A little disappointing

I received a subscription of Cat Fancy as a gift from a friend who knows I'm a cat lover. More often than not though I find myself disappointed with the magazine especially after I've finished reading it. The magazine mainly consists of a heartwarming story or two a page of new products for cats or cat lovers a breed profile and a couple feature stories about selected topics (e.g. kittens older cats some medical condition). About a quarter of the magazine is comprised of ads for breeders.

Most of the time the articles don't relate to my cats and when I do see something interesting the article turns out to be pretty vague. For example there was an article on alternative/natural cat litters. The article listed a few different types of litter but there was no information on the benefits or drawbacks of each kind. The gist of the article was pretty much: X Y and Z are different litters look them up and see what's best for you. Most of the information in the magazine is either too general or too specific. I won't be renewing my subscription but I would probably buy off the newsstand if I saw an article that applied to my cats.

As a cat magazine it's OK but compared to magazines in general it's not that great.More detail ...

Faithful Subscriber No More

I have been a subscriber to Horse Illustrated for many years and have always praised it. The magazine was originally published with well written and thoughtful articles that covered both Western and English ridding general horse care and gave very helpful tips. But within the past couple of years the quality of the publication has gone downhill.



Not only has the magazine thinned out but the articles have become biased and poorly written. Adds and articles promoting a single product occupy more of the magazine than ever before and the shift from a well rounded equine magazine to 'snob mag' is quite clear. The majority of the magazine is now aimed towards the English rider with an eye for fashion. What where once helpful tips have now become one sided suggestions.



This magazine would be a welcome addition for a horse-crazy teen who is more likely to have a new car than a horse. But if you are looking for something with a bit more substance advice and general tips this is not the magazine for you.More detail ...

Terrific Magazine for the Dog Lover

I have been getting this magazine since 1986 and enjoy every issue. It is always packed full of useful information on dogs. It not only covers the purebred dogs but mixed breeds as well. Each month there is at least one featured breed of dog and a poster to accompany it. It also includes advertisement for "doggy" things breeders ads and AKC show schedules.More detail ...

Show your Welsh Pony every weekend? This is your magazine.

I received a subscription of this magazine for one year and although it has its good points there were enough bad points to cause me not to renew. The magazine has tons of beautiful full color posters of beautiful horses and ponies. I really enjoyed the quizzes and short stories as well as some of the features. But my problem with this magazine was that it seems to lean towards the well-to-do little girls riding Welsh Ponies that are trained to show every weekend. I haven't read an issue yet that didn't contain an article about 'winning lots of ribbons in shows.' There is no focus on the other side of horsemanship: caring for your horse keeping up your stable and health care. It is simply assumed the 'young riders' will hand their lovely ponies away to their grooms and saunter off to hang their ribbons on the walls of their bedrooms which will presumably also have the mega posters featured in each issue of the magazine.More detail ...

Works for some pills but could be improved.

This product works best if you're cutting a hard medium- or large-sized round pill in half. It keeps the pill in place with a rubber grip while you're cutting it and then neatly contains the two halves in a compartment.



However if you're cutting a pill into quarters things become more difficult. It is hard to position a pill half in the splitter so that evenly split quarters are obtained. The blade is covered by plastic which confers a blunting effect that tends to crush or chip some pills especially small or soft ones.



Despite the crushing effect of the blade's plastic cover this product is very safe. You do not need to worry about cutting your fingers on the blade while positioning a pill.



Another difficulty when using this product is cutting large oblong pills. It is difficult to position the pill so that the blade splits the pill evenly regardless of whether you are attempting to split down the long axis or the short axis. Some oblong pills do not even fit in the splitter so that they can be split down the short axis.



Finally while this product is quite useful for cutting certain kinds of pills it is a bit on the expensive side especially considering its limitations.More detail ...