Which Dog Breeds is Santa Spoiling the Most This Holiday Season?
When you’re picking up holiday gifts for all your favorite loved ones, you may decide to get one for your furry friends, too. In fact, you may be tempted to fill an entire stocking for them. Don’t worry. It’s not that out of the ordinary, especially if you own certain breeds. Online pet gift shop Yappy.com recently conducted a survey on dog gifting trends this holiday season, finding that 85.5% of dog owners plan to get their pooch a present. It may not be just the one gift, either, with more than 47% saying they were going...
Bella, the Beautiful Blue Pibble, is Through Being a Momma. Now She Just Wants to Be Someone’s Bestie!
A fitting name for a beautiful girl, miss Bella (meaning pretty in Italian) is a sweet lady that loves to be tucked in by her humans and giving people kisses. Sadly, her life hasn’t always been as beautiful as she is. Spayed now, this 6-year-old pibble weighs approximately 62 pounds, and she’s been waiting patiently for a forever home since January 5, 2022. Photo: Pima Animal Care Center Adopt, Don’t Shop Shelter staff at Pima Animal Care Center say Bella is a sweet lady who came to PACC with her own grown-up pups after...
Border Collie Does His Part To Help Recycle Plastic Bottles
Most of us realize that it is a good idea to recycle. We live in a throwaway world, and far too many people simply toss items that could be reused into the trash heap. Then again, recycling has become a part of many communities around the world, and that includes in the area of Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Photo: YouTube/SWNS In one home in England, there is a border collie that is on a mission and it is one that we love hearing and seeing. Scruff the border collie seems to have a love of recycling. When on a walk with David and Yvonne, his...
Random Dog Shows Up At Jiu Jitsu Competition And Steals The Show
If you’ve ever been to a Ju Jitsu match, you realize that things can get a little busy. Everybody is so focused on what is happening on the mat in front of them that sometimes, they miss what is happening on the sidelines. Photo: Instagram/@dojoroninchile That recently happened in Valparaiso when the Liga Chilena de Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was holding the Campeonato Nacional Open. Everybody in attendance was focused on the fights that were taking place on the mat, and it seems as if a dog was watching as well. Photo:...
Puppy Mill Mother Dog Struggles to Find Home Despite Lovable Nature
This story is an entrant in the Fur-Ever Family Photo & Story Contest. Voting runs through December 31. Three grand prize winners will each receive $500 in cash and $2,000 in cash and supplies for their favorite shelter. See all the entrants and finalists here! Mysti is a family member that came to us from a shelter, but that doesn’t make her any less lovable. She is a pit bull mix, a puppy mill mama. All of her puppies were adopted, but she wasn’t. She was so kind, the shelter staff had named her the Ambassador of the Shelter...
Golden Retriever Protects Young Girls Lost In The Woods
Ask any parent and they will tell you, it only takes a moment for disaster to strike. You can be paying attention and doing everything right and within a blink of an eye, the kids are gone. That is what happened when seven-year-old Abigail and four-year-old Cecilia went missing from their home in Louisiana. It happened on November 29, and their parents, Mary and Justin Bourg, were beside themselves with grief. They had disappeared from their property and ran into the woods. The family dog, Artemis, had gone first to explore and the girls...
After More Than a Year, Poor Kylo Still Needs a Forever Home
Some shelter pets just can’t seem to catch a break. That’s the story of Kylo, a neutered brown boxer mix that’s been waiting for a forever home since December 17, 2021. Weighing approximately 48 pounds, shelter staff at Pima Animal Care Center in Tucson think he’s about 3 years old. Animal Rescue Described as a dark warrior with a strong force, Kylo Ren seeks to destroy the New Republic, the Resistance, and the legacy of the Jedi. Just kidding, Kylo is a dog — and a pretty sweet one at that. When Kylo first...
Stray Dog With An Unusual Face Finally Gets A Forever Home
It can be difficult when you’re a stray dog living on the street. That is especially true when you have a facial deformity and you are counting on people at a construction site to care for you day after day. Alan is a dog that knows this all too well. According to SWNS, he is a boxer-Saluki mix who was born with a condition known as “wry mouth.” Because of the condition, his upper jaw is permanently shifted to one side. Photo: YouTube/SWNS There are a number of reasons why a dog may end up with his condition, such as...
Natural Chews 101
You may not know exactly which one is right for your dog, but it is more than likely that your dog would benefit from the addition of a natural chew, to their diet. A dog’s typical diet consists of the same meal, for the majority for their whole life. Pending what they are consuming this can lead to nutrient deficiencies, plus it is just plain bland. An easy way to add variety to your dog’s diet, without too much effort, is by adding occasional natural chews. High in protein and evoking an ancestral type diet, there is...
Why Do Dogs Rub Their Faces on the Ground?
You’re ready to hit the sidewalk or the trails with your dog, ready to get a couple miles of a dog walk in before bedtime, yet your pup constantly stops to rub his face in the grass of the neighbor’s yard next door … and the neighbor down the street … and at the park. Sure, it can be annoying, but it can cause concern as to why your dog rubs his face on the ground all the time. There are a variety of reasons to explain why your dog is rubbing his face, says Dr. Amy Pike, Diplomat for the American College of...
