“I think once you find your heart breed, you rarely stray from it.” That’s what a friend said on That Mutt’s Facebook wall last week. I’ve been thinking about that, and I think she’s right. I’m excited to get a second dog this fall, and I’m looking forward to the process of finding that dog. …
Dog adoption
The following are some reasons why you should consider taking your dog to obedience classes.
Note: This post is part of a series on ThatMutt.com called “Saving the cats.” If a community wants to stop killing adoptable pets in pounds and shelters, it has to change its philosophy, according to Linda Cadotte of Animal Allies Humane Society in Duluth, Minn. That shift in philosophy is to stop blaming someone else and …
I hung out with the cats at CATS Cradle Shelter this week. CATS Cradle is a wonderful, temporary home for cats. The cats live in bright rooms (not cages) with large windows and plenty of places to climb, hide, scratch or run.
Note: This post is part of a series this week on ThatMutt.com called “Saving the cats.” My cat Scout had some, shall we say, serious litter box issues last summer. Scout decided he was going to poop everywhere but the litter box. This went on for quite a few months, and it was getting more and more …
No adoptable, impounded cats have been killed in the Fargo-Moorhead area in 2012 (as of March 30), according to Carol Stefonek, one of the directors of CATS Cradle Shelter in Fargo.
912 cats were impounded in Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo in 2011. 138 of those cats were re-claimed by their owners. Others were feral, abandoned or stray, waiting to be claimed by owners that did not exist. And some had owners that – for whatever reason – never came. 335 of those cats were taken in …
This week marks Ace’s fifth “adoptaversary” and also his approximate sixth birthday. Ace was the first dog I adopted on my own, and I did it right. I was very disciplined and took the time to find the right dog for my lifestyle. I had strict criteria and turned away several dogs. Although I was …
Sometimes I meet a dog, and I expect him to be something he is not. I am very guilty of finding black dogs with white feet, for example. Guilty, because I unfairly hope that if they look like my dog they will also act like my dog. Every now and then I find a dog …
Letter to Ninja Ninja, I like to believe I rescued you. I’m only human, after all. The thought of “rescuing” something makes me feel good. But I know you rescued yourself, weeks before I showed up. At some point in your young life, you learned to talk back when people spoke to you, to tolerate …