Yelping, jumping, squirming and showing amazing agility despite having only three legs, Laia, a 9-month-old puppy rescued from Iraq, now runs freely outside her Brighton home. She is a survivor. Laia survived a war, a broken leg, the death of her owner, a risky convoy across Iraq, and an amputation and wound up in the …
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Does your dog have separation anxiety?You can hear your dog howling and barking as soon as you close the front door to leave. You return home hours later to find your pooch has chewed up the remote control and trashed the kitchen trash can. Is your pet just a misbehaving “bad dog”? No. Your dog may be suffering from separation … Continue Reading → |
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Cat and dog combination nothing to sneeze atTrying to decide whether a dog or cat will protect you from allergies? New research says you should live with both. A team of New Zealand researchers who tracked more than 1000 people over 30 years found those who lived with dogs and cats for significant periods of time were less likely to develop allergies, … Continue Reading → |
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Zoinks! Scooby-Doo is 40!“Scooby-Doo, Where are You!” debuted on CBS on September 13, 1969. Scooby-Doo with his human gang, Shaggy, Freddie, Velma, and Daphne, run into into some type of evil ghost or monster terrorizing some community and always offer to solve the mystery. During the show, Shaggy and Scooby always manage to get separated from the rest … Continue Reading → |
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Fighting dogs show scars from the ringWith no lips and layers of fighting scars, Dog 118 lapped her tongue across bare teeth at the Humane Society of Missouri. She’s now called Fay, and she’s a heartbreaking first look at the results of a massive dogfighting ring authorities broke up two months ago. Fay used to live behind a red trailer with … Continue Reading → |
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Dog cremation scandal – woman arrestedYou may recall reading about an inquiry that began last month after the bodies of dogs which were meant to have been formally cremated were found dumped in a Derbyshire field. The remains of four dogs were discovered in Lower Hartshay, near Ripley, on 18 August. Two owners said their dogs had been sent by … Continue Reading → |
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The Animal Transport DebateThe faces stare back at you, pleading, desperate, resigned. The photos are many, the pleas are continuous and the dogs on death row in many southern states face certain death, every day. States in the northeast, including Connecticut, are getting more involved by arranging transports for these dogs, raising adoption fees necessary to remove them … Continue Reading → |
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Animal Abuse Hand in HandA little 6-month-old pitbull/mastiff puppy was the innocent victim when a domestic dispute got out of hand in Fairfax, VA. Terrence G. Merritt, 41, and Latoya Grant, 24, were arguing and Merritt threw the puppy out a second floor window of the King Louis Drive apartment. The puppy suffered a broken front paw in the … Continue Reading → |
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Two Dogs Shot and KilledA photo of Mocha, a 7-year-old chocolate Lab and Rocky a 6-year-old Alaskan Malamute sits on Amy Tubbs’ office desk. She reflects, as her two lovable dogs are now gone. Tubbs said, “They’re just, they’re amazing and to have this happen is just absolutely devastating.” Over the weekend her two dogs were found shot and … Continue Reading → |
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Home sought for four dogs of couple killed in crashFor Susan and Mike Kelms, their four dogs were like their children. And they always hoped they would stay together if anything happened to them. About two weeks after the Kelmses were both killed in a fatal motorcycle crash over the Labor Day weekend, their family and a Burr Ridge shelter is looking for someone … Continue Reading → |
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Dumped dog loses leg, but gains much moreMoose is the happiest dog that ever walked on three legs. That’s no surprise after the one-year-old bullmastiff mix was rescued by a local animal shelter, relieved of excruciating pain and given a new lease on life. Alisa Sears said it’s a shame the poor pooch had to lose a limb in the process. “He … Continue Reading → |
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