Baby Giggles in Ecstasy as She Learns to Play with Her Furry Feline Sisters
Will this baby grow up into an animal behaviorist or a doctor in veterinary medicine in the future? She seems a natural! You can easily see it from the kind of interaction she was having with her feline sisters, who were likewise enjoying the game she was playing with her toy wand! FIRST One of the cats easily caught on with the fun, while the other first observed from under a desk. But when this cute baby rolled over and waved the want toward the other cat, she too started to participate. According to the baby’s mom, the Original...
Dog’s Dream Come True! His Fur Family Built Him a Ramp for Patrolling Their Home
“To dream the impossible dreamTo fight the unbeatable foeTo bear with unbearable sorrowTo run where the brave dare not go This is my quest, to follow that starNo matter how hopeless, no matter how farTo fight for the right without question or pauseTo be willing to march into hell for a heavenly causeAnd I know if I’ll only be true to this glorious questThat my heart will lie peaceful and calmWhen I’m laid to rest . . .” FIRST This song by Andy Williams must be the inspiration of this Dachshund, who takes his dream to...
Pit Bull to a Sweet Lady: I Was Abandoned, But You Gave Me Love and a Forever Home
Pit bulls are among the most misunderstood and most maltreated dog breeds in the world. If humans fear these dogs, it was also humans’ fault. Many morally-twisted people have been using this breed for dog fighting. But, in truth, pit bulls were originally nanny dogs — a cross-breed between a boxer and a terrier. Famous dog behaviorist Cesar Millan, fur parent of pit bulls Daddy and Junior whom the world has admired and loved, enumerated several reasons why we can accept this dog breed into our hearts: FIRST Pit bulls have the...
Hotel with a Heart: Traveler Posts about Hotel that’s Given an Old Dog a Forever Home
Aging is just as difficult for dogs as it is for humans. In fact, many old dogs are often abandoned or returned to shelters because they’re already slow and sickly. Moreover, they are also often the last to be chosen for adoption. Photo: Tiktok/ida2marie Dogs are considered senior when they reach 7 years old; with larger dog breeds, aging is a bit sooner. By this time, their health starts to deteriorate and they become more vulnerable to diseases. Old Dog Haven has posted a sentimental blog that will touch your heart. It made a list of...
Pet Food Transparency
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Handsome Boy Not Cut Out for Shelter Life Struggles with Hectic, Overcrowded Environment
Stress studies undertaken in the last few years confirm that rescue and shelter environments cause stress in animals. Some of them are so freaked out by everything going on around them that they fail to thrive and start losing their hair. Some are withdrawn and hide where no one can see them. They are, in essence, falling apart and need to get into foster programs or forever homes stat! Photo: Pima Animal Care Center Meet Kogi Kogi is a neutered sable-and-white American Pit Bull Terrier and Chinese Shar-pei mix believed to be under 3 years...
New Year, New Opportunity to Use These 10 Tools and Resources!
Happy New Year! (Can we still say that, heading toward mid-month?) We’re taking this moment to re-introduce some of the multitude of tools and resources that we’ve got for you here at HASS. Here are ten you can put into action right now! Please browse and search the HASS website for even more, more, more. Because seriously, we’ve got a huge amount of pro resources, blogs, and webinars that can help you in your mission to keep families together and save animals’ lives. Pet Eviction Calculator Use our easy...
How to be open to new ideas at your animal organization
Want to be more open and inclusive at your animal well-being organization, but not sure where to begin? Looking at your current policies is a great starting point. This is what Allison Cardona of the County of Los Angeles Animal Care and Control and Alex Tonner, Paws for Life K9s, talk about in a huddle recording for the last Open Arms Challenge. The huddle was all about how letting go of old ideas can open new opportunities to processes that are equitable and inclusive. “We’re an incredibly diverse county, and the one...
Greedy Pup in Texas Almost Burns Down House Scrounging for Cookies on Christmas Day
We’re usually worried about our cats jumping on the stove and accidentally turning the gas burners on only to start a fire. Well, this Christmas a family in Frisco, Texas, found it wasn’t a feline that almost burned their house down but actually their gluttonous pup in search of cookies! Photo: Pixabay/ArtisticOperations Pet-Related Accidents It wasn’t such a merry Christmas when Megan Black’s home started to burn on December 25. She was celebrating the holiday with her family in Celina when she got an alert on her...
Vet Says a Large Part of Behavioral Issues in Dogs is Due to their Owners
Anyone who’s ever watched dog behaviorist Cesar Millan knows that more often than not, it isn’t the dogs that are the problem but their humans. So it should come as no surprise when Rory Cowlam, aka Rory the Vet, told Country Living, “It’s lovely that people care so much about their animals, however, it leads to a large part of the behavioral issues that we see in pets these days. We are seeing an absolute behavior pandemic in our dogs, and the issue is the owners.” Photo: Pixabay/825545 Happy Dogs Most pet...
