Dogs and Dames

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs, Pet Training, Animal Sites We Love Max Wolfe, Flickr What compels people get a dog only to keep it isolated outside, away from the family? I have often wondered this as I walk my dogs down streets lined with fences behind which lonely outdoor dogs bark as we go [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs, Ask A Vet, Animal Sites We Love chazferret, Flickr Q. How do I know if my dog needs a sweater or coat this winter? A. I feel safe in saying that if you have a healthy, young Siberian Husky or Alaskan Malamute who’s acclimated to the cold and has [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs, Funny Animal Videos “Good afternoon. I wish to return this Boston terrier which I purchased here yesterday.” “I’m sorry, sir. What’s wrong with it?” “It’s defective.” “Defective in what way, sir?” “Well, whenever I touch the dog, it makes an unusual face and it quacks.” “It quacks, you say?” [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs, Pets News Deborah Glessner – Photographer We all know how perfectly the show dogs at Westminster look and behave each year, but some of these dogs do more than work the ring — they help change lives as therapy dogs. Wes, the Labrador retriever, is one of these amazing [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs, Pet Adoption Alicia Nijdam, Flickr Name: Wire Fox Terrier Personality: The American Kennel Club describes the wire fox terrier as “active, friendly and playful,” noting that the breed is “highly trainable and excels in events such as agility.” Emphasizing the breed’s energetic nature, the Fox Terrier Network uses terms [...]

Grabbed from link Please forgive me straying over into canine territory today, but I think this is important, and I hope you’ll agree. Recently, two well-behaved yellow labs were turned in to a shelter. They had been in the care of a soldier’s “friend” who had agreed to care for them while the soldier was [...]