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 …
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. …
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