Dogs and Dames

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs Stephens College Some students aren’t choosing colleges for their academic rating, diverse majors, or the sports programs. Instead many college bound students think the most important criteria their future alma mater can offer is room in the dorm for their dog. Ever since Elle Wood (Reese Witherspoon in “Legally [...]

Grabbed from link Some good news on the Japan animal rescue front as a follow-up to today’s previous post: The government as decided to let people go into the restricted zone and retrieve their pets! This is a note on Japan Animal and Rescue Support’s Facebook page, a translated version of a Japanese Yahoo news [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs, Pets News Rupert Taylor-Price, Flickr Archaeologists have done it again, turning up more clues about the history of dogs in the American West. This time, they’ve found evidence of the close bond between the Central Valley Indian tribes of California and their canine companions. Paul Langenwalter, a professor of [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs, Celebrity Pets Martha Stewart poses with Francesca and Sharkey. Photo: AP Martha Stewart got a bit more than she bargained for from her beloved French bulldog, Francesca, when she bent down to whisper a quick goodbye in the snoozing pup’s ear. Rather than a whiff of dog breath or [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs, Pets News Fabrice Coffrini, AFP/Getty Images In most towns, authorities may threaten you with massive fines, liens or even foreclosure if you don’t pay your taxes. In the Swiss village of Reconvilier, they may just put your dog down. As bizarre as it may sound, one small Swiss town [...]

Grabbed from link Therapy cats often cause people to do a double-take. It’s common for dogs to be therapy pets, but very few cats are certified as therapy pets. In the following story, Nicole Young reports on a hospice that welcomes therapy cats who are improving the quality of life for terminally ill patients.