I grew up in a town of just over 2,200 people in extreme Northern Idaho. The biggest place I’ve ever lived is my college town of Pullman, Wash., with 27,000 people.
Staying in San Francisco for the six weeks of the Academy for Dog Trainers at the SF SPCA was a more drastic change than I [...]
All my life I have had dogs and cats with coat, lots of coat. I never shaved a dog down, with the exception of the occasional rescue Sheltie for whom a buzz cut was far kinder than any effort to de-mat a coat that was basically a layer of felt against the skin.
A few years [...]
I have come to the conclusion that Archer is pretty much bomb-proof.
He was well-socialized before we adopted him at five months of age, and we continued his socialization after that. But after his first week of therapy dog class, Paul and I concentrated on more socialization. In the past week, Archer went to the hardware [...]
Son muchas tiendas de animales las que he visitado, pero este fin de semana se inaguró Guacamole Mascotas, un lugar diferente para comprar y ver animales exóticos, puesto que esta tienda no solo se puede ir a comprar sino que también se puede acercar uno a visitar y maravillarse con este lugar.
Esta tienda no es [...]
Details of the Washington state puppy-mill bust are here. The person who “cared for” these dogs has relinquished ownership of them.
Get your pets from a shelter, rescue group or a compassionate, reputable and ethical breeder. Or this — dogs spending their lives in a shopping cart — is on your soul.
Already have a pet? I [...]
Do you have vaccine questions? I mean, these days, who doesn’t? Just a few short years ago annual vaccinations were the very hallmark of the responsible pet owner, and now we’re hearing that vaccines last for three years, or seven, or the life of the pet — even while many of our vets are insisting [...]
And I quote, edits mine:
Pit bull ownersSportswriters typically fall into two categories:
Creeps.
Or imbeciles.
Hat tip to Shirley … go read the rest.
If ever there were a case that a passle of wrongs don’t make a right, take a look at the kerfluffle over the report by an Atlanta TV station on the Humane Society of the United States.
The first wrong was the piece itself, which was pulled down after the HSUS cried foul over the contents. [...]
One of the nastiest pit bull bans in the nation is the law in Denver, which has killed over a thousand dogs and driven countless owners out of the city to save their dogs’ lives. It’s been fought a number of times in court, so far without success, but its opponents haven’t given up. Now [...]
