TV PET QUIZ

NAME THAT SHOWBIZ PET

Just last evening I was sitting around watching the news on television when all of a sudden it struck me, that what I need more than anything at this very moment is a laugh, a memory of gentler times, and so I put a little quiz together for today’s blog. Let’s see how good your memory is and if you really paid attention during those important TV watching days.

1. What was the name of Commander Data’s cat on Star Trek: The Next Generation?

2. The dog on Mad About You?

3. What was the name of Mounty Benson Fraser’s deaf wolf on the TV series Due South?

4. Martin Crane’s dog on Frasier?

5. Time Magazine once labeled this darkly handsome furball the Feline Burt Reynolds?

6. The Jetson’s dog was?

7. The name of the talking dolphin who was a crew member on SeaQuest DSV?

8. What was the name of Luther Van Dam’s basset hound on the sitcom Coach?

9. What is the family dog’s name on the Simpsons?

10. What name was shared by the family dog on Full House and Brisco’s horse on The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.?

11. What was the name of Tony Baretta’s cockatoo on Baretta?

ANSWERS: EDDIE, ASTRO, MORRIS, QUINCY, SANTA’S LITTLE HELPER, SPOT, DIEFENBAKER, MURRAY, FRED, DARWIN, COMET.

***THE CORRECT ANSWERS NEXT BLOG!

WOULD YOU LEAVE YOUR PET BEHIND?

The images coming out of the Gulf Coast are absolutely devastating; the suffering of the people cannot even be imagined and yet they go on with life hoping and dreaming of the life they once lived. Like most Americans, I made my donations and helped raise lots of money for many different Animal Rescue and Relief organizations; but I could not fathom the decision most storm victims had to make: leaving home without their pets. I was watching many of the news anchors making statements about the fact that people come first and should be forced to leave their homes with or without their beloved pets. All of them prefaced their statements by saying that they had pets and loved them -- but they are still animals and human life comes first. By the way, is that written anywhere?

Having been in the world of pets professionally for over 30 years, I can honestly say that the majority of the pet owners that I speak to each month (approximately 10 million) consider their pets as part of the family, not just the family pet, and would no sooner leave them behind than any other family member. I am aware that many of the people out there may think that I’m a little eccentric when it comes to my beliefs, but I would not leave my pets behind. What I would have done is made previous arrangements for the care of my pets with family members or friends.

So, my fellow Pet Bloggers -- What would you do, would you evacuate without your pets?

Our pets depend on us, and leaving them behind would be the ultimate betrayal because in their hearts they know that you would always come for them and I, for one, could not betray that trust.

There are many Pet organizations asking for donations to help with the rescue and care of the pets that are lost or have no homes, and I urge you to donate -- just check them out to make sure your money is really going directly to the pets in need.