Times Are Hard. Neighbors Helping Each Other—and Their Pets—Will Help
With rents and food prices high, whole families are struggling—including pets. Animal shelters across the country report that loved pets are being surrendered—given up to the shelter—by people who feel they have no other choice, in this very hard economy. This contributes to shelters becoming and staying full, while families are split apart. More and more shelters are turning their efforts to helping pets and people stay together with pet food pantries, access to veterinary care, emergency fostering programs, and other...
How to Treat a Dog Eye Infection
Dog eye infections can be extremely painful and need immediate attention. There are lots of tell-tale signs to help determine whether it’s dog eye allergies vs. infection and what the appropriate treatment should be. Your dog may not be able to tell you he has a sore eye, but here are some very obvious clues that he may be suffering from a dog eye infection: Squinting or keeping the eye completely closed. This is called Blepharospasm. Constant pawing at the eye, or rubbing the eye on the ground or couch. Your dog is sensitive to being...
Personalized Canine Cancer Treatments Translate to Higher Remission Rates
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See How Instagram Dog Denver Enjoys Living With 20 Cats And A New Puppy Sister
If you’ve gotten the warm fuzzies from the Instagram, account @denver_and_his_clowder, you’re not alone. Denver is one of the most kind and fun-loving dogs on the platform. Living in a house with 20 cats and a new puppy sister, he’s got plenty to stay busy with. Pet parent LaDale Ramsey says taking care of Denver has been nothing short of a dream. Ramsey works in the healthcare field as a physician assistant. She’s driven to help people, and is passionate about doing the same for animals. “If I had unlimited...
How your animal organization can increase adoption rates, fundraising efforts and more
This is a follow up to the blog post shared a few weeks ago, How your animal organization can better connect with the community it supports. In a recent post, Elijah Brice-Middleton, Executive Director of Plainfield Area Humane Society (PAHS) in New Jersey, shared how grassroots marketing can help your animal organization better connect with your community. Brice-Middleton follows up with additional data showing just how much it helped his organization. “When I first got to the shelter, we had very little foot traffic. We needed a way...
Little Girl Knocks On Door And A Horse Answers
The relationship kids form with their pets is beyond precious. The bond they can form with each other is unparalleled and can leave a lasting impact on the child and the pet throughout their entire lives. We usually think of dogs and cats as being the primary pets children bond with, but other animals can be just as loving – including horses! Photo: YouTube/ViralHog 3-year-old Charlotte lives in the United States with her family and their pet horse, Ally. While Ally is significantly larger than Charlotte, it hasn’t stopped their...
Unsure Which Pet to Choose, Woman Uses Her Lucky Number to Pick a Cat at the Shelter
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! There are so many kennels at the animal shelter and so many cats. It was hard to decide where to look. So that Sunday, after searching many a cat kennel, I reverted to my childhood trick of choosing things from my lucky number, 8. I opened kennel 8 and there he was – all green eyes, black fur, and sass. We locked eyes and he meowed at me like, “Hey, what took you so...
TSA’s Oldest Working Dog Is Retiring From The Force
Eebbers the bomb-sniffing dog is finally retiring after 10 long years of service. According to NPR, Eebbers was born into TSA’s Puppy Program. Photo: flickr/Can Do Canines As part of the program, Eebbers and his handler, Jean Carney, went through weeks of vigorous training and eventually passed and were allowed to move on to the field of airport security and bomb detection. While most of TSA’s service dogs work until 7 or 8 years of age according to NPR, Eebbers kept working for an entire decade! The visla-lab mix continued to...
Massachusetts Cracks Down On Poachers With New Law
A newly passed bill in Massachusetts will help protect vulnerable wildlife from poachers. Massachusetts is one of the last states to join the Interstate Wildlife Violators Compact, a national database of potential poachers and suspended hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses shared among member states, and was known as “poacher’s paradise” due to their meager fines and outdated hunting laws. Photo: Unsplash/Cindie Hansen But that has finally changed. Governor Charlie Baker signed the bill into law after it was passed by the...
Veterinarian Goes Viral For Videos Of “If Animals Were Humans At The Doctor”
While most pets are nervous when they go to the vet, others are full of energy and want to greet everyone they meet. Dr. Molly Brinkmann is a small animal veterinarian in Nashville and is going viral for showing the world how some of her patients would act if they were humans instead of animals. She re-enacts how a male orange cat would strut into the office and greet the receptionist as well as how an excited golden retriever would bounce around the waiting room. @drmollysays If animals were humans at the doctor: the male orange cat...
