Our Expert: Gina Spadafori
Have Several Cats? How to Defuse the Drama
By Gina Spadafori | July 5, 2011Cats are highly territorial, which sometimes causes turf wars in multi-cat households. Every cat needs some space of his own to be happy, and one of the best ways to provide each of your felines with…View Full Post ›
Best Cure for Dog Begging (Hint: It Requires Your Will Power)
By Gina Spadafori | July 5, 2011The easiest way to stop your dog from begging? Never to let him begin the habit in the first place. When we like the dog's behavior, we say we're "sharing" our food. When we…View Full Post ›
The Major Benefits of Adopting an Adult Dog
By Gina Spadafori | July 5, 2011The idea that an adult dog is somehow "damaged goods" as an adoption prospect is strangely pervasive, especially among people for whom an older dog would be perfect -- novices with neither…View Full Post ›
Cat Scratching Up Your Furniture? Reader Shares Tried-and-True Solution
By Gina Spadafori | July 5, 2011Kitty loves to scratch, but how do we teach our cats to use the scratching post instead of the furniture?View Full Post ›
Does Your Dog Dream?
By Gina Spadafori | July 5, 2011You've probably caught your dog whining or running in his sleep at one time or another. Don't feel like you have to poke him or wake him up -- chances are good that he's…View Full Post ›
Special Strategy Required to Help Your Cat Shed Extra Pounds
By Gina Spadafori | July 5, 2011Too much food and too little exercise is doing to our cats exactly what it's doing to us -- making them fat. And with felines, just as with as humans, obesity all too often leads to diabetes, joint…View Full Post ›
Why Do Cats Prefer Attention From Cat Haters?
By Gina Spadafori | July 5, 2011No matter how much we love our cats, one question invariably remains: Why, in a room full of people, will he make a beeline toward the one person who is not paying attention? Cats don't…View Full Post ›
Pet Training Can Keep Unneutered and Unspayed Pets From Straying
By Gina Spadafori | July 5, 2011Q: Many people have unspayed female dogs, and they walk them near other dogs. Every time a dog in heat urinates, the smell drives male dogs crazy, even the fixed ones. Please explain that when…View Full Post ›
Spot Check: You Probably Aren't Washing Your Cat and Dog's Food and Water Dishes Enough
By Gina Spadafori | July 5, 2011No matter how thoroughly your cat or dog licks the food dish, it's not clean enough to use again without washing. That goes for water dishes, too. In some homes I've seen water dishes with the…View Full Post ›
Why Has Our Cat Started Spraying?
By Gina Spadafori | July 5, 2011Q: Our cat has suddenly started spraying urine on the furniture. We've squirted him, spanked him and yelled at him, but it doesn't help. He's still using the litterbox, just not all…View Full Post ›
Are You More Likely to Get Seriously Bitten by a Strange Dog or Your Family Dog? Statistics Will Surprise You
By Gina Spadafori | July 5, 2011Although packs of free-roaming, vicious dogs are the stuff of our nightmares, statistics say we are more likely to be bitten by dogs we know. However, avoiding a tragic situation is largely in…View Full Post ›
