Bringing a new dog or puppy into your home is a thrilling time for families. But it can also be dramatic and stressful for your existing members – primarily your family cat. Cats are not always the biggest fans of change and when a new pet enters the home, their stress levels can increase and in turn affect the well …
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Walk the dog day
February 22 is worldwide walk the dog day! You should be taking your dog out everyday regardless, but today take your dogs on an extra long walk! How perfect is it that walk your dog day is taking place on a Saturday so not even work can stop our fun on this special doggy day – so grab some waste …
Read More »Garden State German Shepherd Rescue
The Garden State German Shepard Rescue (GSGSR) is an all-volunteer non-profit organization committed to helping rescue German Shepherds throughout New Jersey and the surrounding areas. The volunteers at GSGSR are dedicated to providing veterinary care, evaluation and adoptive homes for German Shepherd Dogs who are left behind in pounds, are owner surrenders, or are from abuse or neglect situations. About …
Read More »US Ice Hockey Captain David Backes to Bring Sochi Strays to US
David Backes, forward on the U.S. Olympic hockey team and Captain of the NHL St. Louis Blues has been working hard on and off the ice in Sochi. Backes, along with wife Kelly Backes, and Blues teammate Kevin Shattenkirk are attempting to work out the necessary logistics to take some of the Sochi strays home with them. Backes gives most …
Read More »DoggyDatez App
Do you walk your dog on the same route day after day? Do you run into the same dogs and owners on your daily walks? Well we have a new app for you – DoggyDatez. DoggyDatez is a location-based mobile social platform for dog owners and their dogs to make friends with owners and dogs in the surrounding area. In …
Read More »National Love Your Pet Day
Today is National Love Your Pet Day! We went the extra mile to show our pet how much we really love him by buying him a new fetch toy, which you better believe we’re planning on playing with until he can’t play fetch anymore. After that, we have some special, homemade, all natural, dog treats for a mid play time …
Read More »Anna Fenninger Olympic Gold Medalist and CCF Ambassador
Austria’s Anna Fenninger is not only an Olympian athlete but has also been busy as a steadfast advocate for the Cheetah Conservation Fund, and an European CCF Ambassador. Fenninger and Cheetah’s have one very important characteristic, they’re both extremely fast. Cheetah’s are the fastest land animal, clocking speeds of 70 mph while Fenninger had the fastest time in the ladies’ alpine …
Read More »Lab to Leash Program
The Beagle Rescue, Inc’s lab to leash program is a program designed to help dogs retiring from research facilities find new loving homes. Beagles are used as search-and-sniff dogs for the U.S. Customs and Boarder Patrol, as members of the “Beagle Brigade” to sniff out illegal produce for U.S. Department of Agriculture and even work as bedbug-sniffing dogs. Additionally, Beagles are …
Read More »Presidents and Their Pets
In honor of President’s day on February 17th, we’ve complied a list of current and past president’s and their beloved pets. From the advice of President Harry Truman “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” Check out the presidential pets below and let us know who are your favorite duo’s! President Barack Obama, the 44th president of …
Read More »Copenhagen Zoo Euthanize Perfectly Healthy Giraffe
A zoo in Copenhagen decided that a Giraffe named ‘Marius’ should be euthanized because they wanted to avoid inbreeding and he did not fit the genetic makeup they were looking for. The online community erupted in hopes of saving this young giraffe but all efforts unfortunately failed. The autopsy of the animal was done in front of a zoo audience …
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