It sounds funny to think that a little Chihuahua would be able to stop a thief. If you think about it, other than yapping and possibly causing lots of harm with their sharp little teeth, any criminal could easily pick up the Chihuahua and the dog’s effort to stop crimes would be in vain. However, Carly, a Chihuahua from St. Johns, Canada became a hero when her yapping alerted her owners of a man that was trying to steal her fur sibling, a Newfoundland named Silas.

Brave Chihuahua on the lookout

The pet owners let her dog’s out around 8:00 p.m. and a minute later Carly started barking nonstop. Dooling went out to investigate and saw a man dragging her Newfoundland down her driveway.

I said: “Excuse me, what are you doing?” he told me hes taking his dog and I said, “No, you’re not”

Without hesitating, the woman self-described as short walked up to the man and punched him on the face, then took her dog back home with her.

The man had come prepared with his own leash and had hooked up the leash to Silas’s leash. There was no way that I was going to be able to wrestle the dog out of his hands so the only thing I could think was just punch him, said Dooling.

After hitting the man, the criminal ran off down the street. It’s an inconvenience or a nuisance, you could say, when she does bark, but she’s my guard dog. Some people have big Dobermans. I have a Chihuahua.

Carly the Chihuahua

As for her dogs, Dooling said Silas was subdued for much of the night and next day after the near-theft, while Carly the Chihuahua was on high alert, barking at anything that passed by the windows.

We have been reading posts on social media regarding people stating that there have been attempts to steal dogs from backyards. At this time we would like to remind everybody that any suspicious activity *needs* to be phoned in to us so patrol division can be dispatched and investigate.

Additionally, if you see that a friend has something posted on their Facebook of this nature please encourage them to call.

The mysterious pooch was discovered by a journalist and their news crew who were in the Bang Rakam District of Thailand reporting on drought conditions. The news crew revealed that they spotted the dog after it ran out of a house near to where they were filming. They then turned the camera on the adorable animal and shot a short video clip which was uploaded to Thai news site Matichon on November 12.

Never underestimate the power of a yappy Chihuahua

A daring dachshund proved herself a rare breed of heroine after she saved two boys from a savage bear attack. The super sausage dog raced into action after spotting two boys being ravaged by a massive black bear in Russia.

Bear attacks boys in Russia

The giant animal attacked the youngsters soon after they emerged from their village shop. “He caught up with Stas first. The bear threw him to the ground, began to trample him, bite him, he grabbed his head, then shoulder and back. I watched – and ran at the bear. I didn’t think about myself or what would happen. I just wanted to save my friend.”

“Nikita ran and saved me. He hit the bear’s head with a stone.”

At this point the bear, which now had a sore head, turned on Nikita, gnawing and clawing him, leaving Stas wounded and frightened. At this moment a little dachshund called Tosya arrived on the scene and barked furiously at the bear. Now the beast left Nikita and chased the darting dog into the forest.

Tosya diverted the bear well away from the village, before losing the wild animal and returning safely home. According to one report, the dog , hailed as a heroine, was rewarded with cake.

Bear cub alerts tourists

Both children were rushed to hospital, with Stas suffering scratches, bites and bruises, while Nikita had more serious wounds, with deep cuts on his hands, and bites on his legs.

Nikita’s mother Maria Nikonova says: “It was a shock. I couldn’t believe that bears can attack children in the middle of the village. It was terrible to look at all these lacerations, his torn clothes all covered in blood.”

Hunters tracked and shot the bear, which had earlier left a village couple marooned in their house as it laid waste to their garden. A bear cub created absolute havoc by running inside a coffee shop. The clip shows the bear cub running around the coffee shop and attempting to jump on tables.

Laughter can be heard on the clip, and everyone was quickly moved out of the way of the bear and it ran out of the shop again. It is thought that the cub might have been lost and disorientated or separated from its mother.

The smell of food, coffee and pastries may also have attracted the bear to explore inside. Hilariously, the shop advertises itself as a place where tourists can get close to nature – in this case, far closer than anyone would expect.

Is it possible for cats to see in the dark? (And how well did they do it?)

Despite the fact that humans first domesticated cats approximately 12,000 years ago, your feline companion remains a bit of a mystery. That cats have night vision contributes to their enigmatic aura, as does the belief that they can see in the dark.

Can cats, on the other hand, see in the dark? And, if they are able to see in the dark, how well do cats see?

Is it possible for cats to see in the dark?

Do cats have the ability to see in the dark? No, not at all. However, they have excellent night vision, which provided domestic cats’ ancestors with an advantage over their prey in the early days of the species.

According to American veterinarians, cats’ huge corneas and pupils, which are approximately 50 per cent larger than humans’, allow more light to enter their eyes than do people. This additional light allows them to see better in the dark.

It is uncommon that people’s homes are completely black; there is usually some light filtering through from someplace, which is why humans believe their cats have night vision goggles to see in the dark.

Even if they don’t, when your cat wakes you up for a midnight meal, it can appear that way.

It is true that cats are not nocturnal creatures, but are crepuscular mammals who hunt between dark and morning when many other animals (including their prey) become more active during the daytime. Talk about being in the right place at the right time.

The Development of Cat Night Vision

According to researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, animals with vertically slit pupils, such as cats, are more likely to be ambush predators than other animals.

To ambush predators, as opposed to species that the researchers refer to as “active foragers,” are active at all times of the day and night, according to the findings.

Solitary hunters were the forebears of your feline. Except for the fact that house cats no longer have to labour as hard to earn a meal, not much has changed.

Creatures with slit pupils, according to the researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are also observed to be lower to the ground than animals with circular pupils.

They came to the conclusion that vertical pupils assist shorter animals in estimating the distance to their prey – an advantage that much larger cats, such as tigers and lions, do not require.

Humans versus cats

What is the ability of cats to see in the dark? They are far superior to their pet parents. The spherical pupils of a human are no match for the vertically slit pupils of an animal.

If you pay attention to your cat’s pupils, you will see that they will constrict in strong sunshine and dilate in darkness.

Because of the strategic form and movement of their eyes, a cat’s vision is extremely powerful. They also see the world primarily in grayscale, which is ideal for low-light conditions.

In an interview with the New York Times, Dr. Richard E. Goldstein, chief medical officer at the Animal Medical Center in New York City, explains that cats have the ability to alter the intensity of light falling on their retina 135-fold, compared to tenfold in humans, thanks to their circular pupils.

In other words, slit pupils provide cats with a significant advantage over their human counterparts when it comes to seeing in the dark since they are considerably more responsive to the way light enters their eyes.

According to Business Insider, humans have one visual edge over their feline counterpart: they have superior visual acuity, or the ability to see clearly, than their feline counterparts.

You may be able to see more clearly than your feline companion, but cats outperform humans when it comes to night vision. Your combined visual abilities enable you and your cat to work as a formidable partnership.

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Do Cats Enjoy Listening to Music?

If you’re listening to music at home, you might be wondering if cats enjoy it. And, if they do, what types of music do cats enjoy listening to? Even though you don’t see your cat tapping their paws to the beat, it’s possible that they are loving the music as well. Now, let’s hear what scientists and musicians have to say on this topic.

What Kind of Music Do Cats Enjoy Listening To?

Do cats enjoy listening to music? The proof is in the purr, as they say. Researchers published their findings in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science, concluding that cats enjoy listening to music – as long as it is the music they enjoy. But what kind of music do cats enjoy listening to, and how do we know that they do? At the end of the day, they cannot tell us whether they like a Mozart symphony or a Brahms symphony.

A talented cellist who has performed with artists ranging from the National Symphony Orchestra to Metallica, David Teie composes music at tempos that are meant to resemble purrs, bird chirps, and even nursing sounds.

He creates “species-appropriate music,” which he aptly refers to as “Music for Cats” (Music for Cats). For the sake of research and testing his theory that cats — particularly young cats and kittens — strongly prefer species-appropriate music over music created for humans, he donated his music to researchers.

What does music that is specifically for cats sound like? ‘In some tracks, noises reminiscent of bird chirps are mixed with rushing streams of staccato for an energetic impact,’ according to The New York Times.

The use of crescendos of purring and suckling sounds is intended to soothe the listener in other cases.”

Currently, music created expressly for cats is intended to comfort them rather than to entice them to move their bodies.

According to Teie, who spoke to The Telegraph, this is partly due to the fact that speakers “don’t make noises that are high-pitched enough” in order to convey more dynamic sounds that cats can pick up.

According to the Journal of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association, cats can hear frequencies as high as 64,000 hertz, although humans can only hear frequencies between 20 and 20,000 hertz, according to the same publication (JAHVMA).

In other words, cats will prefer music that is in the frequency range and has tempos that are similar to those used in cats’ natural communication, according to Megan Savage and Charles Snowdon (psychologists at the University of Wisconsin), who wrote about their findings in a PBS documentary.

The question is, how can these scientists know that a cat enjoys this particular piece of music? According to Smithsonian Magazine, researchers would measure how much the cats purred, rubbed against the speakers, or oriented their heads and ears toward the music to gather data.

Do Cats Enjoy Listening to Music at Home?

While cats prefer to hear sounds that are peculiar to their species, this does not rule out playing human music in their presence. The type of music you chose is the most crucial thing to consider.

Dr. Susan Wagner, who specializes in music therapy for animals, describes for the Journal of the American Humane Veterinary Medical Association a study in which 12 cats were spayed while classical, pop, and rock music was played.

Classical music elicited the greatest positive responses from the cats, followed by pop music. Heavy metal, on the other hand, boosted their pulse rate and increased the size of their pupils; in other words, rock music made them feel worried.

When it comes to playing music for your kitty, any time is a good time to do so.

If you decide to leave your music player or television turned on while you’re away from home, choose music that is relaxing.

All cats, regardless of their age, will appreciate relaxing sounds, whether they are classical music, nature sounds, or music that has been specifically composed for them.

Is it possible for kittens in the womb to benefit from music in the same way as it does for human babies? Although there is no scientific evidence to support this, it probably wouldn’t harm to try.

Making a Cat Playlist is a fun project.

In order to create a playlist for your feline companion, you should take into consideration the sound frequencies that cats prefer.

Teie’s music is composed primarily of instruments such as the cello, piano, flute, and harp, which are also found in the works of Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, and Puccini. All of these composers are commonly featured on cat playlists that are created by other cats.

If you are not a fan of classical music, look for other genres that will appeal to you and your cat, such as New Age music or natural sounds, and include them into your daily routine.

Relax with your canine companion by kicking back, cranking up the music, and taking it easy.

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