Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Amended American history, pet bio writing and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. 13 questions that will help you write great pet adoption biosFido is an 8-year-old brown female dog who needs a home. But is that how you want to describe her in an adoption ad or social media post, when your aim is to get potential adopters imagining how great Fido would be as a member of their family? Learn More Join CARE for 4 webcasts during Black History MonthJoin Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (CARE) for their second annual CARE Caucus during...
Couple Saves Terrified Horses From Slaughter And Nurses Them Back To Health
Allison Smith and her wife Olivia founded Colby’s Crew Rescue after falling in love with their rescue horse, Colby. In August of 2020, Colby was rescued from slaughter. Before he was saved, he was abused, neglected, and was terrified of humans and of more danger headed his way. Photo: YouTube/USA TODAY Today, Colby is compassionate, trusting, and has a positive attitude. His transformation is inspiring, and he has formed an inseparable bond with Smith. Because of Colby, his owners were inspired to start a rescue, so that they could help...
Firefighters Rescue Two Dogs Who Were Trapped In Frozen Pond For 20 Minutes
One pet owner from Whitewater Township, Ohio, can finally breathe a sigh of relief after firefighters rescued her two dogs from her neighbor’s frozen pond. Kimberly Payne’s two dogs, Bruno and Mavis, were staying at her mother’s home this past week, when the dogs escaped the house due to a broken door latch. A neighbor discovered the dogs struggling to swim in a nearby frozen pond and immediately knocked on the Paynes’ door. Photo: YouTube/Local 12 Payne rushed to the pond and saw Bruno, a Poodle, in really bad shape....
2-Year-Old Girl Comforts Dog With Separation Anxiety In Viral Video
Some kids have the purest hearts, and that’s seen best in an adorable viral video of a toddler comforting an anxious dog. 2-year-old Lily knows her grandma will be back soon to tend to her dog, Lulu, but Lulu seems to think her owner is gone forever. Separation anxiety in dogs can be a serious issue, which may have gotten worse with the pandemic. Anxiety can be caused by a number of factors, and it’s never a good thing. Photo: Max Pixel However, life must go on and Lily’s grandma couldn’t stay home all day every day...
Owner Gifts His Cats A Giant Ball Pit With 500 Balls
Most pets owners want to do all they can to give their pets the best lives possible. They may go out of their way to spoil them with treats, love, and pets. Sometimes, a pet owner even goes above and beyond to provide their furbabies with something most pets could only dream of. Take the owner of Indy and Santi, for example. They created the walter santi YouTube channel and regularly show off fun and exciting things they do for their pets. Photo: Pixabay/Beijing little villain Back in July of 2020, Indy and Santi were gifted with a present...
Excited Dachshund Does “Zoomies” On His Parents’ Bed
Growing up with a lot of siblings can be hard. After all, you have to share the attention of mom and dad with all the other kids in the house! As it turns out, the same struggle is true for pets. When our pets have a lot of siblings, they still need some special one-on-one attention to make them feel fully loved and appreciated. For an adorable Dachshund named Pepper, that special attention time came in the form of a free-for-all on his owner’s bed. Photo: Pexels/Dominika Roseclay Pepper has been sharing his home, and owners, with his...
Cat Spends His Time Surfing And Swimming With His Hawaiian Family
Many of us dream of living on an island with warm sand and blue waters all around. That may be a dream for many of us but for a cat named Hokule’a, it is a reality. Hokule’a was spending his time at the local Humane Society when he happened to be discovered by some kind humans that gave him a forever home. At first, they were attracted to Hokule’a because he was sweet and shy but it wasn’t long before he showed just how much of the family he had become. Photo: Wikimedia Commons His humans had some things they enjoyed...
40 Dogs Are Freed From Their Filthy Wire Cages And A Life Of Neglect
The Smith County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office rescued nearly 40 dogs from a neglect situation in Smith County, Texas, with help from The Humane Society of the United States, the SPCA of East Texas, and Animal Investigations and Response. After authorities served a search and seizure warrant on the resident property, they found dogs living in deplorable conditions. Photo: YouTube/HSUS They were crammed into chain-link kennels with metal collapsing into some of them. They had no food and undrinkable frozen water. The dogs hadn’t...
People Who Help Disabled Pets
Owners of disabled dogs often have to overcome unique challenges. These humans have dedicated their lives to helping make it a little easier to give those dogs a full and happy life. Mark Robinson: The Pet Mobility Maker Twenty years ago, Mark Robinson created a website called HandicappedPets.com so that caretakers of disabled animals had a place to talk and share information. The group is now called Walkin’ Pets and offers not only a community but a large array of products that help dogs and other animals overcome a number of different...
‘Skin & Bones’ Dog Is Saved From Slaughter And Makes Incredible Transformation
Millie had spent her life at a dog meat farm in South Korea. At the farm, countless dogs are crammed into wire cages, where they barely have any food or water. They are overbred, starved, and neglected. Luckily, Humane Society International did a rescue mission and saved all of the dogs there before shutting the farm down. Photo: YouTube/HSUS As soon as Nara Kim from HSI spotted Millie, she knew she needed medical attention immediately. She described her as skin and bones and said she looked like an alien. All of the shelters in South Korea...
