography to accompany the story as well.

Tomorrow, Friday, June 20 is National Take Your Dog to Work Day! Hooray! Can’t wait to participate in this one.

I’m bringing along Henry (aka Peanut) the sassy Bassett Hound I have referred to in previous posts. Hopefully he will refrain from his vocal antics for the day. He loves to moan, whine, bay and howl at things - especially other dogs. We’ll see how it goes…

For those of you taking part in the festivities (or not I guess), send this cute pet eCard to other revelers:

The ASPCA recently put up some helpful information on their site. Click to read Top 10 Office Etiquette Tips for Dogs.

Here is a picture of Henry - I entered him in a pet photo contest for my work so I hope he wins! All day tomorrow Henry will see what its like to be a professional Interactive Copywriter for the day!

It’s time again for the cutest kitty of the week!

This week’s cute kitten picture is of a Bengal baby named Clyde. I found this kitten picture album in the “musselburghmaw” kittens album on Webshots.com. I just had to feature two kitten pictures this week because this little guy is just so adorable. He’s ALL legs! And EARS!

For more cute kitten pictures, visit this person’s “My Bengal Kitten and Favorite Cat” album on Webshots.com or just go to the Pets Category page on their website.

It has just come to my attention that there is a faux pet blog out there that has been scraping content from me and numerous other legitimate pet bloggers. We are currently looking into taking legal action against this site.

In the mean time, I recommend you take a look and make sure none of your content has been posted here.

The site calls itself “Animal Planet” and the address is: http://www.agoatusc.com/. I refuse to put a link in so you are going to have to copy/paste it.

Please cross post and warn as many other pet bloggers as you know.

Thanks, everyone:)

Jaime

Do you love contests? Giveaways? Free stuff? Well this is the place for you.

Anyone who can come up with a winning caption for the photo below will be entered to win one of TEN copies of “What Dog Are You? Discovering Your Inner Pooch.” (See book review post from May 30.)

Don’t you just love caption contests?

You can either leave your caption in the Comments section or email it to me at ThoughtsFurPaws@gmail.com. Or both. Preferably both.

Here’s the photo:

It is so sad.

The shelter I volunteer at locally has seen a HUGE increase (over 30%) in surrenders this year (over last year at this time). Be it foreclosure, vet bills, or whatever… people just don’t have the money to pay for their pets’ care anymore because the economy is so bad.

I can see right through people’s usual excuses when they drop off their lifelong pet for adoption. Most are just too lazy to care for them or think they aren’t as cute anymore once their adults (and not “cute” puppies and kittens).

But people lately have legitimate, bona fide reasons for surrendering their cats and dogs.

Let’s see… fix Fido’s hips or fill up the gas tank so I can get to work. Essentially: fix Fido or get fired.

Hmmmn.

It’s absolutely heartbreaking.

I just found this story on MSNBC.com talking about other areas hard hit by foreclosures and the economy and the effect that it’s having on pet owners. Have a look…

FRANKLIN, Mass. - Diana Bardsley wiped tears from her eyes as she recalled taking food off her plate to feed her beloved spaniel Hunter and two Siamese cats.

Her greatest fear: that she could be forced to surrender the animals as she struggled to stretch her food stamps and Social Security income to meet the escalating cost of living.

Some hope was restored after she visited a local food pantry, which has started offering free pet food to help owners keep their animals out of shelters.

“I know a lot of people will probably say, ‘Well, if you don’t have enough money to be able to feed your animals, that you shouldn’t have pets,”’ said Bardsley, 53, of Franklin, as Hunter played in the living room with three of her grandchildren.

But, “Just because financially you may go downhill a little or a lot, doesn’t necessarily mean you have to give up the part of your family that you love,” she said.

For some pet owners, though, there is little choice.”

Check out the rest of the article here.  ** WARNING: You will probably need Kleenex.**

It’s time for the Cutest Kitten of the Week! This week’s picture comes from the Webshots album of Aba-Daba-Dolls. All this person’s kitten pictures are of Ragdolls (what a sweet breed). These two little guys look a little bit lost or confused. They are so big-eyed!

To see more adorable Ragdoll kitten pictures, visit the Aba-Daba-Dolls album on Webshots.com. Also, find tons more cute kitten pictures in the Pets Category on Webshots.