Adopt A Senior Pet month Shelters and rescue groups across the country are making a difference for senior pets by participating in Petfinder’s Adopt A Senior Pet month. If your shelter is offering adoption specials or events highlighting senior pets, let me know and I will add your events to this post. Below are two examples of …
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How to stop your dog from crying for attention. Stop your dog’s crying and whining for attention by increasing exercise and using food dispensing toys.
13 ways to help animals I recently discovered the 13 Project. This project was created by a site called Pretty Fluffy, and it encourages individuals to make a list of 13 achievable ways to help animals before 2013. If we all choose just 13 small goals, the impact will be pretty great overall. To participate, …
How to stop a dog from spilling food and water using a product called the Neater Feeder.
Duluth shelter accepts 63 extra cats It’s Friday, and that means I’d like to share an example of people doing amazing work for homeless animals. This week Animal Allies Humane Society in Duluth, Minn., was faced with the challenge of accepting more than 60 cats from an alleged hoarding situation, according to the Duluth News Tribune. …
How can I stop my dog’s aggression around other dogs? Note: This is a guest post from Ty Brown, owner of CommuniCanine, a Salt Lake City dog training company voted the best training company in Utah. Ty is also the owner of Dog Behavior Online, a dog training resource offering DVDs, Skype training and free …
Some shelters and rescues are celebrating pitbulls all month by hosting special events and adoption specials. One of these shelters is the San Diego Humane Society.
Seasons. Change. Fall is brief around here, in North Dakota. My favorite time for dog walks. I have such a wonderful dog, and I am grateful for him every day. Ace – the ultimate adapter, like all dogs – doesn’t seem to worry much about the seasons. He carries on. He leads me into a …
No adoption fees on barn cats from Animal Allies! I want to focus on some of the various programs that shelters and rescue groups are offering to make a difference for the animals in their communities. Animal Allies Humane Society in Duluth, Minn., offers a barn cat adoption program. Its slogan: Got mice? Adopt a …
“Dancing Dogs: Stories” by Jon Katz I am bored with fictional dog stories. So much is the same – naughty dog loved by human, saves a life or two, dies. If you like those types of predictable stories, you probably won’t care much for “Dancing Dogs” by Jon Katz. (affiliate link) I enjoyed “Dancing Dogs” …