Woof Woof Wednesday

We're due for another shot of pup Astrid pouting in the window, aren't we? Well then, here you go.

Astrid and all of us here wish you a wonderful Wednesday!

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Flashback Doodle of the Day

With this new month, I'm going to try to stick to a new schedule for sharing both new and flashback doodles. Actually, with this new month, I'm trying to do a whole lot of things to keep me on track for all sorts of personal goals, but I digress. Wednesdays is a flashback doodle day, and so we have another doodle from that forest home I scribbled up a couple years ago. Your tour guide is yet again a certain tuxie kitty, and today he's taking you to the living room.

If this doodle looks familiar, it's what inspired one of the doodles I shared for my April A to Z Challenge. I still haven't finished sharing the doodles from that alphabetical challenge after my April got wild and crazy in regards to both work and life in general, but those final doodles will eventually pop up here and there on our blog. I have a plethora of doodles I want to scribble up, so I've decided to work on them and share them in whatever order most inspires me at the time.

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Tip of the Day

It's the first day of June, which means summer is knocking at the door. In honor of this season of heat and humidity, we're going to share some summer safety tips that we more or less mention every single summer. We hate to be a broken record, but summer safety is important for our furbabies, so we don't mind sharing these tips each year.

So, let's get right on with these summer tips, shall we? To begin, in many areas, summer can mean extreme heat. For this reason, it is important to know the signs of heat exhaustion or heat stroke in your cat or dog. Signs of overheating in our furbabies can include excessive panting, difficulty breathing, increased heart rate and respiration rate, excessive drooling, weakness, or even vomiting and diarrhea. If your furbaby begins to show any of these signs, especially if they have been in the heat, do not hesitate to seek veterinary assistance. Tomorrow, we'll start diving a little deeper into how to keep your kitties and pups safe from overheating and other summer concerns.