Nursing Home Uses “Kitten Therapy” to Help Seniors and Foster Kittens Comfort Each Other
Pets aren’t just loving and loyal companions. Cats and dogs boost health and healing, ease anxiety and stress, and help people cope with everything from autism to cancer to PTSD. But the positive effects of “pet therapy” flow both ways. While pets provide people with comfort and love, people offer shelter pets family, shelter, and care. This need is especially high among orphaned kittens, who require bottle feeding and constant attention to survive their early days in the shelter without mom. Photo: Pixabay Foster parent...
View all the Open Arms Challenges Huddles in one place
Today marks the last of the Open Arms Challenge Huddles! We hope you were able to join us! We are very excited to kick off the Challenge in just a couple of weeks! That said, even if you are not participating in the Challenge, you surely can benefit from our inspirational speakers. With speakers from both shelter and rescue organizations, it’s clear we are all striving to the same goal of helping pets and people. All 11 Huddles are available for viewing (with the last of the Huddles to be uploaded later today) on Maddie’s® Pet...
Sick Puppies Rescued After Being Dumped on Side of Busy Road
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! On October 20, a good human found seven puppies huddled together on the side of a road next to traffic in South Tacoma. PHOTO: LINDSEY HEANEY The puppies were brought to the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County for care. They arrived sick and lethargic, with some experiencing bloody diarrhea. After thorough veterinary exams and tests, all seven of the puppies tested positive for...
Surfside Condo Search Dog Finally Gets To Retire After 8 Years On Florida Rescue Team
When the Surfside condo tragically collapsed in Florida, a search dog named Rit was one of the first responders. Now the 10-year-old dog is finally retiring after 8 years of saving lives with the Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue team. Photo: Facebook/Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue This will actually be Rit’s second attempt at retirement. According to Local10News, the veteran search dog first retired in January, only to be pulled back to work following the deadly condo disaster. “Within I would say 20 minutes, we were up on the pile...
Bait Dog Thrown Onto The Street & Left To Die Finally Ends Up Where He’s Meant To Be
When AMA Animal Rescue took Rex in, he was on the brink of death. Abandoned with wounds all over his body, he was so weak, he couldn’t even stand on his own. They rushed him to their vet, where he began treatment. The bite marks that covered him were a clear indication that he had been used as a bait dog. Photo: YouTube/AMA Animal Rescue Dog fighters use bait dogs to let their game dogs practice fighting. These bait dogs are usually non-aggressive, and end up getting severely harmed, and sometimes even killed. Luckily, Rex was saved...
Rescued Dog Becomes Honorary Police K-9 After Finding Stolen Gun
Monty is a very good dog from Wisconsin. But the rescued black lab became a neighborhood hero when he found a stolen gun. At first, Monty’s owner, Sandi Heinemann, didn’t know what her dog was sniffing on their walk. Like most dogs, Monty sniffed lots of things outside, but her lab was clearly focused on one particular object. “He was really intent on it,” Sandi Heinemann told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “The last time he was so intent on an object was when he saw a dead fish near a pond.” Photo:...
Does your dog bark too much?
Dogs bark for many reasons, but if your own pooch is too “talkative”, it’s important to discover why, and find positive ways to curb his barking behavior. Let’s admit it. Barking dogs can be annoying, not to mention stressful. And when it’s your own dog who’s barking all the time, it can also lead to embarrassment. In some cases, an excessively-barking dog can cause a rift between neighbors and even family members. This article looks at why dogs sometimes bark too much, and what you can do to train this...
Doting Cat Dad Builds Elevator For Senior Cat To Help Him Get To His Favorite Spot
Meet Frodo. He’s a 20-year-old cat who loves to nap in the sun. However, getting to his favorite spot by the pool meant hobbling down a flight of stairs every day. But life just got a whole lot easier for the aging feline. Screenshot: YouTube/Liam Thompson Liam Thompson, loving cat dad and inventor, noticed his senior pal struggling and decided to do something about it. He spent four days constructing an elevator that would allow Frodo to go up and down the stairs with no effort. The video, which has been viewed by over 900K people,...
New Jersey Becomes 8th State To Ban Sale Of Cosmetics Tested On Animals
Using animals for cosmetics testing is cruel, inhumane, and unnecessary. On Monday, New Jersey joined a growing list of states that are taking a stand for rabbits, guinea pigs, and all other lab animals. Governor Phil Murphy signed New Jersey’s Humane Cosmetics Act into law, which will ban the sale of cosmetics that have been newly tested on animals. The Garden State is the eighth state to ban the sale of animal-tested cosmetics. They join California, Nevada, Illinois, Virginia, Maryland, Maine and Hawaii. Photo: Unsplash/Universal Eye...
Easy Ways to Stop the Bark
Dogs communicate using a variety of vocal signals including howling, whining, growling, yelping and barking. While most of this language is easy for humans to understand, constant barking can make even the most informed of caregivers tear their hair out in frustration. Dogs who bark excessively cause their families such distress that some resort to using equipment like anti-bark collars just to get some peace. While these devices might promise a quick-fix cure, they are highly aversive and generally cause dogs more distress, putting a...
