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Deck the Halls: A Festive, Furry Guide for Celebrating the Holidays with Pets

For many of us, our furry, scaly, and feathered friends are just as much a part of the family as anyone else. Of course, nothing can spoil holiday celebrations like a trip to the emergency veterinary clinic. This Q&A guide is full of tips (and purr-fect puns) you can use to keep the winter holiday season safe and festive for all.

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Adam’s House Cat? The Story Behind the Expression

What’s up with the expression, “I wouldn’t know him from Adam’s house cat”? Where in the world did that saying come from? Robert Hendrickson explains it in The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms. He writes: The Southern expression “I wouldn’t know him from Adam’s house cat” is an attempt to improve upon “I …

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