Having pets is a lot of work. We pet owners do not often like to talk about that. Instead, we talk about the joy our animals bring us. And joy they do bring, in infinite amounts. But by discounting the amount of work pets are, I think we do a …
I think when you get a dog, or maybe when you get your dog licensed, you should have to sit through a talk on poop. I’m serious. Picking up poop is one of the major duties involved in being a dog owner, and no one talks about it. No one …
I’m becoming one of them. Just a couple weeks ago, I wrote about the perfect being the enemy of the good in animal adoptions. Holding adoptable pets until the perfect home is found instead of settling for good enough does a disservice to all pets in shelters and rescues. I …
The Problem Last week, over at Slate, Emily Yoffe wrote No Pet For You, and article about why her most recent dog was bought from a breeder, and why a number of people she has talked to also bought from breeders. It has nothing to do with wanting a specific …
Today’s installment of Animals Helping People is also one of people helping animals. It is the very best kind of program, and one I am thrilled to profile here on Life by Pets. Pets2Vets helps pair soldiers and veterans- many of whom have physical, mental, or emotional injuries –with shelter …
I grew up in a rural neighborhood in eastern Montana. No one’s yard had a fence (except for the horse pastures);there were no leash laws, and the dogs tended to follow the kids where ever they went. Sound like this should have been a mecca for mutts, but it wasn’t. …
Yesterday, Larry was the absolute best dog he could be. C was very sick with food poisoning and that combined with some other things going on prevented us from being able to take the dogs to the dog park or even for anything longer than the 10 minutes walk I …
Today was supposed to be a picture day, but I forgot to get pictures uploaded to the correct computer. So instead, I’m linking to this story about pet stores in NYC who have decided that they will no longer sell puppies to drunk customers.Not to get in to all the …
Rules private rescues would have to break to adopt to us Rule 1: Must have a fenced yard This is a common rule, and a rule that I am fine with people breaking for me. I understand why rescues have this rule- they want the dogs to be secure outside …
We went to what we thought was an adoption event at a nearby PetCo this weekend. It was for a group that specializes in mini and toy Aussies. On some level, we know this is bad for us- we don’t need a third dog. We certainly don’t need a third …
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