Pet Health

Dear Porky and Buddy,

I am an avid gardener, but also a pet lover and I worry all the time that the “stuff” I use in my garden, even though I try to use mostly organic products and controls, might harm them. But they are always outside with me and roaming around and investigating every new smell and I just worry. Do you have any advice.

Dear Porky and Buddy,

My dog King hates loud noises and last year he had conniption fits (or at least the dog equivalent) every time there were any fireworks even faintly audible over the Fourth of  July.  What can I do to make  this weekend less stressy and difficult for him.

Dear Buddy, I just adopted a new puppy, Minnie, and put up a nice strong fence in my back yard so she would have a place to play. But she seems to hate going out there and then just sits looking at me through the window. What am I doing wrong?

Dear Porky & Buddy,

Help!!! My dog Delilah is a wonderful companion when I am home with her, but when I leave, even for a short period of time, she apparently goes on a rampage. She chews furniture, gnaws on the wood baseboards, knocks things over, and my neighbors tell me that she barks incessantly. I have no idea what to do. She is so good when I am with her. Someone suggested medication for anxiety, but I hate to give pills to a dog until I have tried everything else.

Dear Porky and Buddy,

I am very concerned. I just saw an ad in the New York Times placed by an organization called HumaneWatch.org. It said, “The Humane Society of the United States is NOT your local animal shelter. In fact, it gives less than one-half of one percent of its $100 million budget to hands-on pet shelters. Meanwhile, this wealthy animal rights group socked away over $2.5 million of Americans’ donations in its own pension plans.”

Dear Porky & Buddy,

I just adopted Gordo, a new cat, and I was told he was litter box trained, but he won’t use mine. It’s getting a little messy in the “cat room.” What can I do? Help!

Dear Porky:
I have a cat that digs holes in my yard. Have you ever heard of that? Do you know what causes such behavior? I thought only dogs dug holes.
Mary

My neighbor was out mowing his back field yesterday and came upon a fawn sleeping all by itself in the grass. He didn’t know what to do so he just stopped mowing there and when we went out to try to get the fawn and get it to safety later in the afternoon it was gone.