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Ford Created a Noise-Cancelling Kennel to Protect Dogs From Fireworks Noise

I hate to see how upset and nervous dogs get while fireworks are blasting away on the Fourth of July and New Year’s Eve (and sometimes on other occasions depending on where you live).

The loud bangs can scare dogs badly and sometimes it seems like nothing will calm them back down. Well, hopefully that will change if/when this prototype noise-cancelling dog kennel from Ford hits the market.

The car company took noise-cancelling technology from their cars and put it into the dog kennel prototype. According to reports, “The kennel, like many high-end headphones, is outfitted with microphones that detect loud noises and cue the speakers to pipe in sound-canceling frequencies.” Ford says that noise is reduced to a level that ensures dogs won’t become upset.

For now, Ford’s people are saying that they built the kennel to show customers how the noise-cancelling technologies in their cars can be used in everyday life. But Anthony Ireson, director of marketing and communications for Ford Europe, said, “If there’s enough interest, we’ll explore the technology.”

It seems like a lot of people are really into the idea of buying this kind of kennel for their dogs.

We love our pets like family, so it’s only natural that a product designed to help ease their fears and anxiety would eventually hit the market.

Here’s a video showing the kennel in action.

Hopefully, this prototype will become available to the public to purchase sooner than later.

What do you think? Would you buy one of these for your pooch?

Let us know in the comments!

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There’s a Great Facebook Page Dedicated to All the Dogs UPS Drivers Meet

UPS drivers encounter a lot of people along their daily routes. They probably see a lot of the same faces day in and day out. And that includes dogs who they meet on the road.

So many UPS drivers make friends with pups along the way that there’s even a Facebook page dedicated to showing off these unique relationships.

Here are some great pics of drivers and their furry friends.

1. A whole gaggle of dogs.

Lloyd making some new friends in Shipton Oliffe, CHELTENHAM, UK

Posted by UPS Dogs on Friday, December 27, 2019

2. New friends!

Father/daughter duo delivered packages to River and Jax’s house! Tigard, Oregon

Posted by UPS Dogs on Tuesday, December 24, 2019

3. Santa’s here!

Merry Christmas! Ups lake wales ,fl ( Avon park )

Posted by UPS Dogs on Wednesday, December 25, 2019

4. Big fans of each other.

Harper getting some love from her boyfriend Darren at Blossom and Basket Boutique. Mt. Airy, MD

Posted by UPS Dogs on Friday, December 27, 2019

5. Come on in the truck.

Who ordered a pair of Neos for Christmas?! ❤??

Posted by UPS Dogs on Monday, December 23, 2019

6. Along for the ride.

Our awesome driver, Trevor, and Claire. Best of friends!Beale AFB, California

Posted by UPS Dogs on Saturday, December 28, 2019

7. Big hugs all around.

Ruby loves our UPS man! Hugs for Christmas!Wantage, NJ

Posted by UPS Dogs on Wednesday, December 25, 2019

8. Here they come!

Merry Christmas from Kentucky ? ?

Posted by UPS Dogs on Saturday, December 21, 2019

9. Back home safely.

Have to say a big THANK YOU!!! to our driver, Dakota! None of my Amazon packages came today..lol..but he did bring my…

Posted by UPS Dogs on Thursday, December 19, 2019

10. How about a kiss?

This is Storm with her very own UPS Dad, stopping to give him some kisses on this cold day! I love you!❤

Posted by UPS Dogs on Thursday, December 19, 2019

It doesn’t get much better than that, folks!

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A Study Shows That Cats Are Less Stressed When They Have Access to Cardboard Boxes

If you have a cat, you’ve probably suspected this for a long time, but now we know that it’s official: cardboard boxes help alleviate cats’ stress.

Researchers from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands conducted the study on shelter cats to see if access to cardboard boxes genuinely helped lower their stress levels in a scientifically measurable way. The scientists used 19 shelter cats in the study, 10 of which were given access to boxes, while 9 were not.

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The study showed that the cats who had access to the boxes showed a faster recovery ability and adapted more quickly to their new environment than those cats that didn’t have access to boxes. The researchers noticed major differences between the two groups just three or four days into the study.

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The researchers explained, “Stressful experiences can have a major impact on the cats’ welfare and may cause higher incidences of infectious diseases in the shelters due to raised cortisol levels causing immunodeficiency. Though several studies showed preference for hiding places and stress-reducing effects of hiding boxes on cats in combined studies, none of these studies determined if proper hiding enrichment would be effective in a quarantine cattery.”

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The study lasted 14 days and the cats who had access to the cardboard boxes had a lower mean CSS, which means they had lower stress levels than the cats without the cardboard boxes. Also, the 10 individual cats with the boxes showed little difference in their stress levels while the 9 cats with no access to boxes showed high variance in their levels.

Bottom line: if you have cats, you’ll probably make them feel a lot more comfortable if you toss some old boxes around the house. It makes sense – in the wild, cats are pretty small, and would likely spend quite a lot of their time hiding out of sight.

So help your kitties keep those stress levels down!

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A Man Died of Sepsis After His Dog Licked Him

I routinely let most dogs I encounter lick me as much as they want. Now, after learning about this story, I can say that maybe I need to back off a little bit…

A 63-year-old man in Germany began to feel ill and ultimately died – and the culprit might freak you out a little bit: the man’s dog licked his face. A couple of weeks later, he got a fever, started experiencing muscle pains, and then had trouble breathing. He decided to go to the hospital to find out what was going on and he received some awful news: he had advanced kidney damage and liver dysfunction.

 

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He was admitted to the hospital but things took a turn for the worse. The doctors realized he was suffering from gangrene and that he had a terrible sepsis infection.

Of course correlation is not causation, so how do we know it was the dog licking that did it?

The man’s bloodwork showed that he was infected with Capnocytophaga canimorsus, which is a bacteria usually found in the saliva of cats and dogs.

No treatments worked on the poor man, and he suffered for 16 days as multiple organs failed. Sadly, his family eventually decided to turn off his life support and the man passed away.

This may sound like something that has never happened before or that would never happen again, but there were two other cases of humans contracting Capnocytophaga canimorsus from dogs in 2018 alone. A 58-year-old woman in Wisconsin died after her dog nipped her, and a man, also from Wisconsin, contracted the bacteria after spending time with eight puppies. The man had to have both of his legs amputated and parts of his hands removed because of the infection.

Our advice: if you happen to be bitten by a dog or a cat, wash the area immediately with soap and water, and have a doctor take a look at the wound just to be on the safe side. Yikes…

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10 Cute Cat Bleps That Might Warm Your Heart

Cats on social media give us all kinds of sweet little moments, but the bleps have been winning big lately. What are bleps, you ask? It’s when a kitty has just a little bit of their tongue hanging out of their mouth and it is freaking adorable.

Here are some perfect examples.

1. Good morning!

Good morning blep from Blep

2. Looks like a drawing.

She has anime eyes and the cutest blep from Blep

3. A snoozin’ blep.

Meet my cats blep from Blep

4. A real beauty.

The prettiest blep I ever did see from Blep

5. I thought I heard something.

Blep did I hear the treat baggy crinkle? from Blep

6. Extreme close-up.

One handsome blep from Blep

7. It sure is magnificent…

Caught this magnificent blep the other day. It has taken a few years but we caught one in the end! from Blep

8. Bleppy boi, bleppy boi.

Please enjoy our bleppy boi from Blep

9. The muppet blep.

October looks like a a scruffy muppet with a blep. from Blep

10. Just a little one…

A tiny blep from Blep

Don’t hold out on us!

We know you have some great blep photos that we’d love to see in the comments!

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10 Tweets That Prove Cats Also Like to Play Fetch

This may surprise you, but playing fetch isn’t only for the dogs anymore.

All kinds of cats are getting in on this action!

But that’s a good thing, right? The more, the merrier, we like to say!

1. Look at her go!

2. A hair tie will work, too.

3. Keep practicing.

4. Your cat’s ears were burning.

5. Here’s the proof.

6. A pawsome game.

7. Just like a doggo.

8. Magical, indeed.

9. Three-legged fetch!

10. You gotta love it.

Do you have any videos or photos of your pet THAT ISN’T a dog playing fetch?

Share them with us in the comments! We want to see these animals in action!

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Take a Look at These Wholesome Things That Happened in the Animal Kingdom This Year

A lot of great things happened to or with people’s fur babies  this year – and, luckily, they were kind enough to put it all up on social media.

Here are 15 really nice and wholesome things that happened in 2019 that involved our furry animal friends.

Enjoy!

1. He saved you.

2. Cuteness overload.

3. Best friends forever.

4. All together now.

5. Sharing is caring.

6. Fetch over the fence.

7. Hello!

8. That is touching.

9. Jumping for joy.

10. New friends!

11. I remember you.

12. We know that cat!

13. This man is a saint.

14. One at a time.

15. Go, Clyde!

Those sure made the end of my year a lot better!

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Is Your Dog Spoiled Rotten? Then These Tweets Are for You!

We all do it, right? When I’ve had dogs in the past, I treated them like royalty…BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE.

You know what I’m saying, right?

Dogs are our best friends – they love us unconditionally, and therefore they deserve to be spoiled rotten.

The people who wrote these tweets definitely agree with me…

1. Just call it a dog bed.

2. Not you…

3. You’re absolutely right.

4. Why do you say that?

5. Maybe?

6. That’s a lie.

7. Living her best life.

8. Don’t upset the dog.

9. That’s totally normal.

10. Sorry, gotta go.

11. Hell no!

12. We all do this, right?

13. Party night!

14. The floor is fine for you.

15. Honey, we need to talk…

Do you have an extremely pampered pup?

Let’s see some photos in the comments!

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I Think You’re Gonna Want a 2020 Dog Shaming Calendar

Is there anything better than photos of people shaming their poor dogs to publicly humiliate them?

The answer is NO. It is, in fact, the most enjoyable thing on the planet.

And you can enjoy these kinds of shenanigans all year-round with your very own 2020 Pet Shaming Calendar. Let’s get a sneak peek…

1. You dirty doggy.

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2. Uh oh…

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3. Fresh out of the box.

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4. You filthy animal.

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5. This one takes the cake.

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6. Definitely not a part of your diet.

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7. The Jerk Store called…

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8. Stay away from the baby!

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9. A low-down, dirty shame.

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10. Guilty as charged.

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Order your calendar HERE.

And share some pics in the comments of your own bad girls and boys!

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These Great Cat Posts Should Make You Smile

Do you want to see some cute/funny/mischievous kitty cats! I know I do!

Well, what are you waiting for?!?!

Go ahead and get started!

1. Move along.

I guess this is her chair now from aww

2. I’ll be two shelves below the soy sauce.

Everytime we open the fridge, he does this and I don’t know why. from aww

3. This is amazing.

4. Fell for it!

Outsmarted her this time. Muahaha. from cats

5. No more of that.

6. He doesn’t give a sh*t.

Something tells me Reinhardt is not impressed.. from cats

7. The Thinker.

Watson deep in contemplation. from cats

8. Hahahaha. Yes!

9. All month long.

10. Straight up chillin’.

Levi just needs a beer and a remote from cats

11. All snuggled up.

12. A new way to do it.

13. Looks comfy.

My 2 adopted (non-related) kitties really like each other. from aww

14. Better be careful.

Show us some pics of your feline friends in the comments!

We’d love to meet them!

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