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Pet heartbreak: ‘I’m in tears as I write about my pandemic foster failure’


by Jennifer McShane
04th Feb 2022

One writer shares her experience of pandemic pet foster failure and her subsequent heartbreak because the old adage that cats 'take care of themselves and happy on their own', turns out not to be true.

I read so much about getting a dog and how life-changing this is. There’s an influx of articles on how to socialise them, how to settle them in, why you can’t leave them alone for long periods, how you need to train them. Kittens and cats need that same care, but all I see are the same old stereotype of cats “taking care of themselves” and I want to scream. Are cats easier in that...

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