Unless you live in the Outer Hebrides or have been in a health or work-induced coma, there’s no way you could have missed the brouhaha and public outrage over South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s admitted shooting of her 14-month-old puppy, Cricket. Nothing unifies people of different opinions and persuasions than animals, especially dogs. There are more photos of dogs on peoples’ desks than there are of humans. And if you’re in a client meeting, there is nothing that breaks the ice in a conference room or Zoom call than when someone starts talking about their...
I had a scare with my Boston Terrier, Thumper recently. Why is that important? Because it can happen to you and your dog. Found this lump on Thumper (L) one morning. Appeared out of nowhere. Reminded me of five similar lumps that Chipper had (R) beginning at age five years. Thumper is five years old. Chipper’s lumps were mast cell tumors, the most common form of skin cancer in dogs. They come out of nowhere, are hard to the touch, can change shape, and can be found on the paws, legs, stomach, and other parts...
It’s been three years this month since I lost my beloved Czarina. No matter how many dogs we may have in our lives, there will always be that ONE who sings to your heart, who knows you better than you know yourself, and whose unflinching love and loyalty makes you wonder how you ever deserved an alter-ego so dear. I already had three pups, two Bostons & a Doberman, when Czarina came into my life. I like even numbers, so I needed a 4th pup. Working from home made it easy to care for the...
This is the story about a dog who died a needless death at the hands of an out-of-control killing facility known as the New York City Animal Care and Control (NYACC). Just the name “animal care” is an oxymoron. Run my Risa Weinstock, CEO, this shelter may not have one of the highest kill rates in the country, but when it chooses to kill, it doesn’t discriminate between healthy dogs, seniors, and medically challenged. But the euthanasia taking place in this specific case violated not only the stray hold law, but the law of morality....
A recent post in a Facebook group that I belong to caught my attention. A owner lost her two beautiful German Shepherd Dogs to moldy dog food. She and her partner came home and found the first dog had already passed in his crate, covered in bloody diarrhea, while the second dog needed to be rushed to emergency, where less than one day later, due to liver failure and quality of life, he was humanely euthanized.While still in shock, the owners went through everything that could have possibly killed their dogs. They took the bag...
If you think that only first-time dogs owners make all the mistakes, rest assured that is not the case. I saw this post recently on one of my social media feeds. In short, the owner of two Bernese Mountain Dogs, aged three years and one year, wants to rehome younger of the two. Why? Because the older dog, who is recovering from double elbow surgery, and going to physical therapy can’t handle the puppy exuberance the of one-year-old.But, wait! There’s more!After the initial rehoming post, the owner has now paused the request, because her husband...
The story of Lennox – How an innocent dog paid the price so government bureaucrats could save faceNote – while this story is almost 10 years old, read through it and you’ll find that it could have happened yesterday.Despite a personal plea from Northern Ireland’s First Minister, an offer to re-home the pup in the United States by the popular trainer, Victoria Stilwell, and an outpouring of support and pleas from literally hundreds of thousands of global supporters, the Belfast City Council (BCC), decided to carry out their decision to euthanize Lennox, a dog whose...
The story of “ David” who wouldn’t give up “Hope”I’m knee-deep in my own hound problems. But they are minuscule when compared to a story that caught my attention on the website, “LifewithDogs.tv“.We all come across stories out of the blue that impact us in emotional ways. This particular story was passed on to the Lifewithdogs website administrator. The author first met “David” in early February while bicycling in below-zero weather in Boulder, Colorado. He stopped to talk with him and learned that “David” had suffered a severe back injury in his job which left...
Rufo, the shelter dog, waits six years for his perfect personThis is a brief story and video that will warm your heart and feed your soul.I found this originally on Lifewithdogs.tv, which, by the way, is a great site for both informative videos and et cetera if you love dogs.We’ve all read the “Lassie, Come Home” type of stories and seen the woman rescues a dog, man loves dog videos, and this one is in the latter category. But, this one IS different. A municipal shelter homes a dog, Rufo, for six years and doesn’t give up...
