The links are listed below should aid you in finding all sorts of pet care and training tips.

Welcome to Dog Owner's Guide! ----Very comprehensive guide with great information.

AAHA Pet Care Library ---- Information provided by Veterinarians.

Information and Tips - Denver Dumb Friends League ---- Dogs, cats and parakeets.

Caring For Your New Bird ---- Just birds.

Cat Fanciers Web Site ---- Just cats.

Reptile Forums ---- For the reptile lover

International League for the Protection of Horses ---- Help for Horses

Looking for a fun place to exersize your dog?

Check out the Lansing Dog Park!

Lansing Dog Park Web Site

Make sure your dog is wearing it's license, it's required!

IS YOUR DOG HOUSE LEGAL?

The law requires provision of "sufficient" shelter in order to maintain an animal in a state of good health.

• Use hard plastic or painted wood (metal rusts and conducts heat and cold). Make sure it does not leak and it faces south in winter, north in summer.
• Raise the house off the ground several inches.
• Put a flap over the door (old rug or rubber mat with strips cut vertically).
• The roof should extend 8" over the door to help keep the rain out.
• Use straw, newspaper or cedar shavings for bedding; nail a strip of wood at the bottom of the doghouse door to keep them from spilling out. Don't use rags or rugs, they absorb water and can freeze.
• Put water in a sturdy, tip resistant bowl or bucket  inside a rubber tire to prevent tipping, and check for freezing several times a day during winter.

Recipes for Emergency Kitten Fomula

The pet store is closed, and you have hungry kittens that need formula! Never fear!

In a pinch, the Cornell Book of Cats says that human baby formula can be used if made up to double the normal strength (human baby formula is normally not nutritious enough for kittens). As with the below formulas, please remember that any emergency formula should only be used until regular Feline Replacement Formula (such as KMR or Just Born) can be purchased at the pet store. None of these are nutritionally complete for the long term health of a kitten.

Formula #1
1 quart whole goat's milk
1 teaspoon light Karo syrup
1 tablespoon nonfat plain yogurt (goat's milk preferred)
1 egg yolk
Knox unflavored gelatin:
  Newborn-1 week 1 pkg
  2nd week 1 1/2 - 2 pkgs
  3rd week 2 1/2 - 3 pkgs
  4th week 4 pkgs
Put goat's milk in saucepan, add gelatin in the amount above depending on the kitten's age. Heat goat's milk/gelatin mixture just until gelatin is dissolved. Remove from heat. Mix in remaining ingredients and refrigerate. It will keep up to one week. Heat to skin test temperature and feed kittens.

Formula #2
8 ounces homogenized whole milk
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon salad oil
1 drop liquid pediatric vitamins (optional)

Mix well and warm before using. Keep refrigerated.

Formula #3
1 part boiled water to 5 parts evaporated milk
1/2 teaspoon bone meal per 16 oz fluid

Mix well, refrigerate, warm before using .

Formula #4
1 can Evaporated Milk
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons Karo syrup

All three mixed well and kept in tightly sealed jar in fridge.
At feeding time mix 1/2 of the estimated feeding amount with:
Equal amount of boiling water
(once a day mix 1 drop of human infant liquid vitamins in each kitties formula)

If constipation occurrs: add 1 drop of vegetable oil to each kitties formula no more than once daily till problem is eased. Test temperature before feeding (the combination of boiling water and chilled formula should be just about right).