If you’re reading this blog, you probably already have a dog in your life, but this list, from distractify.com, is a great reminder of just how incredible dogs are and how many. . .
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Mya’s Story: Learning to Trust Again
According to her foster mom, Mia is showing great courage in her return to normalcy.
Photo courtesy Second Chance Animal Center
[Editor’s Note: Here is a beautiful post by the foster mother of Mya, who comes from our local shelter, Second Chance Animal Center, in Shaftsbury, Vermont.]
Mya, my 5-year old foster dog, looks like a cross between a German Shepherd Dog and one of those hair-challenged, partly-naked Chinese crested dogs that always wins the “ugliest-dog-it’s-cute” contests. You see, she’s got quite a few bald spots from her battle with. . .
Read MoreHockey Players Promote Dog Adoption with New Calendar
Superstar Alex Ovechkin holds a Pit Bull wrapped in a Capitals scarf.
Photo via washingtonpost.com
Professional hockey players from the Washington Capitals showed their love of dogs recently when they posed for photographs with pooches awaiting adoption. The photos will be used for a calendar, the proceeds from which. . .
Read MoreConnecticut Task Force to Study Sale of Dogs and Cats from Pet Stores
Puppies at a Connecticut pet store await new homes.
Photo via wtnh.com
An organization in Connecticut called CT Votes for Animals is trying to get the state to ban the sale of dogs from pet stores unless those animals come from shelters. The state established a task force back in September to study whether or not animals from. . .
Read MoreVideo: Woman Spends 48 Hours in a Kennel with a Pit Bull Who Needs a Home
Paula Sparrow and Boss Man are temporary kennelmates.
Photo via lifewithdogs.tv
Tyson’s Chance Animal Shelter in Louisville, Kentucky, takes in many of the dogs that other shelters can’t adopt out. To call attention to the need for more adoption, volunteer Paula Sparrow spent 48 hours in a kennel with Boss Man, a Pit Bull mix who has lived half his life at. . .
Read MoreEssay: It’s Time to Fight for the Life of Every Dog
New York has made strides in limited euthanasia, but it’s time to end it altogether, argues Kevan Cleary.
Photo via nydailynews.com
In today’s New York Daily News, the co-chair of the Animal Law Committee of the New York County Lawyers Association, Kevan Cleary, makes a compelling argument for making the Big Apple a no-kill city: . . .
Read MoreVideo: Smokey Loves Life at Age 17
Here’s a beautiful story born of heartbreak, when a family abandons their dog simply because sh is too old. Smokey’s family left her at a shelter in Illinois and then walked away. Luckily, Young at Heart Senior Pet Rescue stepped in to assure that the. . .
Read MoreVideo: New Show on CBS Focuses on Shelter Dogs
A new show called “Lucky Dog,” which premiered last Saturday morning, features animal trainer and behaviorist Brandon McMillan visiting his local shelter to rescue “hard-to-love, out-of control, untrained, and unadoptable dogs.” Then he takes the dog back to his ranch for training before finding each one a home. It’s a great idea for a show because it both. . .
Read MoreVideo: A Costa Rican Shelter’s Brilliant Idea to Increase Adoption of Stray Dogs
This great video tells the story of an organization in Costa Rica called Territorio de Zaguates, which cares for stray dogs. They figured out a brilliant strategy for helping potential adopters see the value in mixed breed dogs.
Read MoreVideo: To Raise Money to Pay for Dog Adoption, Young Girl Becomes a Business Whiz
Five years ago, when then 11-year-old Madison Reed asked her parents if she could get a dog, they said, “Sure. But you have to raise the money to pay for it.” They figured that it would Madison a while to come up with the cash, but she had other. . .
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