Sonic Drive-In Now Offering Cool Merch Available at its Online Wag Shop, Including Halloween Costumes for Dogs
Sonic Drive-In is known for its throwback image of 1950’s-style service, complete with carhops delivering your food straight to your car. Despite their nostalgic theme, now they’ve opened an online store known as the Wag Shop where fans of the restaurant chain can purchase merch for their pups. The new Wag Shop line focuses on the bonding pet owners forge on drives with their pets where Fluffy gets to come along for the ride, head hanging out the window as the miles tick by. Photo: The Sonic Wag Shop Go for a ride?! Predominantly...
Animal Shelters Are Struggling To Find Homes For Big Dogs And Ask People To “Love Large”
Big dogs have larger-than-life personalities, think they are lap dogs, and have the biggest hearts. Sadly, many have a hard time finding a forever home due to their size and misconceptions about their needs and care. Animal shelters across the country are full of large dogs that just want someone to love. Many are in crisis mode as they are at or over capacity and desperately need adopters and fosters. Best Friends Animal Society, who has the goal of making the entire country no-kill by 2025, wants to help shed light on how amazing big dogs...
Dog Photography Tips for Your Holiday Cards
The dreaded annual holiday card photo shoot. The stakes are high and the pressure is on. It’s hard enough to get your spouse and kids to clean up, dress up and smile for photos, but your dog, too? Dogster interviewed a range of pet picture experts, from dog trainers to photographers, to get the top dog photography tips. Pet holiday cards start with a solid plan Before snapping away, think about what your vision is for the most touching, hilarious or memorable photo. Decide where your shoot will be, what your dog will be doing and what...
Dental Disease Could Be the Biggest Threat to Your Cat’s Health
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Tackling the Shortage of Veterinarians in America
As the number of pet parents increases, so does the strain on the veterinary workforce. According to a Mars Veterinary Health Report, the United States is experiencing a veterinarian shortage that, if not addressed, could leave 75 million pets without care by 2030. Why are we having a shortage of veterinarians? Experts agree that the increase in families bringing pets into their homes during the COVID pandemic put a strain on the services required from the veterinarian community. Aside from there not being enough physical space to care for...
A Stray Dog’s Healthy Transformation is Evident After Two Weeks of Receiving Proper Treatment
A dog can be the happiest creature in the room even when it looks sickly, and its fur is badly shedding. Dogs have an irresistible charm that will make you feel that everything will be fine. Sometimes having a friendly and happy-go-lucky personality can lead them to the right person. A goodhearted human will rescue them and nurture their health back —someone who acknowledges their actual situation despite trying to look less vulnerable on the outside. Photo: Youtube/The Dodo You’ll learn a thing or two from the life of a dog who...
Young Kid Gets Caught Making An Unusual Detour On His Way To School
We got a criminal on our hands! Criminally cute, that is. PHOTO: Unsplash/S&B Vonlanthen A boy was caught on video doing something typically seen as unusual and everyone’s losing it over the video. People usually don’t pay attention to stray animals, or when they do notice a stray animal along their path, they usually move away from them in fear or disgust. Both reactions are typically because stray animals are associated with diseases or they simply fear being bit. But this little boy didn’t think of any of that. He...
Woman Baffled After Finding Horse Stuck In A Puzzling Predicament
Horses are typically shy and gentle creatures, but when they want to, they can be quite bold. In DeFuniak Springs, Florida, one horse owner found herself immersed in a perplexing mystery. Ann McQueen had come outside only to discover that one of her horses, Pixie, had gotten herself stuck in one of the hay racks! Photo: flickr/Mary B It was quite the surprise, but it also had Ann asking a lot of questions. As Ann explained in an interview with The Dodo about the situation, “Well, there stood Pixie in the hay rack, just looking at me....
Butcher Welcomes Hungry Stray Cat Into His Shop And She Returns With Friends
Ikram Korkmazer runs a butcher shop in Turkey. The 51-year-old man has 41 years of experience running his shop, and he’s seen all kinds of customers over the years. But, he seems to really enjoy the patronage of his four-legged customers best. In fact, it all started with one little stray cat, Yeşim, who came in one day, begging for food. The poor cat was so hungry, it broke Ikram’s heart and he happily fed her for free. Photo: TikTok/@ikram_korkmazer The cat continued to come back, making herself rather comfortable at his...
Give a Shelter Animal a Break By Checking Them Out for an Afternoon, Overnight, or the Weekend
Did you know that with many rescues and shelters you can check a pet out for a day, night, or even a weekend? If you’ve ever thought about fostering but recognize that you can’t make the commitment, yet you’d still like to give an animal a break, this could be the answer. So, consider being a temporary foster. Animal shelters are overfilled and frequently don’t have enough staff or volunteers to take dogs out for walks and other activities that are good for the animals. They count on community members to come in and...
Donate Doggy Sweaters and Booties to Your Favorite Shelter During Chilly Fall and Winter Months
It’s that time of year when animal rescues and shelters all across the country are asking for donations of pet sweaters and doggy booties to help pups in need. If you’re unfamiliar with the call to action, most larger rescue facilities and even some smaller groups put out a call for members of the community to donate cool weather wear. These items are then distributed to families and individuals experiencing economic hardship. Sweaters are particularly important to smaller dogs and those with thin coats lacking an insulating layer...
Woman Rescues Kitten, Who Later Saves Her Life in Return
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! My mom was a librarian in a children’s library. One day, not long after my mom’s cat had passed away, two children came into the library with a tiny kitten in a cardboard box. They asked my mom if she could help them find a home for it because their parents wouldn’t let them keep it. Well, of course my mom couldn’t say no and adopted the little black and gold...
Fashionable Togs for Fashionable Dogs from Collaborators Wild One and Designer Isaac Mizrahi
American designer Isaac Mizrahi got his start in New York in the late 1980s. He is well known for the unique style of his fashion lines and as a judge on Project Runway Allstars, a competition reality show for up-and-coming designers trying to make it in the fashion industry. Wild One, on the other hand, is the maker of popular pet accessories sold in outlets such as PetCo, PetSmart, Target, and oodles of other stores. Much like Reese’s popular ad campaign back in the day marveling at the uniquely delightful combination of peanut butter...
Holiday Dog Costume Queen Amazing Gracie Doodle Shares Her Secrets
Decorative, colorful, imaginative: Those are the qualities of Amazing Gracie Doodle’s Instagram and TikTok pages, where you’ll find the 6-year-old Australian Labradoodle Gracie dressed in elaborate costumes, ranging from a Christmas tree wrapped in garland and ornaments, “grilling” for the 4th of July and roses in her fur for Valentine’s day. “Holiday photos are my obsession,” says Gracie’s pet mom Fanny Karpman, who celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah and each year has Gracie decked out in...
Ask Dr. Aziza: Signs You May Need To Help Your Dog Lose Weight
Have you ever found yourself wondering “is my dog overweight”? You’re not alone! In fact, obesity is one of the most common diseases veterinarians see in their patients. To help ensure your pup lives a happy, healthy, and long life, we’ve asked our Freshpet vet, Dr. Aziza, to share the top signs that your dog may need to lose weight. Sign #1: Feeding instructions aren’t consistently followed Some pet parents may leave food out all day, allowing their dog to graze at will. Alternatively, they may give a certain...
October is a great time to enter your Shelter Animals Count data!
Data plays a crucial part in decision making, which is why we’re reminding you to input your Shelter Animals Count (SAC) data! Data has enabled our industry to compile a complete picture of the animals entering and leaving shelters. You can see how your data compares to those in other states or look up the data of specific organizations with SAC’s Data Dashboards. Data is current through July 2022. If you are so inclined, on a recent Community Conversation, Shelter Animals Count Executive Director, Stephanie Filer and...
Woman Visits Her Father’s Grave And Is Greeted By A Stray Cat Who Refuses To Leave Her Side
Now, this is a story that will definitely give you chills and have you reaching for a tissue. We all have moments of coincidence, but one woman experienced the ultimate coincidence when she was at a cemetery visiting the grave of a loved one. Photo: TikTok/@jadasezer Jada Sezer hadn’t been to the cemetery since her father passed away. This meant that her visit to his grave was the very first one since Jada’s dad had passed away. The visit ended up being something beyond what she could imagine, and she ended up coming home with a...
Goat Sings its Heart Out in Viral Video From Animal Blessing Event
Worcester Cathedral in the United Kingdom holds an annual animal blessing event, and this year, one goat had a baaaall. In a TikTok that has gone viral, a video pans through the cathedral as music plays amid the service. Before the camera even gets to Pablo the goat, he makes his presence known. You can hear his excited ‘singing’ until the camera spots him, bleating his heart out alongside two alpacas and humans who can’t keep a straight face. The video contains a text overlay saying, “We think Pablo the Goat enjoyed...
Did You Know Rabies Vaccines are Available for Humans?
Rabies, distemper, parvovirus, heartworm disease, and leptospirosis. All of these conditions are preventable with vaccines and the proper preventatives. While most are not health risks for humans, rabies most definitely is. People can get rabies if they have contact with the saliva or neural tissue of infected animals, such as through a bite or scratch. Left untreated, rabies has a 99 percent mortality rate with fewer than 20 documented cases of survival. The time between exposure and the appearance of symptoms can be days, weeks, months, and...
Dog Rescued From Breeders Had Never Learned to Do Dog Things, But Family Helps Her Learn
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! We lost our beloved Oscar, a 15-year-old dachshund that we had since he was 8-weeks-old, and we were heartsick with grief. After three months, I began looking on Petfinder and found Pepper, a 6-year-old long haired dappled dachshund. She was a breeder dog in a large puppy mill in Wisconsin that operates “just above the line” that would shut them down. When they’re...
