Rags to Riches
This month’s blog is from Tom Kiernan—a fellow writer, dog-lover, and friend. Thanks, Tom, for sharing Juliette’s story.
Dogs Are Amazing
An RV Dog’s Life
This week’s blog is from Michael Mulick, DO—a physician, outdoorsman, fellow dog-lover, and a writer whom I’m delighted to know. We crossed paths at a 3-day conference for writers in Boston five years ago, where Michael was an attendee and I was an instructor. Although we live on opposite sides of the country, we have …
Why Are Dogs So Friendly? The role of genes, and the epigenetics factor…
Have you ever met a dog for the first time—even a dog that has no connection to your social circle—and had it look into your eyes, wag its tail, and make a happy whimpering sound as it wiggles toward you? A better question might be: Who hasn’t!?! Dogs seem to be friendly by nature, and …
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National Mutt Day—there are lots of ways to celebrate this annual day of recognition
“What kind of dog is that?” If your furry friend is a mixed breed—aka a “mutt”—you likely have heard that question many times. Maybe your dog came to you via your local dog shelter—80-percent of dogs in shelters are mixed breeds. Sadly, mutts in need of a home tend to stay longer at shelters; purebred …
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Why A Good ID Tag Is Essential For Your Dog
Did you know that every year in the U.S. 10 million pets get inadvertently separated from their families and become “lost” or “missing?” That statistic comes from American Humane. Millions of these lost dogs end up in animal shelters; of the dogs without ID tags or microchips, only 15 percent of them are reunited with …
