What kind of pets did people have during the American Revolution?

Just a curious question. A friend and I were discussing this and we found it would just be a neat thing to know. Did they even have pets? I've heard dogs were popular, but what kind? I've heard a lot of different answers, and research is too much of a pain for a 'just to know' question.|||I don't think they tended to keep pets (not the way we think of them), though they would have had working animals, including dogs to guard and manage livestock, horses for transportation, oxen for pulling heavy loads, and cats for pest control. I'm sure there were a few people who had a particular fondness for an animal, but I doubt it was the norm. It would have been an extravagance.|||Actually people during the revolution had plenty of pets. Thomas Jefferson, for example, had a monkey and peacocks at his home Monticello. Hunting dogs as well as just domestic dogs were also common. The tradition of house pets has been around since the Romans really :)

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How can pet owners tell if their pets, cats or dogs are happy?

I seem to think that my cats are bored because they sleep too much!


They seem sad, not very playful and they are only 1 year old.


What are some signs of happy pets or unhappy pets?|||Cats are supposed to sleep an average of 18 hours a day... that is perfectly normal... as long as they eat sleep and poop normally... you have a happy cat... some cats are just not that playful while others are bouncing off the wall... chill... they are cats doing what cats do best lol|||Cats prefer to be nocturnal, and they sleep a lot during the day. Some breeds of cats are also more playful and energetic than others...you may want to research your cats' breeds to see if they're the more energetic breeds or not.


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What happens to pets whose owners become hospitalized?

Particularly in Pennysilvania, what happens when a pet owner is hospitalized and the patient will not be able to care for them anymore? A nurse at the hospital insisted that the pets would be removed and placed in a good shelter to await adoption, but I wanted to know what would happen in the meantime. Do people go out and feed the animals and make sure they're alright?





Thanks for reading!|||It's up to the owner to arrange for their pets to be looked after - friends, boarding kennel, family. Hospitals don't and can't get involved.|||It's really up to the owner. They could ask their friends to take the animal, or failing that, have it placed in an animal shelter.|||sadly, if no one rescues them or calls animal control, they starve.





anyone can call animal control. humane society, ASPCA, etc. local police can tell you who to call. in many areas, they are animal control. if they get a report that animals are not being cared for while the owner is away, they will try to find someone with a key to let them in, or break in, if they have to.|||I don't know if there's a difference between the states, but I do know that hospitals often employ social workers whose job is to help patients and their families sort out all these types of details. I know an oncology nurse who did lots of cat rescue, and was often called on to help in situations where there wasn't a family or the family couldn't or wouldn't take care of the pets. It's really a scary and sad situation in those cases where a patient cannot communicate that his pets need care at home.|||True pet guardians have a back-up such as pet loving friends to help them in situations like this.Thankfully I have been blessed to know


many people in animal rescue who would help care for my cats


in situations like you mentioned.


Just network with animal people.|||The arrangements would be up to the animal's owner. Preferably if someone were ill or disabled they would have a safety net in place in case a circumstance like this arose.





It is a good question. Those of us who are healthy should have a plan in place too.





But if a pet owner, a person who lives alone, were suddenly hospitalized no one would even know about the animals left behind unless that owner contacted someone and gave them the keys, money for food etc. If the went through a social worker at the hospital I do believe the results could be grim. If the social worker contacted the city or county animal control the animal would be euthanized. In most places, after 7 days.





To my knowledge there is no agency that would go feed the animals every day. That would be like a pet sitting service. I am sure no charity has the funds or the volunteers to do that and the hospital's social workers would not be hunting them down.





Some years ago my neighbor, unbeknownst to me, was commited to detox by her brother. One of his kids was swinging by to pick up the mail and newspapers so I had no idea Mary wasn't there. Did notice her cat was out a lot though. And had become very friendly with me. And thin.





Mary was gone 2 weeks before I knew what was going on and that the cat was locked out, alone, and not being fed. Her cat would have starved if I hadn't fed it because she was gone more than a month.





If you think you may become unable to care for your animals, please get all the arrangements in order right now. Include extra sets of keys, extra pet supplies, extra cash, contact information for animal shelters. You should also contact shelters and explain everything and make sure they have your name and the name of you pet care proxy.





I really don't know all the details of what to do but I advise you to work it all out if you feel the need is imminent .

How do I manage pets on a newly seeded lawn?

I am going to be putting some lawn patch repair on the bare parts of my fenced in backyard (mulch/fertilizer/seed) and also some turf builder on the rest of the lawn. When can I let the pets go back in their yard? Would it be best to supervise them when they are in the yard? The packages say it is safe for pets, but I am not sure it is safe for the grass for them to be on it. Any other suggestions would be appreciated on how I can avoid having a big muddy mess this spring since the winter/pets have turned the backyard into a big mess.|||Its fine as long as they arent trampoling the seeds to death but Its best to keep them off.





Make sure you keep the seeds well watered.


They will need potassium. Potassium will strengthen the root system.


Check the ingredients on the bag. Dont use it if it has alot of nitrogen, it can burn the new roots and kill it.


Once the roots have developed after a month or 2, then use the nitrogen. Nitrogen encourages growth. Iron helps with color.





I think the turf builder has alot of potassium and low nitrogen, that'll probly be good. Just dont over fertilize!|||You should probaly keep them off.Maybe for a week or two or until you think it is safe.





If you want them outside you should just watch them when they are outside.Don't forget to take care of your grass.|||It will be difficult.





It would be much better if you could keep the dogs off it.|||I had this problem with all the mud from the dogs but I installed Srint turf. Little pricey but well worth it. Check out the web site.





http://www.sprinturfsp.com/

If landlords allow pets, do they do anything to the apartment once a pet owner moves out?

For example, like pet hair/dander removal or detoxifying of the whole apartment, etc. I am allergic to pets and will be moving soon to a pet-friendly town for college and I am afraid I might move into an apartment and sneeze all the time.|||No they do not.





You need to move to a no pet rental.|||Web sites are a good place to find an apartment or house to rent, if you want to go through the entire list to find one in your state and then city.





The best place to look for places to rent is to go to the yellow pages of your telephone book, look under property managers.





These individuals list properties for rent in certain areas, so make sure you select the areas in which you wish to rent.





Call several of the property managers listed there, tell them you want a list of properties that they have for rent. Some will fax, email or mail the list of local places to rent along with the address, number of bedrooms and bath rooms, amenities available, such as washer and dryers or gyms, the monthly rental of the unit. Most will include a rental application. These list will include the monthly rental required, if a lease or month to month agreement will be signed. They will also indicate if they will accept Section 8 vouchers. They will also indicate it they have disabled access, allow pets and if so the type allowed.





They might indicate a web site that you might visit to get their list of places to rent. It does not cost to get a rental list from a reputable property manager.





Some will require you to stop by their office and pick up the list. A lot of them post their list outside so the list are available 24/7 365.





Make sure you don't fall for the scams and purchase a list as 70%-80% of these list are composed of free list they have compiled. They are not the property managers of any property in most instances.





You might also google Property managers in whatever city or community you want to live in and see what comes up. Again do not pay for this information as it is free from reliable property managers.





I hope this has been of some benefit to you, good luck.





"FIGHT ON"|||It's really up to the landlord but he/she will have to let it out in a tenant-able condition. If I were the landlord, I would expect the pet-owning tenant to return the place in the same clean condition that I have leased it. Otherwise, there is the bond money!|||There will be plenty of rentals where the landlord has never accepted pets; you should be able to find one of those rentals even in a pet friendly college town or look toward a newly constructed rental|||Not unless there was visible damage to the apartment after the pet owner moved out.|||Carpet cleaning and a fresh coat of paint is all you can hope for.|||Then common sense tells you to rent a place that has never allowed pets! Simple!

What happens when your flying a pet interstate and it has a stopover? Where do they keep the pets?

I have a puppy from Adelaide being flown up to the pilbara today. He has a stopover in Perth for 30-35 minutes. What will happen to him there? Do they store the pets in air-conditioning, are they fed? Looked over to make sure they are ok? Are they given water?|||For a 35 minute stopover he would stay in the freight hanger


If he missed his connection then the airline would be required (we hope!) to send him to a kennel|||In NZ I know that doesn't happen... you put food and water in with your pet and that's that. I would presume they'd keep the animals in the same place as they keep the luggage during a stopover but I would call the airline and ask about it :-)|||for 35 minutes, he won't go anywhere except from the one plane to the next, won't be time (or need) to feed / water etc!

What do your pets do when you get in the bed?

I have 3 cats and the youngest always comes running from wherever he is at in the house when he hears me turn on the fan and jumps right in the bed with me. It's sooo cute. The others will eventually come and run across my head while I'm sleeping or wake me up in the morning, but my youngest definitely has them beat in this category with his antics.


What cute or annoying things do your pets do when you are in the bed?|||My 2 cats each sleep on either side of me in bed. The dogs would like to also but the cats won't let them.





My cat George is very dysfunctional since he was taken from his mom at 4 weeks. (He's now 7 years old). He kneads bread on me and puts his head on my shoulder and in the morning, gently taps my face until I wake up to give him his breakfast. He's better than any alarm clock I've had. Trouble is, he wants his breakfast at 5AM!!|||My dog walks around my bed and makes this sound with his pows which is so annoying. He does that until I make some space for him in my bed. When he jumps in, he makes this funny sound as if telling that he is very tired and than lays down.|||my big dog is a bed hog. she spreads her legs and just passes out and snores worse than a human.


my lil dog curls up inside the blanket and eventualy swithces to his back with his man hood out from under the covers and spreads em wide lol its cute!|||let them sleep on the bed or get them their own|||our dogs come running when we say "bedtime!" jump on the bed and snuggle up :}|||My cat insists on sleeping next to me under the covers, which is totally fine with me. But her annoying habit begins around 5am when she proceeds to cry and lick my arm and bat my eyelids until I get up to feed her. Even if I hide under the covers she will sit on my head. I've endured this for about 12 years now.|||my cats pounce on my feet or my hands if i move them under the covers. or one of them sits on my chest and gets as close as possible to my face.|||My Dog jumps up in bed and is a bed hog. He is a big a big dog. My cat sleeps in my bed by my dog and they snuggle up and sleep. But after she id done hissing at him then she sleeps.|||Whenever I go to sleep, my little Chihuahua jumps on my bed (after several attempts because the bed is tall). He immediately comes right up to me and I pull the covers up so he can curl up in between my legs and go to sleep. He usually stays there majority of the night! Such a cutie (but also a heater!). :-) I love it when he does it!|||my dog isnt aloud to go upstairs so he sleeps downstairs on his dog bed|||Well, sometimes my cat just keeps whining if she wants out of my room, she has to stay in my room when it's bedtime because she'll wake up my mom and dad if she isn't.


Most of the time she crawls into bed with me(if it's winter)or sleeps in her little cat bed(if it's summer).|||my dog don't sleep with us, He sleeps in his kennel|||Comes to me before I go to sleep. Once I say, "Good Night", My dog, Lexus leaves the room and go to sleep.