OK folks – It’s getting to be that time of year again. Time to chat about cold noses and hot rods. Spring has sprung and folks are getting out and about more. Many of them are taking their pooches along for the ride. That’s all groovy. But please remember that what seems to be balmy weather to a footloose and [...]
Hallelujah! I was thrilled to read the following press release. As far as I’m concerned, any publication that promotes cockfighting or other blood sports is disgusting on every imaginable level. Do you agree with the Humane Society’s legal challenge? Or do you think we’re on a slippery censorship slope? A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to reconsider whether the mailing of certain animal fighting magazines should [...]
Where do you weigh in on the flap over Bo – the First Dog? Do you think the Obamas should have gone to a shelter and gotten their “hypoallergenic” pet? Or are you OK with the fact that the 6-month old Portuguese water dog pup is a recycled purebred? In a perfect world, I think adopting a shelter [...]
There is a urgent need for help with starving horses rescued from a ranch in eastern Oregon. Humane officials are asking the public to help with adoptions, transportation, feed and shelter. Scott Beckstead, Senior Oregon Director of the Humane Society of the Unites States wrote: Many of you may have heard about the large-scale seizure of neglected [...]
We recently received a poignant letter about a young dog who died as the result of injuries suffered after being loose in traffic. Bill Hampton’s heartfelt story was too long to run as a letter to the editor. So I am telling Jane Doe’s sad tale here with his permission. Hampton addresses his remarks “to the person (you know who you are) that hit the young Black [...]
Has this little YouTube gem crossed your path yet? Jay Sisler traveled the rodeo circuit in the 1950s and 60s with his performing dogs. These home movies show Sisler’s amazing Aussies and adorable greyhound as they skip, hop, tumble and perform more circus tricks than a barrel full of monkeys. Sisler died in ’95. And these grainy [...]
