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Porky & Buddy: How Pets Multiply

Dear Porky and Buddy,

Someone just told me that over the course of six years, one female dog and her offspring can produce 67,000 dogs, and over the course of seven years, one female cat and her offspring can produce 420,000 cats. She was trying to persuade me to have my cat spayed before she has any kittens. But honestly, if those figures were true, wouldn’t we be up to our knees in cats and dogs? I mean, a lot of pets are not spayed. Those figures don’t make any sense. […]

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Buddy & Porky’s Pet Health: Pet Vaccinations

Dear Porky and Buddy,

I just received a reminder card about vaccinations for my pets, a dog and a cat, but I keep hearing horror stories about the dangers of vaccinations and now I don’t know what to do. I hate to annoy my vet, as I basically adore her, but still, I worry. Do you have any suggestions? […]

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Porky & Buddy’s Pet Health: A Dog-Friendly Garden

Dear Porky and Buddy,

Well, I just bought my first house and then I went and adopted my first dog, Skippy, and now I am getting ready to put in my first garden. Skippy and I are getting lessons in obedience training and that is going well, but are there precautions I should take when I put the new garden in to make sure it is “dog friendly?” […]

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Buddy & Porky’s Pet Health: Fighting Cats

Dear Porky, I have two cats, Punch and Judy. Judy is about five and Punch is one. They mostly get along pretty well and I adopted Punch as a companion for Judy when I am at work, but every once in awhile they have a horrible knock down drag out fight. They haven’t hurt each other yet, but it worries me. What should I do? […]

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Porky & Buddy’s Pet Health: Rescuing Abandoned Pets

Maybe I’m just confused but I sometimes rescue cats and dogs that I find that appear to be lost or abandoned and if I can’t find the owner, I then try to find them new homes on my own.  A friend of mine told me I could be charged with larceny because they are really not my animals.  Is that true? […]