Category: Adoptions
Posted on May 10, 2015
Students Organize Puppy Mill Awareness Week
Puppy Mill Action Week begins on May 6th. It is a time to contemplate what we can do to make a positive difference. For some time now, I’ve believed that the very best way to eradicate puppy mills… Read More
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Posted on February 8, 2015
Homeless Hotel Hounds
Admittedly, I’m a bit biased when it comes to Asheville, North Carolina. After all, this is the fun, eclectic city that wooed me to move to the southeast. Imagine my delight when I recently learned about a hotel… Read More
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Posted on January 4, 2015
A New Year’s Resolution to Help Eradicate Puppy Mills
Happy new year, dear readers! I wish you and your four-legged family members much joy and good health throughout 2015. I have a special favor to ask of you. I am hoping you will add the following to… Read More
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Updated on September 28, 2014
Time Magazine and Designer Dogs
My last blog post included a bit of ranting about puppy mills and the importance of purchasing puppies responsibly. While it’s unusual for me to rant two weeks in a row I simply can’t resist given what I… Read More
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Posted on December 8, 2013
Holiday Shopping for Your Pets: The Importance of Boycotting Stores That Sell Puppies
True confession……… I happen to detest holiday shopping unless, that is, I’m shopping for my four-legged family members! If you will be holiday shopping for your own pets, I have a special favor to ask of you. My… Read More
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Posted on November 3, 2013
And the Winner is…….
In a recent blog post honoring Adopt a Shelter Dog Month I invited readers to share stories of their own shelter dog adoptions. In exchange, their names would be entered into a drawing for a signed copy of… Read More
Updated on October 28, 2013
Adopt a Shelter Dog Month: Tell Your Story
I love hearing stories about successful adoptions of animals from shelters and rescue organizations. A life is saved and the human-animal bond is nurtured. Now that’s what I call a happy ending! In honor of October’s “Adopt… Read More
Updated on June 2, 2013
Hybrid Vigor: Real or Assumed?
Many of us talk about “hybrid vigor”- the notion that mixed-breed dogs avoid the inherited medical maladies passed along to their purebred counterparts. Does proof exist that mixed-breed dogs are indeed healthier? An article within the most recent… Read More
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Posted on May 18, 2013
The Science Behind Saying, “No” to a Pet Store Puppy
Approximately one year ago I told you about animal welfare advocate, Dr. Frank McMillan’s study documenting the increased incidence of behavioral abnormalities in adult dogs rescued from puppy mills. This important research provided scientific documentation that these animals… Read More
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Posted on December 30, 2012
A New Year’s Resolution
Happy New Year to you! In honor of this new year I have a rather bold request to make of y’all (having lived in the south now for more than a year I’ve earned the right to use… Read More
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