Pet Health

It’s that time of year again. The New York State Legislature goes back into session this week and you need to be ready to contact your state legislators about legislation that will be introduced concerning animal welfare. What’s the best way to do that? At the Oswego County Humane Society we receive action alerts and pass them on to you in this column, with emails, and on our Facebook page.

Junior is a sleek, cuddly black youngster with a white tip on his tail. He is very playful and gets along well with young kids and other cats in his foster home. He is persistently trying to garner the affections of the family’s older cat.

Last week, you talked again about shelters for dogs left outdoors and I have no problem with that for most dogs. But my dog, Bubba, is a Siberian Husky and even if he had a dog house he wouldn’t go in it. Seriously. That breed came from Siberia! He likes being outside in the coldest weather we get.

This little mare is Indy. Her tattoo name is Saratoga Dolly. She is very good with kids and other animals. She’s about 15.2 hands. She is good with the vet and farrier, and good in a stall or run in shed.

We’ve talked about this last fall and in prior years. But, we still get questions about dogs left out in the cold. So it never hurts to repeat ourselves. THE COLD IS HERE. And it never hurts to repeat ourselves – so we want to remind dog owners and dog lovers of the New York statute about shelter for dogs.

Charming is a happy and handsome boy, about five months old. He was rescued, along with his sisters, from under still another porch in Oswego. He was very timid at first but now he has taken to sleeping in bed with his foster mom.

I am adopting a 12-week-old kitten. She will be coming home soon to join me and I am wondering how I go about litter training her?

Dori has one of those back stories that makes you sort of, what’s the word . . . furious. She was abandoned in the Tops parking lot in Pulaski and was trying desperately to get into anyone’s car so she could get to a safe place to have her – yes, you guessed it – four babies, just two days later.

My name is Toffee. I get along with other dogs, cats and older children; but my foster mom thinks I should maybe be an only child or at least no young children. Actually, you wouldn’t need children around if I lived with you!