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| Adoptable Pets: Here's what supporting the Alameda Animal Shelter provides - Inside Bay Area Posted: Click photo to enlarge Ruby, a 3-year-old female Chihuahua who was found abandoned in January, is Alameda Animal Shelter's pet of the week.  The Alameda Animal Shelter provides many services for the community at the shelter building and through outreach programs, including the enforcement of Alameda city ordinances relating to pets, owners and the housing of stray or injured animals. Other services available include: Licensing by the city of Alameda at the shelter (seniors 62 and older are entitled to a reduced license fee for their pets), showing proof of rabies vaccination for all cats and dogs; enforcement of anti-cruelty ordinances; enforcing the leash laws in all public places except designated dog parks; responding to excessive barking complaints and other related services. On March 19, the Frank Bette Gallery, on Lincoln Avenue at Paru Street, will host another adoption opportunity from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Shelter staff will be present with adoptable animals. PET OF THE WEEK: RUBY, a rich, reddish-brown female of about 3 years, is an adorable Chihuahua with great walking manners, lots of energy and jumping skills and unique and delightful facial characteristics. She was found abandoned near Chestnut Street and Eagle Avenue in January and could really use a warm home after waiting so long. Come in and visit tiny Ruby. DOG ALLEY: New to the shelter is an unnamed red-and-black male German shepherd dog with a beautiful coat and just the right look for his breed. This guy is a young adult and is ready to provide loyalty and companionship. Also new is MAX, a young adult male pit bull mix with a caramel tan coat. He appears to have been well cared for and walks well.PETEY is a neutered male brown-and-white Manchester terrier, that resembles a Jack Russell, and has been in the shelter since July! This guy deserves better! He is about 3 (the life span for this breed is 12 to 15 years) and is well-behaved and affectionate. There are now seven Chihuahuas available. CAT LAIR: MITTENS is a neutered male black, gray and white tabby adult with very good social skills. He loves people and toys, has good hygiene and is a really handsome guy. There are eight cats available now, and more litters of kittens arriving in three weeks. RABBIT ROW: MANGO, an 8-month-old Dutch-mix male, is still waiting patiently to be adopted. In foster care, BACON, a young adult female, and brothers CHOCOLATE and BUTTERSCOTCH have been spayed or neutered. All are 7 months old. Contact Tina at the shelter if you would like to meet them at their foster home. Linda Treml Hallam is an Alameda writer and animal lover. Visit Alameda Animal Shelter at 1590 Fortman Way at Grand Street or visit the Internet to view the animals, in color, at petharbor.com. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Are Pets Affected By Daylight Saving Time? - LiveScience.com Posted: You might think it unlikely that the switch to daylight saving time (DST) could throw your cat or dog's busy schedule — eat, sleep, eat, sleep — off-kilter. But, as it turns out, some animals are so in tune with their owners' schedules that the one-hour spring forward can cause some confusion. Just like humans, animals have internal clocks that tell them when to eat, sleep and wake up. This biological timekeeper, also known as circadian rhythm, is set in motion by natural sunlight. However, for pets this effect is minimized by the artificial environment they live in, where light comes on not with the rising sun but with the flip of a switch. Humans set their pets' routines, said Alison Holdhus-Small, a research assistant at CSIRO Livestock Industries, an Australia-based research and development organization. "Animals that live with humans develop routines related to human activity — for example, cows become accustomed to being milked at particular times of day, or pet dogs become accustomed to going for walks or being fed at a particular time of day," Holdhus-Small told Life's Little Mysteries. "When humans apply daylight saving time to their own lives, if they carry out their routine according to the clock, the animals can become confused." [Why Do We Observe Daylight Saving Time?] Holdhus-Small gives some examples of how animals might respond to a time change: If a farm owner arrives an hour later (when the clocks are turned back) to milk the cows, they will be waiting, bellowing because their internal routine tells them that they're late. Conversely, if the farmer arrives an hour earlier (when the clocks are turned ahead) the cows will not be inclined to come in to milk until closer to the "proper" time. "When humans change the clocks for daylight saving, to suit our preferred working environment, from an animal's point of view, we are suddenly behaving oddly," Holdhus-Small said. "To the animals, it is inexplicable that suddenly dinner is an hour later or earlier than expected." This behavior shift could cause animals psychological and physiological stress, Holdhus-Small said. A cow's udder, for example, will continue to produce milk regardless of DST and pressure will build up until the cow is milked. Household pets might get grumpy when they show up to an empty food dish at their perceived dinner time. So when you set your clock forward an hour this weekend, remember that your pets need a little paw-holding during the time change. Holdhus-Small suggests gradually changing the animal's activities by a few minutes a day rather than the whole hour at once. This article was provided by Life's Little Mysteries, a sister site to LiveScience.com This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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