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Articles about life with animals — care, adoption, loss, and what stays afterwards.
How to report animal cruelty
A dog on a short chain with no water. A cat shut in an empty flat. Most people see something like this once and do not know who to call — and by the time they find out, they have talked themselves out of it. This guide is here so that does not happen.
Adopting from a shelter: how it really works
From the first enquiry to the first week at home. Why the shelter asks so many questions, what a home check is for, and what to expect in the first three weeks.
What the first year with a dog or cat really costs
Everyone budgets for food and a bed. What breaks the budget is one item nobody expects — and costs that are not measured in money at all.
Dog years to human years: how old is my dog really?
The “one dog year equals seven human years” rule is wrong. A one-year-old dog is roughly equivalent to a 15-year-old person, a two-year-old to a 24-year-old — and after that each year adds four to six human years depending on the dog’s size. Large dogs age faster than small ones.
Dog microchipping in Europe: the rules country by country
Across most of Europe a dog must now be microchipped and registered in a national database, and the EU has agreed to make that universal for all dogs and cats. The details — deadlines, who registers the dog, fines — still differ by country. Here is what applies in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Germany and Poland.
A dog or cat has gone missing: the first hours decide
What matters most happens in the first hour — and that is the hour in which people decide worst. This is a list you can work through even when thinking is not working.
When an animal dies: what helps and what does not
About a decision that cannot be made correctly, only in time or too late. And about what comes afterwards — including the things nobody says out loud.