You’re all invited to a wonderful brunch on Sunday, June 26 from 11-2 at the beautiful Malvern home of one of our team members. And please bring a friend! This brunch makes us think of a similar event we held a little over a year ago. We called it a “friend-raiser” and wanted to introduce […]
It seems like a no-brainer. Rescues and shelters are filled with people who are devoting themselves to one goal: Saving animals. So we all work together, hoping to accomplish our common mission. Right? Umm … not exactly. You don’t need to be personally involved in the world of animal rescue to know it’s a pretty […]
It’s easy to judge other people. Who hasn’t said, “How can they do that?!” Or “I would never do something like that!” And maybe sometimes there’s a tiny voice whispering to us, “Maybe you would do that if you were in their circumstances.” But it’s only a whisper, right? It’s especially easy to judge other […]
It would be hard to argue against the idea of a no-kill shelter, and I have no intention of doing that … especially when you consider the flip side. Is there anyone who supports high-kill? Maddie’s Fund defines no-kill as “saving both healthy and treatable dogs and cats, with euthanasia reserved only for unhealthy and […]
Do you dress up your dog (or cat) for Halloween? Statistics show about half of us do — with pumpkins and ladybugs being the favorite costumes! It’s fun dressing up our pets (not to mention, you get some pretty cute photos out of it!), but there’s also potential for less-than-fun things to happen on Halloween. […]
There’s dog food and there’s people food — but that line can get pretty blurry in most of our homes. Our dogs lick our plates, get fed scraps, are given treats from our refrigerators, and when all else fails, are usually pretty resourceful about zeroing in on a dropped crumb or piece of whatever on […]
I was scared of him from the word go. Hercules was huge, as in HUGE. Tall, broad-chested, with legs like tree trunks, and a thick body of rippling muscle. Whenever anyone would stop by his cage in the shelter, he’d get up from his bed and slowly walk toward the door. And then he would […]
When we think of a dog growling, lots of negative things come to mind. Sharp teeth, biting, fighting, aggression … something like that, right? But here’s the thing: Dogs need to growl because that’s their way of telling you all is not right with their world. Asking a dog not to growl — or worse, […]
This isn’t about people with dogs vs. people without dogs. This isn’t about parents vs. those who don’t have kids. This has to do with common sense, education, and (as I’ve said here before) respecting dogs for who they are. The story I’m going to tell you happened a little while ago — but it’s […]
No one looked at Bitsy. Ever. It was a silly name for such a massive dog. She was part pit, part whatever … and she possessed the strength of a Mack truck. Days and weeks passed, and Bitsy sat in her cage at the shelter staring glumly at the people who walked up and down […]