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5 Myths We Need To Debunk   Isabel Ling 1.    Desexing makes my dog fat. FALSE! After desexing, your dog will have a lower metabolism. If you feed your dog the same amount as you did prior to desexing, it will gain weight....

Aug 24, 2012 1

Animal 3Rs: Rescue, Rehabilitate, Rehome [ Part 3 ]   Ee Lynn In Part 2, we talked about how all animal rescuers carry out the good work they do on the premise that we owe a collective responsibility, as humans, to the animals that we are supposed to care for...

Aug 23, 2012 0

Where To Get Your Pet Rabbit   Timothy Chan In Malaysia there are many ways in which a potential rabbit owner can acquire a pet rabbit. However, the most important point to remember is to only acquire rabbits above 8 weeks of age. Impulse...

Aug 15, 2012 1

Welcoming The Draft Of Animal Welfare Bill 2012   Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye Help shape Malaysia’s Animal Welfare Bill. Make a difference. Government Phase 2 Survey ends on 31st Aug 2012. Voice your opinions ASAP &show your support for animal welfare! Join Phase...

Aug 14, 2012 1

Benefits Of Owning A Dog   PetFinder.my Now, who needs a DOC when you have a DOG? =) Click on image to view high-resolution version: Source: TheDogTrainingSecret.com PetFinder.myPetFinder.my is Malaysia's leading Pet Adoption...

Aug 13, 2012 0

Steak, Lovely Steak!   Ellen Whyte Hello kitties! I have good news to report! I have trained my pet to give me steak twice a day! This is how you do it. You wait until your Pet is eating Red Meat. Then you go over and you show...

Aug 11, 2012 2

Kuching Serial Puppy Killer Jailed One Month   Dave Avran Yes, I am aware that this subject has been done to death. Ironically, death is also the subject of this article. The death of five innocent, helpless puppies at the hands of a 55 year old shop...

Aug 11, 2012 0

Of Cream Crackers And A Little Dog Named Brownie   Chengy My very first dog was not even my own. I christened him Brownie, as I had no idea what his real name was. Every day I would walk by his house, and there Brownie was, hanging outside the gate of my...

Aug 5, 2012 0

What Are The Benefits Of Desexing Your Dog?   Isabel Ling   This topic has been discussed to death in all animal welfare forums. It seems everyone should already know this right? So let’s recap on your basic knowledge on benefits of desexing and...

Aug 1, 2012 0

Buy, Adopt Or Foster   Guni Gomez   That is the BIG question.   Are you planing on getting a fur kid? Have you asked yourself the following questions? What do I want – a cat or a dog? Where do I live? House with a...

Aug 1, 2012 0

Cat Care 101   Alicia Horsley Cats have been said to be easy to care for and for the most part, this is true. For instance, they are remarkable easy to toilet train and they do not need you to walk them. Provided your cat has...

Aug 1, 2012 0

Ted – A Small Cat With A Lot Of Courage   Lynette Lim Ted the cat came into our lives one day and all of us at the Langkawi Animal Shelter & Sanctuary Foundation (LASSie) fell immediately and...

Aug 1, 2012 0

A PetFinder.my Success Story   Dave Avran   WAGazine thought it would be a good idea to track down and document one of PetFinder.my’s many successful adoption stories in our inaugural issue. We dug into the archives and managed...

Aug 1, 2012 0

You and Your Rabbit   Timothy Chan Greetings to all WAGazine Readers! First of all, please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Timothy Chan and most of you in the Malaysian “Rabbit Circle” knows me through my weblog...

Aug 1, 2012 2

Should I Microchip My Pet?   Amanda Coffin In the past couple of years, I’ve noticed a number of posts on the PetFinder.my forum in which members have asked about the benefits,  if any, of microchipping their pets.  There are a lot of...

Aug 1, 2012 1

How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?   Jessica Ng As a young child, I loved this song simply because I loved dogs.  I never thought much of the lyrics as it seemed harmless.  It was an innocent and simple song.  Recently, I heard the song being...

Aug 1, 2012 0

Dawn’s Doggy Diary [ Part 1 ]   Dave Avran Yes, today I am an abuse survivor, actor, model, celebrity spokesdog and animal welfare activist and have a human guardian who adores me, but this was not always the case. This is my diary that I am...

Aug 1, 2012 0

Animal Welfare Bill: A Step In The Right Direction   Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye Animal lovers can look forward to an end to animal cruelty and abuse with the proposal by the Department of Veterinary Service (DVS) to introduce the Animal Welfare Bill in Parliament.   The...

Aug 1, 2012 0

Animal 3Rs: Rescue, Rehabilitate, Rehome [ Part 2/4 ]   Ee Lynn We continue from Part 1 where we talked about stray animal rescuers being loosely divided into 2 categories: incidental rescuers, and organized rescuers.   Some of these organized rescuers fall...

Aug 1, 2012 1

Animal 3Rs: Rescue, Rehabilitate, Rehome [ Part 1/4 ]   Ee Lynn Perhaps you have received e-mails or text messages before from groups or individuals who need to find homes for cats or dogs. Perhaps you have encountered booths put up by animal rescue groups at...

Aug 1, 2012 1