Cat and Dog Coloring Pages

• Cats and dogs together: sleeping, playing and sharing a window seat, the way real housemates do
• Hamster: stuffs food into cheek pouches that stretch back to its shoulders
• Guinea pig: hops straight up in the air when it's excited, which owners call popcorning
• Parakeet: also called a budgie, and wild ones in Australia are green and yellow
• Goldfish: has no eyelids, so it never closes its eyes
• Pet rabbit: there are more on the bunny page
• Pet care scenes: a trip to the vet, bath time, feeding time and a walk in the park
• Single-pet pages: the dog, puppy and cat sets have breeds and close-ups

Cats and dogs talk with their bodies, and you can show it in a drawing. A dog wags its tail and drops into a play bow, front legs down, when it wants a game. A cat that feels safe blinks slowly and holds its tail straight up. Guinea pigs aren't pigs and don't come from Guinea. They are rodents from the Andes mountains of South America. Hamsters are awake mostly at night, which is why the wheel squeaks after bedtime.

When a cat and a dog share a page, give them different coats so each one stands out: an orange tabby next to a black and white dog, for example. One detail helps a lot with realism. In bright light a cat's pupils are narrow vertical slits, and a dog's are always round. Hamsters are golden with a white belly, parakeets are green, blue or yellow with black bars on the wings, and goldfish are orange. Fill small pets with pencils and save markers for bowls, beds and collars.