Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for December 21, 2013

And once the cat’s out of the bag….nothing BUT stress

Not good news for cats.

Well it’s all pets that can help you live longer.well except Poncho,Garfield,and Marmaduke, those guys can actually shorten the lifespan.

I like to point out that bombardment by cations from computers can cause depression, and dogs chase the cations (real scientific explanation is that petting any furry critter counters the cations with anions).

As to dogs as scientists, see BMJ. 1995 December 23; 311(7021): 1700–1701. PMCID: PMC2539093Excessive impertinence or a missed diagnosis?T. M. Williams, Kim, and G. Williamshttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2539093/Author Kim is credited as a squirrel expert (the article diagnoses Squirrel Nutkin with Tourette Syndrome) and the articles that cite it.

Dogs don’t purrCats do.

Don’t worry Peekaboo, they say the same thing about cat ownership, but does anyone really ever OWN a cat??

I think the research means living with animals … we own them by our lights and laws, but … it’s not only cats that own us, Our hounds figure they own us, and we let them think so. I’m not sure either of us would still be on our feet, if it weren’t for the animals. Not only do they believe they own us, they just know they can teach us to levitate, if they work at it. They are committed.

We enjoy more agility than we would otherwise … and better reflexes! Yay for pets!

The world is going to the dogs!

Peekaboo is very correct, however, in that most published “studies” seem to benefit those who sponsored them ;-D

Ooh, this is gonna make the cat lovers angry.

Bucky Katz might not prolong your life, either.

I’ve had dogs, and I’ve had cats. I can’t tell the difference in terms of quality of companionship; they each have their unique way of expressing friendship, but they are different animals and should not be expected to provide the same function in the same way. I love them both.