People-Pet Connection

07/31/2023

Lilli Chin has the absolute BEST illustrations of how cats and dogs use body language to get their feelings across!

Ever wonder what your cat is thinking? Here are some cues to help you better understand cat behavior:

Thanks to Doggie Drawings by Lili Chin for letting us use her super informative graphic!

06/24/2023

This. Definitely this.

Sometimes, it really is all about the way you think of things. Positive thinking can lead to positive reactions. Would you want people to believe you were a bad person every time you had a rough day? Dogs go through turbulent times, just like humans. We owe them grace and patience, just like we hope others show us.

06/15/2023

Please read and if you have any questions, just ask. Real information, from real people who work with the dogs, not those who lie to get people upset so they'll fork over money. Money that gets spent on huge salaries, and huge, fancy offices.

"Greyhounds are confined in cages 23 hours per day."

How silly. Greyhounds could not have the amazing athletic bodies they possess if that were, in fact, true.

This is Violator, an active professional racing greyhound. She'd like to dispute that confinement fallacy by demonstrating what she really does in her spare time. Truth is powerful.
So is Violator.

05/18/2023

Think about it...

02/13/2023

If you're in the area, here's a marvelous thing to adopt a dog!

KC WINS! We are so excited to announce that KC defensive tackle, Derrick Nnadi, and Ziwi Pets are choosing to celebrate the win by paying for the adoptions of all the adoptable dogs currently at KC Pet Project!

We have had an amazing, season-long, partnership with Derrick Nnadi and ZIWI with so many dogs finding their homes, and now all 264 dogs that are available for adoption are sponsored by them until they are adopted. ZIWI is also providing swag bags with all dog adoptions.

This season-long partnership has been sponsored by the Derrick Nnadi Foundation and ZIWI. To learn more about the Derrick Nnadi Foundation and to donate today, visit www.dnnadifoundation.org. To learn more about ZIWI and their products, visit https://www.ziwipets.com/.

To see all of our adoptable dogs visit http://kcpetproject.org/adopt/dogs.

11/03/2022

by Ann Brooks Why pumpkin? Birds require vitamin A, and many are deficient because of an inadequate diet. One of the best sources for vitamin A are foods rich in beta carotene. These are generally …

10/06/2022

FUN FACT #11 – TURNING A DEAF EAR

Do you recognize that moment when you turn down your car radio so you can see better? Especially when we think we might have gotten lost, and we want to focus on reading street names, a radio can be very distracting. Thinking about this rationally it might not make sense, after all you wouldn’t think that a radio affects your vision, or does it...?

Another common example is where you completely ignored someone who started speaking to you while you were just enjoying your favorite movie. Research refers to this phenomenon as “inattentional deafness”. Studies on humans revealed that concentration on visual tasks will render you temporarily deaf to normal-volume sounds. Brain scans showed that people were not ignoring or filtering out the sounds, but that they were not hearing them in the first place! The findings support a shared audio-visual centre, which, when depleted under load, leads to failures of sensory perception and awareness.

Now let’s look at dogs. There is an area in the brain called the thalamus. The thalamus is responsible for relaying sensory information such as hearing, sight, touch and pain. It also enables the dog to concentrate on one (!) thing at a time.

Hence, when your dog is sniffing intently (*reading his favorite book*), he will very likely not hear you! Be patient, wait for your dog to finish his “book” and then call him over. Never assume your dog is ignoring you on purpose.

09/25/2022

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This is why we love all the animals. They are not only our fur babies but our family.