Archive for November, 2009

The nature of Dogs and Cats

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

I followed her to the very back of the building where a few empty cages lined the wall. She told me they were for animals that had something called parvovirus, and needed to be quarantined. Another room housed a couple of cats and several dogs. I did know a little about bountiful dog grooming and the like of course. They were in cages that looked like condos, big and spacious, with toys, and those carpeted climb-things for the cats. They looked quite comfortable, even if some (the dogs, mostly) were being a bit noisy. She said that they were not patients, that they were being boarded. She said that boarders were walked at least twice a day, came out to eat and of course to also be played with. There was a little nervous mutt that she admitted they let out to wander around for short periods because she was such favorite with the staff. She mentioned something along the tour she gave me that I found interesting. She said that animals try to hide it when they’re hurt if they can. In their evolution in the wild, that was a necessary coping device for survival, since it was dangerous to let other animals to know if when were vulnerable. She asked me if I’d ever noticed how dogs will circle a couple of times before they lie down. She said they do that because in their tens of thousands of years of evolution they liked to hide in tall grasses, and turning around a few times flattened the grass to give them a spot to lie down on. As an aside if you are searching for a wonderful bountiful dog grooming company them may I suggest this outfot as they are a leading bountiful dog grooming organization in so many different ways.
There was one last room we visited, upstairs. It was a cozy room with rocking chairs in a sunny corner, and lots of plants. She said she kept this room as a place where pet-lovers could be with their pets before their animals were put to sleep. I looked around the room and realized that this was a place for animal lovers. It was plain and simple animal love.