Cat Litter
Tho we don't generally advertise specific brand names & such
we gladly share this recommendation
and surely hope it helps our cat lovers out there!
The BESTEST BESTEST litter out there
is that Tidy Cat crystals.
Its a bag of litter but it looks like crystals.
The WHOLE bag lasts for 30 days!
And I PROMISE you will not smell a thing!
Its like $8.00 at walmart for a big bag and 1/2 the bag
will last for 30 days
so you are essentially getting 2 months worth for 8 bucks.
I really hope you try this!
It solved ALLLLLLLLLLL my problems when I had 3 kitties!
submitted by Lori M.
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BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS
Dog Urine Stain & Odor
Recipe for Removal from Carpets
This homemade method for cleaning dog urine/odors
from carpets is easy and inexpensive.
The recipe below
removes dog urine smell and stains from carpets and rugs.
It also works on cat urine odors and human urine odors
such as toddler pee or baby pee.
INGREDIENTS:
Baking Soda
White Vinegar
Dishwashing Detergent
3% Hydrogen Peroxide
DIRECTIONS:
On new, wet areas, soak up the urine very well,
or remove as much stool as you can
careful to not scrape it "into" the carpet.
In a plastic disposable container,
mix 15 oz. of 3% hydrogen peroxide,
2 level teaspoons of baking soda,
a few drops of dishwashing soap,
and mix well.
Pour it slowly on the affected area,
soaking the carpet and padding well.
It may bubble a bit, this is normal.
Let it dry completely.
If there is white residue from the baking soda,
don't worry, this will vacuum up.
Do not store any of this solution,
dispose of any that is left.
Next add 2 cups of white vinegar to 1 gallon of water,
and wash the area deeply and well.
The smell of vinegar will disappear as it evaporates.
For whatever reason your dog
has peed on the carpet the outcome is the same.
A smelly carpet!
When your dog pees on the carpet
it leaves an unpleasant odor
that your dog may repeatedly return to.
Avoid using ammonia based products to clean dog urine.
One of the ingredients of dog urine is ammonia
and he may well be encouraged to re-offend in the same area.
Remember, your dog's sense of smell
is a hundred times better than yours.
TOP 10 DOG FILMS
Old Yeller (1957)
It's not hip but even after 50 years,
Old Yeller is still "the best doggone dog in the West."
That’s what earns it the top spot in our top 10 list.
The heart of the story
is the adorable love affair
between Travis and his beloved yellow dog.
The two see each other through thick and thin,
until ultimately Travis must make a heart-wrenching decision.
It's not a happy ending,
but there's something magical about this movie
that makes it worth it after all.
Lassie Come Home (1943)
Set in Depression-era England
which tells the story of a poor boy's dog,
who, when sold to a rich nobleman,
makes a difficult journey to return home to her original owner.
This was the first of a long series of movies and
television series starring Lassie, a collie dog.
The film has been deemed "culturally significant"
by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation
in the United States National Film Registry.
The Call of the Wild (1997)
Jack London's classic story from 1903 about Buck,
a dog kidnapped from his home in California
and taken to the Yukon where he is mistreated
until a prospector discovers him and relates to his situation.
Gold was found in Alaska,
the rush to obtain it required a strong constitution
and many dogs to do the work that horses usually did in the states.
The environment bred harsh attitudes.
Also in the testing of ones mettle one finds their true potential.
Buck (larger than most dogs) goes through many lives, trials,
and tribulations finally realizing his potential.
On the way he learns many concepts
from surprise, to deceit, and cunning;
he also learns loyalty, devotion, and love.
As he is growing he feels the call of the wild.
101 Dalmatians (1996)
Fashion designer Anita and computer-game writer Roger meet,
fall in love and marry along with their dalmatians Perdita and Pongo.
But the proud dogs' puppies are kidnapped by Anita's boss Cruella De Vil,
who is stealing young dalmatians to make the coat she has set her heart on.
Enlisting the help of the British animal kingdom,
Pongo and Perdita set out to find and rescue
all ninety-nine pups from their fearsome captors, Jasper and Horace.
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
Remake of the popular Disney classic,
this time featuring some well known voices
as two dogs and a cat trek across America
encountering all sorts of adventures
in the quest to be reunited with their owners.
Beethoven (1992)
Barely escaping from nefarious dognappers,
an adorable puppy named Beethoven adopts the unsuspecting Newton family
and promptly grows up into 185 pounds
of romping, drolling, disaster-prone St. Bernard!
Unfortunately, even after proving his canine credentials to mom and the kids,
the heroic hound gets nowhere with uptight Dad.
But when a beastly veterinarian makes Beethoven
the target of an unspeakable animal experiment,
Dad becomes the only hope
for saving the Newton's furriest family member.
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
A 10-year-old girl,
abandoned by her mother when she was three,
moves to a small town in Florida with her father, a preacher.
While there, she adopts a stray dog
whom she names after the local supermarket where he was found.
With her goofy pooch by her side,
she meets an eclectic group of townspeople and rekindles
an almost lost relationship with her father.
Iditarod...A Far Distant Place (2000)
In a journey of challenge and courage,
three mushers run the long distance sled dog race
across the breadth of Alaska to Nome.
For over a thousand miles, Mike Williams, a Yup'ik Eskimo
and "The Sobriety Musher," Lynda Plettner a 48-year-old grandmother,
and Mike Nosko, a determined overachiever,
brave arctic temperatures, exhaustion and difficult terrain
to find purpose and self-knowledge in The Last Great Race On Earth.
Shiloh (1996)
A young beagle runs away from his abusive owner.
On the road, he meets a boy and follows him home.
But the boy has an abusive father of his own.
The boy immediately forms a bond with the dog and names him Shiloh.
His stern father won't let him keep the dog
because it belongs to Judd Travers, a local hunter.
After Shiloh is mistreated again, he runs away and returns to Marty.
Knowing his father will once again make him bring Shiloh back to Judd,
he makes a home for the dog in an old shed up the hill
from the Prestons' house and hides him from his family.
His secret is soon discovered when a stray attacks the dog one night
and he must turn to his father for help.
Turner and Hooch (1989)
Stars Tom Hanks as Turner,
a police detective in a sleepy California town.
It's not long before the local peace and Turner's boredom
are disturbed by a major crime-the murder of a cranky but lovable old salt,
witnessed only by Hooch, the victim's equally cranky mutt.
After animal control officers threaten
to send Hooch to that big kennel in the sky,
Turner adopts him with the notion of using him to nab the killer,
and after a rocky start man and dog become best friends.
