pet adoption
Pet Adoption: 10 Tips To Successfully Welcome New Pet
Pet adoption can be a great experience if handled the right way. Before adopting a pet, there are some steps you can take to make the experience a successful one. Check out these tips for pet adoption success: Ask yourself why you want a pet. Make sure you’re looking at pet adoption for the right […]
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Change A Pet’s Life Day: How You Can Help
Today is Change A Pet’s Life Day. This day was established to bring focus to pet adoption, the plight of homeless pets, and inform people on ways to help. Want to help but aren’t sure what you can do? Check out these suggestions: Ideas To Change A Pet’s Life Adopt I’m a huge advocate of […]
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Introducing The Poodle Pair
When my dog Jessie passed away in June, I was heartbroken. She’d been my friend, companion, …
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New Pet Trend: Puppy Parties
An article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal covered a new pet trend, puppy parties. It appears there’s a wide …
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5 Things To Watch For When Adopting A Dog
A friend of mine asked me to go with him yesterday to evaluate two dogs he was thinking …
Continue ReadingBlogger’s Unite For Dog Adoption
Today, bloggers worldwide are writing to educate readers about pet adoption. According to statistics from the Humane Society of the United States, only about 20% of dogs come from adoption, the remaining 80% come from other sources. Many people that purchase a dog from a pet store are unaware the dog may very well have […]
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Know Your Limitations
Sometimes we don’t know how bad a situation is until someone from the outside points it out to us. Such was the case with Christine, one of the pet owners on last night’s Dogs in the City episode. Christine was in her mid-30’s (give or take a few years), going through a divorce and had […]
Continue ReadingSave A Life Today
After my beloved tabby boy Bo died January of last year I didn’t know if or when I would adopt another cat. I adored Bo, and the bond we shared was so special I didn’t think there would even be a remote chance of another cat coming into my life. As luck would have it, […]
Continue ReadingFinding Homes for “Tornado Pets”
Jessie, ever the philanthropist and activitist, even if she is a dog: Ever since our neighbors in Joplin, Missouri suffered so much tragedy with the torandoes in May, I have been worried sick about the pets there that endured such a devastating event. Luckily, I came across an article on zootoo.com today that assured me that […]
Continue ReadingIf You’re a Tortoise, Don’t Adopt a Hare
A few months ago, a friend of mine contacted me saying he wanted to adopt a dog. Based on his lifestyle: works 8-5, lives in an apartment, not extremely active, I checked Petfinder.com for some pets I thought might be a possible match. I got an email from him a week or so later telling […]
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