Dogs versus Toddlers
Just about everybody who owns a dog thinks their dog is smart. I've never really felt that way about any of the dogs I have had. I found the dogs wer...
Just about everybody who owns a dog thinks their dog is smart. I've never really felt that way about any of the dogs I have had. I found the dogs wer...
When it comes to dogfighting penalties, New York State ranks 48 out of 50, and is therefore considered one of the most lax on its dogfighting laws.
Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals is a triple marvel: the research is serious and far reaching, the writing clear, clever, accessible and in a few instances graphically ingenious, and the cause is genuinely important.
One minute a person is part of our lives and then in the next they are gone -- leaving a huge hole in our lives. How to make sense of it?
With Halloween right around the corner, a lot has been said already about the latest crop of costumes--from the good to the bad to the offensive. An ...
Out of this happy life lived with animals, I have learned some important animal facts. You may have realized them also and your own affection for creatures has shot up accordingly.
With all the swirl about H1N1, you may not have picked up on anything about H3N8. No this is not another swine flu for humans but a horse flu for dog...
Anyone who hangs out with dogs and their owners has probably heard this or similar comments a million times: "My dog is dominant, he ignores our commands and plays too rough with other dogs."
There is an uncontroverted link between animal abuse and domestic violence, elder abuse, and child abuse. Animal abusers have little respect for human life.
How to make the animal control fundraising event sexy? Add some poker playing and join forces with a local Hooters restaurant.
Watching your dog on the web while you're at work seems like a no brainer for entertainment. Now, cameras and online streaming are becoming a necessity for pet care providers rather than a luxury feature.
Within a week I was hooked on collecting trash. I'd found an addiction with a very gentle high but no hangover.
If you notice behavioral changes in your pet, such as chewing on items that smell like his or her companion or going to the bathroom in inappropriate places, he or she may have a case of the "back-to-school blues."
A lot of people tell me that Sophie won the lotto with me, or that I took great care of her. But the truth is, she took the greatest care of me.
I once lost my poodle, Apricot, when Delta airlines said he had never been placed in cargo on a flight from Miami to New York. Seems they overlooked him de-planing, and Apricot flew on to Hawaii!
Then came the divorce, the brand new home, the brand new furniture and my best efforts to create a lovely and peaceful haven for myself and my kids. I would never have mentioned the dogs and their continued residence with Dad at the old house...
To Michael Vick from lifelong dog-lover and football fanatic.
Animals are very intelligent but, like humans, they get swept away from time to time by emotions and ignore logic.
Michael Vick will need to realize that he triggered in his fans and certainly all animal lovers the 3 H's of Hurt, Hate and Hesitation to Trust. To reverse each of those he will need to respond with the 3 R's of Remorse, Restitution and Rehabilitation before those people will give him a second chance.
Because scooping poop is one of the least glamorous jobs a pet parent must do, it is important to reduce the actual scooping time so you have more time for the, you know, glamorous stuff.
I thought it was a joke. Turns out the rumors that Paris Hilton would build a $300,000 dog house were wrong. It really cost $25,000 more.