Dog With Cancer Gets To Roll In The Snow One Last Time Thanks To Local Ice Rink
Saying goodbye to a loved pet can be devastatingly difficult. Knowing when to set them free from the horrible pain of a disease like cancer is a decision that carries so much weight, any light or joy means the world. For Maggie, a St. Bernard with cancer, her final days with owners Marianna Wilson and Elijah Saltzgaber were bittersweet, filled with the specter of the looming Monday morning appointment at the veterinarian’s office but also the blissful camping and hiking that she loved in her youth. Photo: Pixabay/ClaudiaWollensen The...
Watch This Frenchie Try A Tongue Twister During Family Road Trip
Road trips are a great way to spend time as a family, but anyone who’s organized or planned one will know they have their fair share of unexpected moments! For one family driving through Kalamazoo, Michigan, one such moment happened when their Frenchie loudly let the family know what he was feeling from the back seat. The video, taken by Ashley Giraud, shows the family’s comfy summer road trip setup as well as the family dog, a French Bulldog, climbing over the backseat. Photo: Max Pixel While the rest of the family works their...
SPCA Officer Rescues French Bulldog From Scorching Car
Thanks to years of messaging from activists and animal lovers, it’s pretty well known by now that keeping your dog in a hot car, even for just a quick trip into the store, can be more dangerous than you realize. Temperatures inside locked cars can quickly skyrocket when left in direct heat, and dogs simply are not able to cope with it. If that’s not enough motivation to do right by your pet, a video of an SPCA officer rescuing a dog from a locked car might be. PHOTO: YOUTUBE /VIRALHOG Originally filmed in 2017 in St. Catharines,...
Stray Dog Dad Waits Outside Vet Clinic While Mom Gives Birth To Puppies
When a mom goes into the hospital to give birth, she often has someone to support her, such as a friend or the dad of the baby. However, the same isn’t usually true in the animal kingdom. When dogs usually give birth, they do so alone. But for a stray dog in Brazil, she was supported by the dad of her puppies while he waited outside the hospital. Photo: Instagram/vetcampogrande According to the Instagram video below, a security camera captured the moment a stray mama dog walked to the front of a veterinarian’s office. Staff could...
Adopting a Rescue Dog: The 3-3-3 Rule
Rescuing a new dog can be rewarding and bring joy to your entire family. Before you adopt shelter dogs, they say you should know the 3-3-3 rule. The 3-3-3 rule represents the phases of a rescue dog or common milestones your new dog or puppy will go through 3 days, 3 weeks, 3 months after being adopted from a shelter. Your new dog will have unfamiliar surroundings and go through an adjustment period while settling into his new home. Give your dog space and time to grow once you bring them home. What is the 3-3-3 rule for new rescue dogs?...
Dog Owner Creates Photo Of “Pixel Dog” And The Internet Can’t Get Enough
Animals are fan-favorites on the internet, particularly cute animals like dogs and cats. Sometimes, someone captures an animal, perhaps a pet, doing something hilarious or adorable and it goes viral for all the right reasons. But sometimes, someone with a creative spirit adds their own twist to the photo and people love it even more. That was the case for a Shiba Inu lover, who happened to capture a cute video of her dog looking in through the window of the door. Photo: Max Pixel The dog lover, Instagram user @ichi____kun, took the photo (and...
Blind Stray And His Seeing Eye Cats Are Seeking A Forever Home Together
Many kittens and cats pass through Sioux City Animal Adoption and Rescue in Iowa, but two black-and-white felines stood apart from the rest of rescued population. As shelter workers got to know the bonded pair, they realized the younger boy cat was actually blind, inspiring shelter workers to name him Keller. The older one-year-old female– who acted as Keller’s “seeing eye” cat–naturally became known as Anne Sullivan. Photo: Pixabay “It was a unique situation in the respect that we impounded the blind cat...
Dog Chases Owner With Garden Hose
I don’t think my dog ever played with a garden hose. Instead, she was always a little cautious of it, since she knew water came out of it and she was quite precious about getting wet herself. I think it’s safe to assume most dogs are like that. They know that their owners will sometimes want to play a little trick on them – especially in summer – and gently spritz them with some water from the hose. And for the most part, they’ll steer clear when the hose is in use. But for one black lab, it was all about...
Keeping Warm During the Winter Storm
Sep 30, 2021 “The APA! Neonatal program has been a part of my life since 2013,” said Kimberley. “I adopted my first kitten, now an 8-year-old cat, at a PetSmart adoption event in June 2013. I was struggling with depression and trying to push my way through grad school and Lancelot has been helping me with his affection from our union.” “Fast forward a few more years and I once again turned toward kittens as a way to help me with my mental health. In 2018, I was struggling with another depressive spell but this...
Improve your professional skills with these 5 online apprenticeships!
Grab your pumpkin latte and get ready to acquire some new skills and knowledge this fall. We have five wonderful and varied online apprenticeships to help with that! Whether cats are your fancy, expanding your foster program or shelter clinic management is your thing, we think just about anyone can benefit from these online apprenticeships. Each apprenticeship is four weeks long and is made up of a combination of self-paced learning and four 90-minute weekly Zoom meetings with your instructor. The application period...
