Pet Decisions

08/16/2026

Do you sing to your pet? This came up at our last veterinary support group (VIN Foundation Vets4Vets) meeting, and 2/3 volunteered that they do. Let's do a poll:
Do you sing to your pet?
Yes
No
If yes, which do you do?
Sing a song that already has my pet's name in it
Adapt a song to fit my pet's name
Make up a brand new song/jingle/chant

Full disclosure--I have always sung to my pets. And my family. And subway trains (Here comes the train to "Here Comes the Sun")

07/07/2026

It’s Ringo Starr’s 86th birthday. Every year at noon your time, he asks everyone to think, say, or post a greeting to the world. Flynn and I wish you “Peace and Love”.

06/04/2026

04/24/2026

Met a charming pet pair on the subway. Chester, a Jack Russell mix, was patiently waiting at a shelter when this man appeared. The guy is a photographer who was there to take photos of the pets to help them get adopted. He fell in love with this little guy, and now they’re a family.

04/16/2026

Flynn’s first visit to the vet, Dr. Easterling. He’s healthy, happy, and 2 years younger than we were told.

For vet team info, I asked for the doctor who had helped our last cat shuffle off this mortal coil. I had never met her before that sad day. Even though she was only a year and a half out of school, she was so kind to us both, and so understanding of cat needs, that I resolved to ask her to be our regular veterinarian for future cat family.

And how did we find her? I called our regular clinic, told them we had come to the end of the road, and asked for a doctor who could handle a crying client. Vet staff and clients are a team. It works better when you have the right match. Animal Kind Veterinary Hospital

04/11/2026

It’s been a long 1.5 years. I’ve had a cat since my 6th birthday, till Cozmo passed on at 18.5. In the past, cats have always found me. This time, nothing. I reach out to 2 rescue groups about a healthy, affectionate, middle-aged cat, connect with 2 lovely people who hear me. Meet our newest family member, Flynn! He’s about 5 yo, super social, and athletic, like Errol Flynn of Robin Hood fame. Hence, the name. We love him already.

03/14/2026

Sick kids decorate romance rocks for penguins. That’s human-animal interaction helping both sides.

“I always get really emotional when the pebbles go in,” said Rebecca Parr, who works for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.

02/21/2026

A physician explains why veterinary medicine is so hard yet costs a fraction of human care.

02/14/2026

If your love extends beyond this life, would you like to spend eternity with your pet? Ask your pet or human cemetery if you can be buried together. Here in New York, some cemeteries allow it but don’t advertise it—you have to inquire. One dog’s devotion led him to live his remaining 10 years in the place where his person was laid to rest. The country was so moved, they changed the law. Here’s that story. https://bbc.com/news/articles/c89kvqjyx4ko

Bob lived in the São Paulo cemetery where his owner was buried for 10 years until his death in 2021.