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Plan well when leaving a pet during a trip

By HELOISE Syndicated columnist Dear Heloise: As a professional pet sitter, I have some advice for people who are leaving for a few (or several) days. Your pets will be OK if you remember the following common-sense things to do: • If your pet is on medication, write out when and how the medication is to be taken. Make sure that there is enough for the whole time you’re gone. • Write out instructions on when to walk a dog or whether your cat is allowed outside. We’ll need a summary of your pet’s schedule, likes and dislikes, favorite toys, and foods it cannot have. Make ...

Dear Annie: Seeking light after years of hurt

Dear Annie: I don't understand why people see me as a threat. I have no devious plans or intentions. I've never been in a fight. Throughout my life, I've been bullied -- from elementary school all the way through college -- by the same girl. Despite everything, I've always tried to help ...

Dear Annie: Grateful on Thanksgiving and always

Dear Readers: Thanksgiving has a way of sneaking up on us, doesn't it? One minute we're rushing through the year, taking the kids to games and meeting deadlines, and the next we're standing over turkey and wondering how the year flew by so fast. But beneath the noise of the dinner table and ...

Dear Annie: Disinherited but not disheartened

Dear Annie: My parents, especially my mother, were abusive throughout my childhood physically, verbally and emotionally. I lived in fear from the time I was 5 years old. I worked hard, stayed out of trouble and built my own life without asking them for help, but my mother still treated me with ...