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Today’s unhappy shot

by Catherine Toth on January 25, 2012 in Happy Shots, The Dog Dish

I walked into the living room this morning and there was blood everywhere. Indy had snagged his nail and it broke. He wasn’t in any pain, but we had to take him to see our vet, Dr. Richard Fujie, who cut down his nail and prescribed antibiotics. Like owner, like dog!

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Cat Chat: Fashionable dogs

by Catherine Toth on November 25, 2011 in Musings, The Daily Dish, Videos

Christmas isn’t just for humans.

If you’re looking for a gift for your pooch — or your dog-owning friend — consider a local-style kimono or yukata from Hawaii-based Inu Inu Hawaii, an Asian-inspired dog apparel and accessories line created by Sasha Dominy.

She will be one of hundreds of vendors at the 25th annual Islandwide Crafts & Food Expo, happening today through Sunday at the Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall. It’s one of my favorite places to find unique gifts for Christmas — and if I weren’t in Chicago, I would totally be there. Probably all weekend.

So we talked with Sasha’s mom, Mary, about this adorable fashion line for dogs — Sunny and Indy are fans — and where you can get ‘em in time for Christmas.

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Yes, I sleep with dogs

by Catherine Toth on October 20, 2011 in The Dog Dish

I was talking with a girlfriend of mine and, in conversation, mentioned my dogs sleep in my bed.

Yes, with me.

“They sleep with you?” she asked with a hint of disgust.

“Yeah, why, is that weird?”

“Uh……..”

That was enough for me to figure out just how she felt about it.

Until Sunny — who I got two years ago — I never slept with dogs. Or guinea pigs. Or our pet turtle. Animals had separate living quarters — and those were usually somewhere outside.

My parents never let animals — aside from fish — in the house. Even when I got a little, shy Papillon, the poor guy had to stay outside.

When I first got Sunny, I got a bed, too. Just for her. But it didn’t take long before this little four-month-old puppy was curled up next to my legs in bed — my bed — that everything changed.

Now I can’t imagine my dogs sleeping anywhere else.

I wondered if this was weird. Reality TV diva Kim Kardashian can’t sleep with pooches in her sheets. But is she the norm?

According to a recent survey of pet owners by the American Pet Products Association, nearly half of dogs sleep in their owner’s beds. The survey found that 62 percent of small dogs, 41 percent of medium-sized dogs and 32 percent of large dogs sleep with their owners. (Even majority of cats sleep with their adult owners.)

So it’s normal — but is it healthy?

Not if you have pet allergies or asthma. And pets can “bring a wide range of zoonotic pathogens into our environment,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Still, I can’t kick my furry friends out of my bed.

Can you?

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