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Found this ad for a lost llama, which doubles as a family pet! There's a reward.
Be on the lookout!
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Little Stash is doing so well now, and is growing to be a beautiful little boy! His tail has healed completely and is indeed part of his adorable personality. He is like the class clown in our house. When the other cats are trying to act regal, Stash is the one who does something wild to wake...
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(NOTE from BdotCOM: I screwed up the dates in the original post, so have updated to fix. Sorry for any confusion).
Sept. 7 is the deadline to submit your pets for Tails of Bakersfield and our Pet Idol competition, for which voting begins Sept. 8.
Tails of Bakersfield, which is in its...
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Adora became the richest dog in Bakersfield today when we found she had enjoyed a $400 blue topaz pendant and swallowed the stone.
We're not sure how the expensive jewelry item came into her domain, we figure it must have fallen off the dresser where it had been set last night and with...
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Baby Sasha is a Catgirl rescue. Catgirl found her beside a dumpster, huddled next to a brown cardboard box. She was barely visible and barely alive. She was severely dehydrated and near starvation. It was 6AM, Catgirl made a mad run to the store for Pedialite and white Karo Syrup, added a...
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Just had to share this one. I am sure we can all relate!
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And that means PETCO adoption day. Please, come and see our beautiful cats and kittens looking for forever homes this Saturday at Petco on Rosedale. Our dedicated volunteers will be transporting the them and hopefully keep them from melting in this heat heat. We will be there from...
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Hannah is without a doubt, one of the bravests cats ever. She was found by one of our volunteers at a large park, defending 3 newborn kittens that were not even hers against a huge tomcat. She suffered some scrapes and bruises in the process and is currently recouperating in foster...
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So Adora visited the vet today.
She still won't drink on her own, only drinking from our cupped hands. She eats fine. The vet suspects there may be some complications from her spay and has requested her records from the vet who spayed her. X-rays show an area of...
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Check out the Petco Adoption Sequence in Snaps to see what the kittens go through besides the vet checks and spay and neuter. It's not easy growing up "Kitty" with the Cat People. Gotta go through weird baths and everything!
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Adora, our puppy adopted form the shelter, came home today but she is clearly sick. Going to the vet tomorrow--we're worried it could be parvo.
At first, we thought she was just stressed and afraid as she was spayed yesterday and has spent a couple weeks in the shelter, but after a...
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Today, we adopted "Adorabelle" into our family from the Animal Control Shelter on Mt. Vernon. We're excited to have a new addition to the family.
There were a lot of other wonderful pets there just waiting to be adopted, including a lovable dog named Bob Senior, who we also...
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If you have lost your sweet little dachshund...he is with me. I found him east of Gosford on Kroll. If you know of someone that has lost their dog, please refer them to this site. Either way, get in touch with me so this little guy can go home to his family.
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Pet owners are increasingly postponing or ignoring preventive pet care in an attempt to save money, according to a release from Veterinary Pet Insurance, the nation’s oldest and largest pet insurance company.
Yet California had the highest number of pet insurance enrollments in 2008 and...
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Well, Snoopy's kittens will be six weeks old this coming Sunday. They have grown into beautiful kittens, and because they receive lots of attention and affection, they are very social little babies. There are two black boys, a black girl, a tiger striped girl and a fluffy gray and white girl....
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Snoopy's kittens are now ten days old, and they are beginning to open their eyes. They are also showing signs of distinct personalities. They also have names. The two larger black boys are nearly identical, and are named Linus and Woodstock. Linus is the strongest and most vocal of the babies,...
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Several weeks ago, just before we moved into our new house, a friend of mine asked for a favor. She had been feeding a young cat who was the sole survivor of a litter that some heartless cretin had thrown into the creek behind her house. She noticed that this kitty, smaller than the other ferals...
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I know there are plenty of people who tend to sneer at much of what L.A. has to offer, But here's one area where they're getting it right. With kudos to the L.A. Times for putting the subject out there, here's an article about what the County is doing about animal cruelty.
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My friend Viki teaches at South High, and students are always bringing her stray dogs that wander onto campus. We are both at capacity, and can't take any more strays in, but we have kept some temporarily until we could find new homes for them, or return them to the rightful owners.
The latest...
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Isn't there enough death at senior living facilities without a dead cat having to rot for six days outside of one?
Oh man, if I see this cat on my morning walk again today I'm going to hurl chunks.
But whose responsibility is it to clean up this roadkill?
Read the full story and post a...
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i just put my pictures of mr.attitude,zebra {tiger} and whiner on photo snap. i am so excited! i love one of the images and that is zebra's eyes. he is so cute! he has 7 toes on each of his paws. so a friend of urs calls him 7 toes. zeeb is a new daddy he had a black and white kitten...
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I killed a dog on my way to work last Friday. No, I am not bragging, I am confessing. In truth, the death of this unknown dog haunts me so terribly that it has taken a week for me to be able to write about it. I have never hit a dog or cat on the road before. I used to think that was...
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It was the perfect formula: A worthy project for Bakersfield's givers to demonstrate their generosity while showing off the family pet in the pages of the newspaper. Tails of Bakersfield, The Californian's effort to save the lives of unwanted pets, has exceeded its goal of $10,000 for local...
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As of today, our Tails of Bakersfield project has raised $8,915 for local animal shelters and rescue groups. We are aiming for $10,000 and we know we'll get there!
Here's a break down:
The Cat People $1,358.75
Kern County Animal Control $1,048.75
ALPHA Canine $3,363.75 (received a single...
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This week's Pets of the Week are sooooo hard for me to pass up! But I already have a dog and a cat. So I'm making endorsements on the potentials of the following animals:
Sibling kittens — This is the BEST way to adopt a new cat. I once found a brother-sister set of kittens on my driveway...
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The Cat People, a rescue and adoption agency in Bakersfield, is the latest such group to join The Bakersfield Californian's "Pets of the Week" feature. Poster markthecat has been submitting several oh-so-cute photos and personality write-ups about such kitties as Delilah, a 4-year-old,...
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As you may be aware, there is a dog & cat over-population crisis in Kern County.
To help, The Northwest Voice is partnering with NOR, San Joaquin Veterinary Hospital, and ALPHA Canine Shelter to raise funds and awareness in our first ever Pet — Donation and Adoption Awareness Drive:...
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I had a request for photos of my little baby kitty, and remembered that I was at work when I posted my last blog, and did not have pics available. So here are a few, and I will post more as she gets bigger, which she seems to do every day.
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When I was in my early teens, my mother and I began raising and showing Persian cats. It was something my mom had always wanted to do, and for the most part, that time is one of my most cherished memories. Having been a "cat person" since before my first recollection, I truly...
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New Pets of the Week have been posted at Bakersfield.com/yourwords. There is Star the chihuahua mix, Sasha the black and white kitten, Lily the tabby cat, and so many more.
And during summer, the Bakersfield SPCA is offering half-off all cats and kittens on Thursdays! What a deal!
View the link...
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One way to help reduce the stray animal population in Kern County is to adopt a shelter pet rather than buy a purebreed. Local shelters and rescue groups allow you to visit the pet and also give you personality traits to help you decide if you and the pet are a good match.
Every Monday in The...
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Our Eye Street team announced online the best part of our new Tails of Bakersfield project!
You can show off your pet in the pages of The Californian and on Bakersfield.com! You can bet you will be seeing some pictures from me!
Each pet photo is $10 with all proceeds going to local animal...
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We had two, small, bantam chickens in our back yard. We are not raising a chicken farm. They were PETS, our 4 year old adored them. We had them for natural pest control in our backyard because we believe in Green Friendly alternatives where gardening and many other things are concerned.
Monday...
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As I've noodled along the blogs this afternoon, I've seen a little discussion about Kern County Animal Control needing an Internet presence to display their adoptable animals.
Just so interested folks are in the know, you can currently search for an adoptable pet from KCAC's web site just by...
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What happened at today’s BOS meeting was nothing short of a travesty.
Two years of public workshops, Animal Control Commission meetings and hours upon hours of time the citizens of Kern County gave in the name of expressing their feelings about the pet overpopulation problem plaguing Kern...
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What are some of your favorite names for pets? They don't necessarily have to be the names of pets you've had in the past (although that's cool as well), just names you've run across and thought were interesting or funny.
Some of my favorites:
Mordecai (for Mordecai Siegal) --- I'm waiting for...
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Anyone want a free bird with cage, toys, food and crushed oyster shells? I found Otis the parakeet a year ago crossing the road at the fairgrounds. I took him home in my jacket and he has whistled merry tunes in my home ever since.
Unfortunately, I can't keep him anymore. He loves kissing...
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Trudi texted in this photo of her dog. She says:
"My dog Shadow took this carrot off my hope chest & ate the whole thing!"
What mischeviously cute things has your family done lately? Text your cell phone photos to mobile@bakersfield.com!
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The blog, Rescue Dog Central, links to our coverage of Kern's pet euthanasia problem and warns mandatory spay/neuter proponents that they're in for a tough fight.
You can debate the merits of the program on reporter James Burger's Quirks of the County blog here.
Meanwhile, a sex offender asks...
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Kern County Animal Control Commission (KCACC) is Wrong
Kern County has been a bastion of common sense and old-fashioned citizen rights in a state that is increasingly controlled by counties who are anti-citizen rights and anti-dog. We are a community of staunch Western American values. Kern...
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Naughty, naughty. The driver of this archetypal Bakersfield vehicle was caught parking in a handicapped space. Love the close up photo of the license plate! Photos posted on the info4you blog.
A blog post on the Paw Print City Times blog urges local bloggers to get together and do something...
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I forgot to mention in my previous blog the plans for the sunroom, which is off of the dining room. The sunroom was the favorite room of the house for the pets. My cat enjoyed napping in the sun, and my dog enjoyed chewing his bones on the only carpeting in the house.
But when I start sanding in...
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This past Saturday my wife and I put on our volunteer shoes and walked into the SPCA facility on Gibson Street to help with the low cost spay and neuter event that was being held in conjuction with an open house fund raiser. What an enjoyable experience!
A lot of people locally have no concept...
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I placed an ad in The Bakersfield Californian for Bitchin' Jenny. The ad will begin to run this Friday. I'm already growing attached to her and if it were at all possible for me to keep her, I would, but I'm at my legal and financial limits for dogs. Le sigh.
I took Jenny...
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I haven't heard/seen anything about this issue in Bakersfield, but I can't believe it's because it isn't happening...
Foreclosures lead to abandoned animals
By EVELYN NIEVES, Associated Press Writer
STOCKTON, Calif. - The house was ravaged — its floors...
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The folks at Kern County Animal Control want to remind all of us to take care of Tabby and Rex during the winter. They sent out these tips:
Kern County, CA - January 9, 2008. Winter weather is finally here. You may be ready for winter, but are your pets?
“A lot of owners think...
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I am taking 5 dogs to PetSmart this evening to have their pictures taken in Halloween costumes. It is an annual event, and it should be fun, though I can just imagine the chaos. I have three dogs: Miles Long, Dusty Rhodes, and Delilah.
Miles was a stray who was found at South High. I...
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If interested contact my wife, Kendra, at (661) 428-5648.
Here are some pictures and a video.
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Looking for a place to train Andy. Ot could be a swimming pool. It needs a ledge for him to see as he jumps, not a sloping bank. If you know of a place please let me know about it. Need a place to get him ready for the upcoming World Championships in AZ.
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A couple of weeks ago I was checking in at the Citibank Rewards center --- you know, the place where you can use your rewards points to buy little gizmos and gadgets after you’ve hit your zillionth point (or at least it seems that way to me, since the stuff that looks interesting is always...
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