Black Cats & Halloween Superstitions

Depending on where you are in the world, black cats can be considered bad luck or good luck. Growing up in California, superstitions have influenced us to believe that a black cat crossing your path was a sign of bad luck. This belief doesn't strictly apply to California. Movies and television shows portray these ebony colored felines as creatures of the night, pairing them with halloween, witchcraft, demons and the list goes on to associating them with being symbols of evil. 

Yup, pretty scary.

Halloween decor is not complete until you have the traditional arched-backed, hissing black cat on your lawn.  While doing a quick Google search on “Halloween black cat décor,” it yielded a result from the Oriental Trading Company with the items' decription: “Send chills down your guest's spine with spooktacular black cat decor.”

To that I say, What a Shame.

The road to finding the perfect pets: Who we are and why we do what we do.

We have always been animal lovers. My boyfriend and I melt whenever we see pictures of cute little animals. Our families have taught us that every living thing- great or small- deserves love and kindness.

While in college, we had dual custody of our pet Goldfishes (Pyro, Suisha, Sunshine and Bruce) and our Robo Dwarf Hamsters, brothers Chip and Dale (like the cartoon Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers). These pets were not just goldfish and hamsters to us, they were a part of our family. We took the time to take care and love them. As we all know, pets like these don't live for very long. Our goldfish lasted for about over a year and unfortunately, Chip fell victim to the 100 degree Farenheit weather we were having that summer. On the upside, Dale is still with us today. He is almost 2 years old and even though he is balding from old age, he is still as cute as the day we got him.