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Reading Time: 5 minutes Many who have rescued a pet can identify with the feeling of wanting to know the animal’s history, but clues about the life a stray has lived up to that point are often few and far between. Shirlee Verploegen didn’t have many answers to her questions about what her dog, Wiggins—whom she adopted after Hurricane…
Reading Time: 2 minutes A new blog, Pet Therapy Stories, has been created to raise awareness and honor therapy dogs serving their communities. Pet therapy volunteers may submit stories about special encounters their therapy dogs have had working in their community. The blog also honors therapy dogs that have passed on its Therapy Angels page. There is no charge…
Reading Time: 2 minutes American Humane, the country’s first national humane organization, today announced the official start of the 2020 American Humane Hero Dog Awards® campaign, sponsored by the Lois Pope LIFE Foundation. The annual campaign seeks to identify and honor America’s bravest heroes on both ends of the leash and will culminate this fall with the premiere of…
Reading Time: 3 minutes The trend toward backyard chickens is on the increase. What many are finding as they care for these creatures is that, although they got the chickens for the eggs, the chickens actually turned out to have fascinating personalities. Hence, backyard chickens have become beloved pets for many. And some have even become famous in the…
Reading Time: < 1 minute We spotted this adorable guy (or girl, we’re not sure) outside a local gas station and learned that he belongs to the manager. We’re always super impressed when a dog is so well behaved that it will just sit and wait for its owner to come back out of a store. No leash or anything….
Reading Time: 2 minutes From Dogs Playing Poker by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge to a Jeff Koons Balloon Dog Sculpture that sold for 54 million, animal art is everywhere. But, we wondered if there are animal artists. That is, are there pets out there creating art? So we went looking for an answer. And we found a lot of creativity…
Reading Time: 2 minutes RANCHO SANTA FE, California (PRNewswire) — For months, top surf dog contenders and newbies have been training hard in preparation for the longest running surf dog competition in the country, Helen Woodward Animal Center’s 13th annual Surf Dog Surf-a-Thon. Presented by Blue Buffalo at Dog Beach Del Mar on Sunday, Sept. 9, the live-streamed event…