How You Can Help People, Pets, and the Planet This Giving Tuesday
Throughout the year, your clicks, shopping for a cause, and donations have helped us tackle a variety of problems facing the planet, pets, and people in need. This Giving Tuesday, we’re hoping to do even more for veterans, Ukrainians, pets, and pollinators. Here’s a closer look at what we’re working on. Providing Relief to Unhoused Veterans and Their Pets PHOTO: ADOBE STOCK / PAOPANO Nearly 40,000 veterans face homelessness every day, and many of them have pets. Because most homeless shelters don’t allow pets, that can...
The Best Advent Calendars for Dogs and Cats in 2022
Are you one of those people that buy their tree and start putting up Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving? You might even put your tree up on Thanksgiving and start hanging exterior lights the following day. If so, you’re in good company, with 43-55 percent (depending on the source) queried admitting to jumping the gun and getting into the Christmas season early. Including Pets in Christmas Sound like you? If that’s how you roll and you’re a pet parent, then there’s also a good chance you’re of the...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Trauma-informed online courses, new grant opportunity and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. New monthly grant opportunity!Starting this month, Maddie’s Fund® will be giving away a $3,000 grant each month to one lucky Maddie’s® Pet Forum member! The first drawing will be in December 2022 for content contributed in November 2022! You’ll automatically be entered to win each month when you start a new discussion, reply to a new post… Learn More Maddie’s® Insights: Gabapentin and Behavior Modification for Shelter...
Dog Eye Boogers – what are they and when should I worry?
Throughout the day, your dog’s eyes produce tears in order to keep the cornea and conjunctiva surfaces lubricated and healthy. But, while those tears will then drain down your dog’s tear ducts, other substances that gather on and around the surface of your dog’s eyes such as mucus, dust, oil, and other debris …can’t. Tears will then stockpile around the eyes and eventually form a crust or a bit of gunk. Then, voila! You’ve got yourself a totally normal eye booger. What are the different types of dog eye...
How to Groom a Maltipoo
Maltipoos are one of the most commonly-spotted dogs at pet salons, says Paige McIlwain, director of training at Salty Dawg Pet Salon. That’s because their fur, like other mixed breed Oodles and Oos, is a combination of two breeds with very different coats. A Maltese has thin, straight-to-wavy silky hair, while the Poodle has thick curly course hair. Depending on genetics, says Paige, “Maltipoo coat types can be closer to one of those breeds or anything in between.” The varied coat textures put each Maltipoo in a unique...
This Person Works Hard at Home Under the Supervision of a Cat
Cats are highly inquisitive creatures. When something catches their attention, they’ll observe it and even try to interact with it. It will roam indoors and outdoors to go out for an adventure — feeding their curious minds. You’ll even notice that they observe what you do, and it even reaches the point that they’ll approach you to see things closely. One of the things that humans do that cats find fascinating is when you’re in front of a computer. Photo: Unsplash/Biel Morro The internet has a collection of cat...
The Know-Hows For When You Encounter A Stray Kitten
Have you seen the viral clip of that one guy that encountered a really really cute kitten on a road, and then a whole army of kittens popped out of nowhere with their adorable “ambush”? [embedded content] These tiny creatures are truly hard to ignore. No matter how much anyone claims to hate cats, I doubt they wouldn’t feel a tiny bit of a tug at their hearts if and when they see a kitten. For the person in the video above, he approached the kitten in hopes of rescuing and eventually adopting it. But exactly what does one do...
Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick Received Hugs in a Reunion with the Elephants She Raised During a Tumultuous Time
Animals with remarkable features have always had struggles with humans who see them as an income source. For instance, elephants were poached for their ivory tusks. Poachers illegally kill the elephants to sell their tusks in ivory trades because of its valuable price. For this reason, there has been a decline in elephant population and has badly impacted the younger ones. The calves get separated from their parents whenever poachers hunt for them. It’s a sad and cruel world out there for young ones to live by themselves —...
Mom Finally Figures Out Why Dog Was Barking At Window All Night
We bring dogs into our homes for a lot of reasons and for some of us, having the extra security they add is a big bonus. Dogs are great at alerting their owners to intruders so it’s important to listen when they bark – especially if they’re barking is out of the ordinary. When Christina Bingman’s dog, Alexa, started barking at the window one night, Bingman was understandably confused and a little concerned. Photo: TikTok/@ctinab2 According to The Dodo, Bingman immediately went outside to check on her family’s...
Volunteers Make Thanksgiving Feast For Utah Shelter Animals
The holidays are a time to spend with loved ones and the absence of family can really sting. That’s true not just for people but for animals as well. It can’t be easy living on the streets or in a shelter while everyone else carries on with life and holiday festivities. Photo: Facebook/Salt Lake County Animal Services Volunteers with the Salt Lake County Animal Services wanted to do their part to help the animals feel the holiday spirit, so they got up early on Thanksgiving Day and began cooking. By the end of the day, the...
