June 13, 2016

Comfort Dogs Descend on Orlando After Mass Shooting

Comfort dogs have arrived in Orlando, Florida, to help victims, their families, rescue and hospital personnel, and the community deal with the tragedy that unfolded at Pulse nightclub on Sunday. Many of those dogs are coming from Lutheran Church Charities (LLC), whose comfort dog program is based in Northbrook, Illinois, but which has dogs in affiliate Lutheran churches across the …

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I Kicked My Favorite Dog Out of the Bed for My Fiance’s Cats

Lifestyle / By Dogster

After my first husband left me over a cat, I vowed never to let a man enter my life who didn’t adore pets as much as I do. But when I met my fiancé, Nathan, and he got ready to move in with his six rescued cats, I knew that I could no longer let …

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Shouldn’t a Humane Society Actually Be Humane In Its Training Practices?

Dog Training, Lifestyle / By Jill Breitner

Oh, that dog is crazy, wild, out of control. You’ll need a prong collar to walk him. UGH! If I hear a shelter worker say that one more time … How can a humane society have the audacity to call itself humane when the animals in its care are not treated humanely? Recently, I volunteered …

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Get to Know the Silky Terrier

Lifestyle / By Dogster

The Silky Terrier breed descends from a cross between the Yorkshire Terrier and Australian Terrier in the last 1800s. Skye Terriers may also be in the mix. Of course, these two breeds, and the Skye, were already closely related. Skyes had been bred down in size to create a more competitive dog for the rat pits …

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A Starving Pit Bull Pulls Through to Find a Loving Family

Lifestyle / By Heather Marcoux

He was first spotted in the neighborhood around 7:30 a.m. The dog moved slowly, as though exhausted. His ribs, bone, and vertebrae were nearly as visible as they would be on an X-ray, the sharp points almost threatening to poke through his short grey coat. His energy depleted, he made his way down the street …

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Comfort Dogs Descend on Orlando After Mass Shooting

I Kicked My Favorite Dog Out of the Bed for My Fiance’s Cats

Shouldn’t a Humane Society Actually Be Humane In Its Training Practices?

Get to Know the Silky Terrier

A Starving Pit Bull Pulls Through to Find a Loving Family

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