Maybe you can provide food, vet care, and other essentials to a pet but can't quite manage the adoption fee. If so, January 24 may be your lucky day. Hill's is sponsoring a program where the first ten pets adopted at participating shelters are free on Saturday, January 24. Click here to put in your … Continue reading Free Shelter Adoptions
Where are They Now: Mayor Set-Them-Free and Murphy
I wanted to follow up on a couple of cruelty cases I followed in recent months.Starting with the Arkansas Mayor who found his town's shelter dogs annoying and so ordered them "set free" in the National Forest:In June, he said he was faced with a dilemma as the city was trying to deal with a … Continue reading Where are They Now: Mayor Set-Them-Free and Murphy
Happy New Year Everyone!
(A picture postcard sent in from one of our friends in New England... Happy 2009 Coaty and Family!)***A favorite prayer:May the poor find wealth, Those weak with sorrow find joy. May the forlorn find new hope, Constant happiness and prosperity. May the frightened cease to be afraid, And those bound be free. May the weak … Continue reading Happy New Year Everyone!
Treats on the Internets
For your reading pleasure...Sports Illustrated has a cover story on the Vick dogs and they get it right.KC Dog Blog has a foster dog from the OK abuse case and is looking for a name for the little cutie pie.BAD RAP posts about the dogs they helped rescue in OK.The LA Times writes about "Terrorism … Continue reading Treats on the Internets
Faux Outrage du Jour: Rachael Ray
If you've blogsurfed recently, you may have run across folks getting their undies all bunched up over a "deadly dog food recipe" which appears on Rachael Ray's website and in Modern Dog magazine. The recipe, which looks to make a few pounds of food, includes 1/2 of a medium onion, cooked. Onions are on the … Continue reading Faux Outrage du Jour: Rachael Ray
Dinner at Chez Dog Tonight
I snagged a package of about-to-go-off-so-on-markdown chicken thighs at the grocery store yesterday and this afternoon cooked them up. After the chicken got cooking, I tossed in some other foods I had on hand - carrots, sweet potatoes, new potatoes and spinach. Remove chicken bones post cooking, toss meat back in pot, let cool and … Continue reading Dinner at Chez Dog Tonight
Pet Food, Seaweed Production and the World Economy
I thought this article on the price of seaweed in the Philippines was interesting (thing-I've-never-said-before alert!):The price increased from from $3 per kilo to $12 per kilo for pet food carrageenan, $5 per kilo to $15 per kilo for food grade carrageenan and $8 per kilo to $24 per kilo for refined carrageenan.[...]Dakay projected a … Continue reading Pet Food, Seaweed Production and the World Economy
S & R Dog Saves Ontario Woman
A rescue dog turned Rescue Dog (as in Search & Rescue) found a woman (Donna Molnar, 55) who'd been buried 3 days in the snow in Ontario this week: Alongside his search-and-rescue dog Ace, Ray Lau on Monday tramped through the thick, ice-covered brush of a farmer's field, not far from where Molnar's van had … Continue reading S & R Dog Saves Ontario Woman
What was Under Your Tree Today?
Apparently I was very good this year (who knew, right?) and Santa brought me some great pressies from my wishlist:1. Redemption by Nathan Winograd2. The Pit Bull Placebo by Karen DeliseNote: If you are wanting to pick up either/both of these books with some of that Xmas cash you got in your stocking, you can … Continue reading What was Under Your Tree Today?
Friends of the Blog – Holiday Edition
Echo, Izzy, Toby & MeadowMagic, Seeker & ZorroOscarCedar, age 12Cali (ha, ha!)~Happy Holidays!~If you'd like to submit a photo for the blog, you can e-mail, visit our group on Flickr or visit our new group on Facebook. All animal photos welcome. Even snakes. (No promises on using the snake pics.)
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