4 Ways To Make A Dog Memorial Garden
There are many ways to memorialize pets who pass on. Some people host a memorial service. Others plant a tree or write an obituary. Still more choose to create a memorial garden, which is a moving way to remember your pet — and honor the dog who loved to play outside. Follow these simple tips to create your own memorial garden for dogs who’ve crossed the Rainbow Bridge. 1. Mark The Perfect Spot Photo: The Animal Rescue Site Store The first step to making a memorial garden is to pick the perfect spot. Did your dog lounge in a sunny...
131 Pilot Whales Slaughtered In One Day During “Barbaric” Tradition On Faroe Islands
The sea around the Faroe Islands is stained red (once again) from the blood of hundreds of slaughtered whales as a tradition known as “Grindadrap” begins. The tradition dates back centuries when Viking ancestors killed whales as a way to feed the people, but that is not the case today. Many animal activists claim it is a barbaric tradition that has no place in our modern world. Photo: Pixabay Save The Reef said, ‘On average, 800 cetaceans are killed each year in the Faroe Islands in the name of “tradition”...
Why Are Dogs Afraid Of Fireworks? 5 Ways You Can Help Your Scared, Furry Friend
The fourth of July can be an exciting time in our country. Families gather for barbeques, beach days, and celebrations — typically capping off the night of fun with a fireworks show. However, if you’re a pet owner you may know the added level of fear associated with July 4th. The booming, sometimes unceasing noise of fireworks sends many pets into a panic, leaving them stressed and trembling. Unfortunately, as much as we may want to protect our pets, we can’t control or prevent others from setting off fireworks. So, in order...
People Are Riding And Feeding Friendly Dolphin Off Texas Coast, Putting Its Life At Risk
Thousands of dolphins are killed every year due to boat strikes, becoming entangled in fishing gear, and countless other human actions. The only way wild animals can stay “wild” is if humans keep their distance. When animals become reliant on people for food and are not afraid to approach them, it becomes dangerous for both the animal and people. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) biologists are concerned for the health and well-being of a friendly dolphin off the coast of North Padre Island in Texas. Photo:...
Human Animal Support Services in the news a year later
It’s been about a year since the Human Animal Support Services initiative officially launched. Based on the work of the amazing communities involved and the press that continues, we look forward to what the next year has in store! Below are just a handful of recent press articles from communities around the country, all working to reform the old animal sheltering model and to keep people and pets together. Animal Services achieves ‘top’ statusPasco County Animal Services (PCAS) has been recognized for...
Husky Reunited With Owner After Being Kidnapped Months Before
Snow is an adorable little husky pup living in Florida. Unfortunately, she spent two months away from her owner after she fell victim to a dognapping. It was a traumatic ordeal, but the moment that Snow saw her owner again, she was purely elated to be back home. It was as if she’d never been dognapped in the first place. Photo: Facebook/Miami-Dade Police Department As Sergeant Grisell Fernandez of the Miami-Dade Police Department shared with The Dodo, Snow’s disappearance is still under investigation. However, it was quite...
Dog Seen Attached To The Outside Of An RV During Scorching Heat Wave
Heather Peters was out and about when she saw an RV. While that’s not unusual in and of itself, what was attached to the outside of the RV was horrible. The driver had attached a dog crate to the rear of his RV and put his dog inside of it for the drive. Not only was the dog at high risk of injury and death from a fender-bender, but the scorching hot weather threatened heat stroke. Photos of the animal and RV spotted in Abbotsford, British Columbia were posted on social media for others to see, and Heather encouraged everyone to report...
Sneaky Dog Steals Half A Pizza While No One’s Watching
Dogs are some of the most intelligent creatures walking this planet. In fact, it sometimes feels like they play dumb to try and get one over on us. If your dog is anything like ours, they are definitely the type to try and underplay their intelligence for reasons like this one. When our dogs get hungry, it is like their sneaky side activates even more, and that seems to be what happened with one dog at an outdoor concert. Photo: YouTube/ViralHog “We were sitting watching the bands play on stage when we saw a dog come up to sniff the...
Policeman Rescues Dog Tied To A Mile Marker
For those of us who have a love of dogs and perhaps even have a dog in our home, there are stories that sometimes break our hearts. Perhaps that is where this story was going, but it ended on a very positive note. It happened in Greenport when a police officer saw a little dog tied to a mile marker. That dog, who is now known as Fern, had been abandoned but she is now living in a forever home with her rescuer. According to a Facebook post shared by the North Fork Animal Welfare League, “officer Crosser and his wife have officially...
Severely Abused Puppy Gets Justice
When we hear about somebody who abuses their dog, it makes our blood boil. When we hear about what Amber Sunde did to her dog, however, there are no words for it. She was caught abusing her puppy in Detroit, beating it and trying to throw it in a river. Fortunately, the Utica Police Department was able to get there in time and stop it from happening. The abuse was so bad that people saw her throwing the puppy, who had two broken legs and a skull fracture, into the Clinton River. The puppy was able to make it out of the river a number of times...
Bloodhound K-9 Sniffs Out Missing 6-Year-Old Girl And Her Abductor
Six-year-old Kinzleigh Reeder has been missing since May 26th, but thanks to the powerful nose of a bloodhound K-9 named Fred she is finally safe. Rutherford County Sheriff’s bloodhound and his handler, Deputy Richard Tidwell, joined forces with the department’s drone team, Rutherford County Fire & Rescue, and Holloway DeKalb County deputies to search for the missing girl. The girl went missing over a month ago after her father, Nicholas Reeder, allegedly abducted her. Fred was brought in to help track down Kinzleigh and her...
10 Dogs Wearing Wigs
Dogs are pretty good sports when it comes to dressing up. They allow their owners to do all kinds of silly costumes, hats, and wigs. Lately, the hashtag #dogwig has been making the rounds on social media as more dog owners find it hilarious to emulate hair on their furbabies’ heads. Naturally, the results are hilarious. Dogs have those big brown eyes that somehow look so sad and embarrassed when they’ve got something like a wig on their heads. Photo: Instagram/sybilthedobe Check out our top 10 favorites below: 1) Let me speak to a...
Puppy Wakes Up Extra Early So He Can Go Swimming In His New Pool
Are you a morning person? Some of us are, and some of us aren’t. More than likely, those of us who have pets have become morning people just by virtue of our pets preferring to get up bright and early. 9-month-old Oaklie is a silver Labrador who enjoys the routine of getting up at the crack of dawn. Apparently, this playful pup asked his owner to let him outside as early as 6:30 in the morning. While his owner assumed that he wanted out so early to access the facilities, that was not the case. As it turned out, what Oaklie really wanted...
Sportscaster Narrates His Dog ‘Hunting’ Her Sister In Viral Video
Sportscasters have quite a talent for narration. Watching a game is entertaining enough on its own, but it’s the sportscasters who really up the hype with their energetic commentary on the game at hand. Judging from one adorable video, it seems like once a sportscaster, always a sportscaster. Andrew Cotter is a Scottish sportscaster, and when he’s not commentating for his job, he’s providing very hilarious commentary on the adventures of his two dogs, Olive and Mabel. Photo: YouTube/mrandrewcotter He does it in “nature...
Dog Goes Viral For Its Heart-Shaped Face
Dogs come in all different shapes and sizes, and each one is unique and adorable in its own way. However, there are some dogs that have very specific appearances that set them apart from others in a very standout way. Because of this, a lot of dogs end up becoming viral sensations online. One of these dogs happens to be an Akita named Bob. The pup, whose full name is Bob Yanagida, is a long-haired Akita living in Japan. As a result of his fluffy hair, his face ends up taking on a unique heart shape. Photo: Instagram/yanagida_bob_akita There...
Dogs Help Researchers Find Endangered Turtles
Dogs’ noses are so incredible. The amount of things that they can be trained to sniff out is absolutely astonishing. Drugs, explosives, cadavers, missing people, other animals…the list is extensive. Because of this, they can even be used by conservation groups in order to help find and track endangered animals in order to gather vital data. This seems to be the case for the ornate box turtles of the Illinois prairies. Photo: Wikimedia Commons These turtles happen to live out in an area that spans nearly 4,000-acre Nachusa...
Therapy Dog Retires After 8 Years Of Serving Medical Patients
Therapy dogs are such wonderful animals, and they are responsible for bringing a lot of joy and smiles to the people they visit. For one adorable dog, Tassy, she spent years cheering up both patients and employees alike. But then the time came for the 12-year-old pooch to retire from her volunteer service act Doctors Medical Center in Modesto, California. Photo: Facebook/Doctors Medical Center Tassy’s owner, Geri Azevedo, felt it was time for the old pooch to retire and leave the place where she’d been bringing so much joy and...
Dog Missing For 8 Hours Returns Home And Rings The Doorbell
Since Ring doorbells have grown in popularity, they’ve managed to capture some pretty incredible moments. One such moment happened to be captured on Ring after a dog ran away from its home. According to a post on Reddit by the dog’s owner, user @boopbeepboopbop999, the dog, whose name is Rajah, had ran off after being spooked by the neighbor’s fireworks. Photo: Reddit/boopbeepboopbop999 Hours passed and there was no sign of Rajah. Naturally, her owner was quite worried. According to posts on Reddit, they’d adopted...
Abandoned German Shepherd Waits For Her Owners To Come Back
A Safefurr Place Animal Rescue was notified of a dog who’d been abandoned. The poor dog had been left behind and remained on the streets, waiting for her owners to come back – a day that would never come. Danny with the animal rescue went to Oildale, California in an attempt to rescue the abandoned German Shepherd, who they named Shelly, but it wasn’t going to be easy. While Shelly was staying in the general area she’d been abandoned, she was hesitant to let anyone come near her. Danny found her lying in the shade of a...
Rescuers Find Newborn Puppies Left To Die In A Cardboard Box
Staff with a dog rescue discovered six puppies abandoned in a cardboard box in a field, left to die. The Dog Rescue Shelter in Serbia received a call about abandoned puppies left in a box in a field around 11 miles from the shelter. Rescuers were quick to respond, and they immediately drove out to the field in search of the puppies. When they arrived, they discovered the cardboard box, and inside they found six tiny puppies who were so young they could barely open their eyes. Photo: YouTube/Dog Rescue Shelter Mladenovac, Serbia Photo:...
