Day 3

How to take care of your animal friends 

Every animal owner has to arrange many things before having a pet. Creating a nice environment for them is one of the most important things. It is time consuming and costs money, but providing your pets with proper care works both ways – happy cat, happy owner. Today we also talked about how much you should spend monthly to provide your furry friends with everything they need.

For this exercise, the participants were divided into group of three, according to their level of knowledge and previous involvement. The groups of beginners were asked to identify basic need of pets and formulate them in 5 main groups (home, toys, food, health and caring). The groups of experts moved thing a bit further.

Their task was to explore and discuss following areas:

1. Types of toys cat and dog needs. How toys address their daily needs
2. Type of food. Which food is more suitable, dry or wet
3. Type of food in terms of ingredients. Analyse brands and difference in food for cats and dogs. 
4. Care. What it includes, what an owner should be aware of.

Participants worked in groups. After collecting ideas, they discussed their finding, first between each other, then together with other groups.

Later that day, the participants’ task was to create an “Adventure in the garden.” Groups sorted by nationalities, were asked to create a perfect garden for your cat. However, having a cat friendly garden is not as easy as it looks. Participants were also asked to prepare poster and drawing of their pet garden, following these guidelines.

Things every pet owner should remember:

• You need to include places for physical exercise – cat gym
• Sort out which plants are dangerous to your pet
• Cats are territorial, so how to help them to protect their territory.
• Psychological and biological factors.