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		<title>Are you thinking about getting a kitten? You might consider getting two.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Russell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kittens are, in my opinion, one of the most playful animals on earth. A few months ago I fostered a couple of kittens for Austin Pets Alive! and I was reminded just how much trouble and fun a kitten can be. Not only do kittens have a very high play drive, but the get into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help! Why has my cat stopped using her litterbox?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Russell</dc:creator>
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Image by Per Ola Wiberg (Powi) via Flickr



Every cat owner can recognize it, and no cat owner wants to come across it anywhere but appropriately designated areas. It is the very distinctive and highly unappealing smell of cat urine.
I&#8217;ve been a cat owner since I was 4 years old and a tiny kitten crawled under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should I let my cat go outside and if I do, how can I keep my cat safe?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Russell</dc:creator>
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My cat is driving me nuts. Aren&#8217;t you glad to find out that even the professionals don&#8217;t have perfect pets.
I have two cats, Timmy and Cubby. Cubby was raised entirely indoors. Timmy however was an outdoor cat until I adopted him at about 2 years of age. Timmy has been an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How can I get my cat to accept our new kitten?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Russell</dc:creator>
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Over the past few years I have done a lot of fostering for various rescue groups in the Central Texas area. Therefore, my pets have gotten very used to seeing animals come and go. Creating proper introductions between my own dogs and cats and my foster dogs and cats has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am fed up with my pets behavior! Is my pet&#8217;s behavior problem even treatable?</title>
		<link>http://freshstartpetcoaching.com/dog-behavior/i-am-fed-up-with-my-pets-behavior-is-my-pets-behavior-problem-even-treatable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Russell</dc:creator>
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I was reading a scientific study today on behavioral reasons that dogs and cats are given up to animal shelters (see references below). I spend a significant amount of time reading the scientific literature relating to animal behavior. But this one, just made me sad. Every behavior problems listed for the dogs and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is your pet misbehaving, or is he sick?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Russell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My parents dog Cassidy has chronic ear infections. She has had them for years. Every few months she follows the same cycle. She gets an infection, she gets medication, the infection goes away. And then the cycle repeats. Cassidy hates having medication put in her ears. So much so that she has become very wary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My cat is destroying my furniture by scratching it! Why does she do that and how can I get her to stop?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Russell</dc:creator>
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Cats have been a part of my life since I was 5 years old and a tiny black and white kitten took refuge from a storm underneath the freezer in our garage. Much to my fathers dismay (he&#8217;s a dog person), Midnight was soon out from under the freezer and a part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How can I prevent my kitten from becoming an aggressive cat?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Russell</dc:creator>
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Image by Sam Kindler via Flickr



I was watching a rerun of Friends the other day and in this episode Rachel brings home a hairless cat. It turns out though that she paid something like $1000 for a cat that she can&#8217;t even touch. She ends up carrying it around with oven mitts on so that [...]]]></description>
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