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Cat Adoption Checklist: What a New Kitty Needs

Cat adoption checklist to help you understand how to support your new companion — both physically and emotionally.
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Using Pet Microchips to Find Lost Pets

Pet microchips are an invaluable tool to help reunite lost pets with their people, keeping families together and helping to reduce the number of homeless pets.
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Person wearing rubber gloves about ready to insert a microchip in a tabby kitten

Spaying and Neutering Is Important to Prevent Dog Bites, Increase Public Safety

Choosing to have your pet spayed or neutered is important to help keep your pet stay healthier and happier and will reduce the number of homeless pets in our community wh...
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Puppies born on the Navajo Nation

Winter Pet Care

Cold weather can be hazardous to the health of cats and dogs, and even deadly, so here are a few things to consider for the animals in our care when the weather turns fri...
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Close up of Rez dog in the snow

Vaccinating Dogs and Cats is Important for Their Health, and Ours

Vaccinations are an important consideration for our pets’ general health care. Learn why.
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woman from the Navajo Nation waits to get her pet vaccinated

Why Is My Cat Not Using the Litter Box? Part 2: Box Setup Issues

One reason a cat may not be the litter box is because they’re unhappy with the box itself.
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Gray and white cat coming out of a litter pan

Why Is My Cat Not Using the Litter Box? Part 1: Medical Issues

When your cat doesn’t use their litter box, they’re trying to tell you something is wrong in their life, and it's up to you to figure it out.
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Dilute calico cat next to a small litter pan

How to Have a Cat-Friendly Home

When we see cats doing things that seem undesirable to us, such as scratching, chewing, and biting, we must remember that these are instinctive behaviors that cats have t...
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Brown tabby and white cat stretching up to scratch on a tall sisal scratching post

How to Get Cat Pee Out of Furniture and Carpet

If your cat has an accident, we hope these tips help relieve the smell as well as some of your stress.
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Cat lying on a couch next to a man looking at his mobile phone

How to Show Your Cat You Love Them

Ways to show cats we love them include giving them choices and by playing with them.
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Video: Introducing Cats to Other Cats

We want everything to go as smoothly as possible when you bring your newly adopted cats home, so here are some tips on introducing a new cat to a home with resident cats.
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An orange cat and black and white kitten nose-to-nose checking each other out

How to Get Your Cat to Use the Litter Box

How do you get your cat to use the litter box? Here are tips to set your cat up for success and avoid litter box problems.
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Cat using a litter box, stepping out of the box onto a mat

Socializing and instilling good behaviors in kittens

While a big part of fostering is helping the kittens to grow and be healthy, another component is helping them develop the good habits that will make them wonderful compa...
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Four kittens in a cat tree, three looking to the side and one looking at the camera

Video: How to Crate Train Your Dog

Watch this video explaining how to crate train a dog to help your pup become comfortable with going into a crate.
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White puppy in a crate, learning the crate training process

How To Train Your New Dog: Get the Basics

Video demonstrating everything you need to know to begin training the basics to your newly adopted dog.
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Pet Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Guide

Pet emergency and disaster preparedness is essential to keep you and your animals safe whether you need to shelter in place or evacuate. Here's how to prepare for emergen...
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Tabby cat sniffing medication bottles on a windowsill

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