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...
VA Hospital Prohibited Service Dogs, Leading To Veteran’s Suicide
Sadly, it took a veteran’s death by suicide for a VA hospital to change their service dog policies. The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General (DVAOIG) has asked two VA facilities to improve care for mental health patients, including changing their policy that previously prohibited service dogs. According to a report from the VAOIG, the veteran died by suicide after visiting VA facilities in Portland, Oregon and Palo Alto, California. The veteran was showing signs of suicidal ideation, and although staff made an...
6 Ways To Celebrate Adopt A Shelter Dog Month In October
Every month should be Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, as far as we’re concerned. But since 1981, Adopt a Shelter Dog Month has been officially observed in October to raise awareness about the millions of shelter dogs seeking forever homes. According to American Humane, 3-4 million shelter dogs are still waiting for someone to adopt them. Adopt A Shelter Dog Month is our annual reminder that shelters are crowded with lovable dogs desperately hoping someone will give them a chance. Photo: Pixabay Of course, adopting a dog is also a big...
Why do dogs eat grass?
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Kitten Rescued From Barn Showers His New Family with Love
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! Lover Boy was from a litter of barn kittens at the stable where my daughter rode. Summer camp was going on and the children played with the kittens constantly. He grew up very friendly but was a skinny no-name mess with long fur full of burrs and constant diarrhea staining his fluffy tail. CAT. PHOTO: PIXABAY/DANI MONTOYA Then the owner was injured and the stable closed. The 4-H members...
Dying Dog Gets To Roll In Snow One Last Time Thanks To Utah Ice Center
Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation helped fulfill a last wish for a dying dog. Maggie was diagnosed with cancer and while her time on Earth was coming to an end, her owners were determined to make sure she got to enjoy snow one last time. They made a plea on Facebook asking if anyone had a shaved ice machine they could borrow. “Our sweet dog is passing of cancer and Monday we want to build her one last snow bank to roll in,” they wrote. Salt Lake County Ice Center heard about the request and leaped at the opportunity to help...
Ohio Trooper Saves A Stray Dog Then Goes Back To Adopt Her
Saving lives is all in a day’s work for one Ohio trooper, who found a stray dog while out on patrol, brought her to a local shelter, and then–when no one stepped up to claim her–went back to give her a forever home. According to WLWT5, an Ohio State Highway Patrol Officer was working a stationary patrol when he found a lonely pit-bull mix. Trooper Gable wasn’t sure if the dog was a stray, or just missing or lost. Just in case, the officer brought the dog to a local shelter, where her owners could come and claim her....
Sibling Brown Bears In Alaska Spotted “Synchronized Napping” In Viral Video
Brown bears avoid the cold Alaska winters by hibernating in dens. While most bears are currently preparing for hibernation by eating nonstop, two sibling brown bears thought it was a good idea to practice napping together. The resident 17-year-old brother and sister bears, JB and Patron, arrived at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in 2004 as cubs after their mother was killed. They have thrived at the wildlife sanctuary and enjoy roughhousing, digging holes, and fishing in the stream that runs through their enclosure. Screenshot:...
One-Third Of All Sharks & Rays Are At Risk Of Extinction Due To Overfishing
Human activity has affected the ocean for hundreds of years, through fishing and hunting, and indirectly by habitat modification and climate change. The number of threatened species has doubled since the first global study back in 2014, and the number of endangered and critically endangered species have since more than tripled. Today, more than one-third of sharks, rays, and chimaeras are at risk of extinction due to overfishing, according to a new study. Photo: Unsplash/Tomáš Nožina Rays are the most threatened, with 41%...
Florida Proposes Fishing Licenses For Once Endangered Goliath Grouper
Goliath groupers make their homes in and around Florida’s coral reefs where they can grow to 800 pounds. According to NOAA Fisheries, these massive fish have few natural predators, and swim through the shallow waters without hesitation, which has historically made them easy prey for fishermen and divers with spearguns. Divers once harvested these fish using powerheads on spearguns, boaters pulled them in with winches on mounted on gunwales, TCPalm reports. Meanwhile, fish houses paid about 40 cents per pound for the goliath grouper,...
Special Needs Puppy And Rescue Piglet Are BFFs
There is nothing more adorable than odd animal friendships, like Winnie and Wilma’s. They became best friends the moment they met. A special needs puppy named Winston (better known as “Winnie The Roo” or “Winnie” for short) arrived at Charlotte’s Freedom Farm, a hobby farm that rescues farm animals and lets them live out their lives, at just six-weeks-old with what appeared to be just undeveloped front legs. He was surrendered by the people who bred him. A trip to the vet revealed his sternum also...
