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Our Bedlington Terriers Dasha and Karina love homemade meals
and biscuits we bake for them. We use Nikken vitamins and other
supplements developed for cats and dogs.

IT ALL STARTS WITH FOOD...
Cats and dogs are so accustomed to pre-packaged food these
days that it is not always easy to switch them to a healthier
alternative. However, if we want our companion animals to live
long and healthy lives we must always keep their diet in focus.

Twenty five years of research by American scientist Irene
Pepperberg, a world-renowned authority on African
Greys, has shown that Grey Parrots have the cognitive
intelligence equal to a 5 year old child and
communication skills equal to a 2 year old.

Pico, who came to our family when she was 10 weeks
old, communicates with us in English and Russian. When
I was teaching her to speak, being a professional Foreign
Languages Instructor, I used some of the approaches
developed to teach children foreign languages... Pico
has proved to be an outstanding student. Now she gives
instructions to our cats and Bedlington Terriers, and,
when she is hungry, she asks for whatever she wants first
in Russian, and then, if we are not quick enough, in
English.

Svetlana Fotinov

The tortoiseshell cat, or tortie for short, carries the same color
genes, red and black, as the calico. But instead of having bold
patches of color on his coat, the tortoiseshell has a mottled
coat pattern in which the red hair is mixed in with the black as
though an artist had flecked the hair lightly with a brush
dipped in red paint. If the tortie's hair is gray mixed with tan,
he is called a blue tortoiseshell. Torties may carry a white
spotting gene, which creates a tortie and white cat.
Over the centuries, tortoiseshell cats have been considered to
be good luck. Legend has it that in Scotland and Ireland, it is a
good omen when a stray tortoiseshell cat takes up residence
in one's home. It is believed that Japanese fishermen take a
tortoiseshell cat to sea with them to protect them from the
ghosts of their ancestors. A French proverb says that anyone
with a tortoiseshell cat is safe from fevers. In England, the
close proximity to a tortoiseshell cat supposedly helped a
person develop the power of clairvoyance.

From The Shorthaired Cat by Karen Commings

When Charlie had a
problem with his ears and
was scratching his head
relentlessly, his favourite
place became Nikken's
KenkoSeat Plus with
magnets and far-infrared
technology. KenkoSeat
and Kenko PetPad,
another Nikken product,
use the same technologies
and provide comfort and
warmth appreciated by
people and pets alike.