Our 'Backyard Horse' specialists look at equine accommodation this issue. As Hawke and Smith report, you don't have to allow for the cold or the rain so much as for the sun and the wind when providing shelter for your horses. Dog psychology Animal behaviourist Dean Verger provides a cheerful review of The Culture Clash , a recent book by Jean Donaldson about 'how a dog's mind really works'. Based on that brief description, you might be expecting a work of humour, and Verger admits there are some laughs, but they are more often sardonic than amused. This time, the controversy focuses on the recent resurgence in popularity of cat painting.
Scholars claim it goes all the way back to ancient Egypt.
Some paintings by cats fetch prices in the thousands of dollars. This time, she looks at abscesses, a problem which our correspondent notes is 'all too common'. Clingy cats 'Ask the Vet' this month tackles the problem of a cat who can't bear to be separated from her owner. Dr. Elizabeth Stevenson of Prince of Wales Animal Hospital provides some tips to help decrease your clingy cat's dependence on you. The CVMA Forum this issue addresses the age-old problem of fleas a problem which afflicts our cats and dogs every year as soon as the warm weather arrives.