Pets

Marnie: the gentlest of dogs

Animal Chatter by Iris Winston The day that Marnie was not at the door to greet me was the day I knew that she was near the end of her life. My beautiful Irish setter hadn’t been able to let me know that she was glad to see me. It was so different from the way it had always been when she had danced around me as soon as I came in, smiling...

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Indoors or not?

Animal chatter  BY IRIS WINSTON Can a cat have a happy life if he never roams the great outdoors? Cats instinctively love exploring, hunting and staking out their territory. Wild, feral and some male farm cats can cover 150 acres or more, for example. Even the more modest 15 acres that make up the average female farm cat’s territory is a...

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