Frightened German Shepherd Rescued From Landfill After Spending A Year On His Own
A beautiful German shepherd spent the past year hiding under vehicles at a landfill in California. The sweet boy was abandoned along with two smaller dogs, according to workers at the landfill. The kindhearted staff made sure the dogs had food and water until help arrived. The two small dogs were rescued shortly after they arrived, but the German shepherd was afraid and wouldn’t allow anyone to come near him. Screenshot: YouTube/Hope For Paws Hope For Paws, an animal rescue in California, received an email about the abandoned dog and...
The case against declawing
A growing number of countries have banned declawing, but there’s still a distance to go before this painful procedure is completely eliminated. Learn why declawing is so debilitating for cats, and consider some humane alternatives. Most informed cat lovers know that declawing is one of the worst things we can do to our feline friends. The procedure is both painful and inhumane, and can cause long-term health and behavioral problems in cats. Unfortunately, although declawing has been banned in many countries and municipalities,...
Homeless Pet Numbers Rise
Jackie Brown Pet expert Jackie Brown has spent 20 years following her passion for animals as a writer and editor in the pet publishing industry. She is contributing writer for National Geographic’s Complete Guide to Pet Health, Behavior, and Happiness: The Veterinarian’s Approach to At-Home Animal Care (April 2019) and author of the book It’s Raining Cats and Dogs: Making Sense of Animal Phrases (Lumina Press, 2006). Jackie is a regular contributor to pet and veterinary industry media and is the former editor of numerous pet...
Bioavailability – what is it and why is it important
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Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Resource guarding survey, DEI in animal welfare and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. View all the Open Arms Challenges Huddles in one placeToday marks the last of the Open Arms Challenge Huddles! We hope you were able to join us! We are very excited to kick off the Challenge in just a couple of weeks! That said, even if you are not participating in the Challenge, you surely can benefit from our inspirational speakers. With speakers from… Learn More 6 key takeaways about DEI in animal welfareEarlier this summer, the Association for Animal...
Veterans Struggling With Mental Health Turn To Horse Therapy To Help Them Heal
It can be extremely hard for veterans to adjust to civilian life, but one Texas non-profit is helping struggling veterans heal through equine therapy. Restoration Ranch, which was started in 2016 in Bastrop, is “a safe-haven for equine learning and development that nurtures the well-being of veteran families through the gift of the horse.” Photo: YouTube/KXAN According to their website, the ranch provides “access to a rural way of life that embraces holistic health, sustainable agriculture and community-building program...
Dog Abandoned For Being “Too Old” Helps Other Senior Dogs Find Homes
Senior dogs are wonderful, and anyone who has ever had an older dog in their life realizes they have a lot to offer. The unfortunate reality for many older dogs, however, is that they are not given the opportunities that younger dogs receive. Nobody knows this better than Rex, a Pekingese mix that was abandoned because he was too old. Although Rex certainly did have his problems, that was before he met Maria Buck. Maria loves dogs and when she met Rex, it was love at first sight. She saw him wandering around on the streets of New York City...
Golden Retrievers Won’t Leave Woman Alone While She’s Taking A Bath
If you’ve ever had a golden retriever, you realize that they can get quite attached to you. They just seem to want to be by your side, and every time you turn around, they will be right there. It seems as if that is what happened to a woman in the UK, but she decided to upload some videos of it to Facebook. In fact, one of her videos of her two dogs interrupting her bath has gone viral with millions of views. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Ursula Aitchison, the 33-year-old native of London, was in the city at one of the hotels. She had...
Dog Makes Friends With A Cow And Wants To Bring Him In For A Play Date
When we are a parent, we expect our children to make friends and invite them over to play. We can’t pick and choose their friends for them, and it seems as if the same is also true for our dogs. That fact is seen clearly in the video we have for you below. It shows somebody opening the door to let the dog inside when suddenly, they realize that there is a cow standing behind them. Photo: Pixabay/MatthewGollop It seems as if the two animals made friends with each other. Although the dog does his best to sneak his bovine friend past the...
Security Camera Catches Dog Standing On Table When Owner Is Away
TikTok has given us so many great videos over the last while. If you’re someone who enjoys adorable or hilarious videos of animals, then TikTok is definitely the perfect platform to see it all. Personally, I could spend hours on TikTok watching videos of cats doing bad things with the music overture of “time to do some sketchy s*** do da do da. Hope I get away with it do da do da.” You probably know the little song diddy that I’m talking about. It’s really the perfect accompaniment to many videos of pets behaving...
