Dear Readers: Many readers expressed opinions -- and offered tips for coping -- on the subject of allergies when visiting friends and family during the holidays, or just visiting friends in general.

Some cats can be very much like their human parents — they just don't like doctors. While this is certainly not all cats, a few "independent" cats have a disposition that turns a bit cranky when a ...

Shes not quite sure what to make of it. For most of her life, this was her home the place where she ate, slept, shed hair on the sofa and scoured the yard for gophers.But things changed recently, as ...