Pet Spotlight: Samantha Hayes and Frida

I’ve always loved cats, having grown up with a number of feline pets (as well as a couple of dogs). But it’s always cats I’ve felt an affinity with – independent, affectionate when they choose, and they love their sleep! My current moggy is a petite little black...

Pet Spotlight: Freida McFadden and KitKat

We adopted our cat KitKat when she was five years old. My husband brought her home from the shelter in her brand new carrying case, and she peered back at me from within the case with her yellow eyes.  When she timidly emerged from the case, my two kids...

PET SPOTLIGHT: ANNIE WARD AND IZZY

Otherwise known as “Baby Doggins” by my two boys I grew up on a thirty-acre farm in the Midwest. We had six Irish Setters that roamed free back in those days, and it seemed like we always had a litter of puppies to look after in our basement. I moved away at...