http://twitter.com/#!/TorontoStar/status/525248006501982208 Nathan Cirillo wasn't just a soldier – he was also an animal lover and dog rescuer:
http://t.co/dFtNpf09ui #yeg pic.twitter.com/9qBscOcMec — Global Edmonton (@GlobalEdmonton) October 23, 2014 Face it: posting a photo of your pet to social media isn’t exactly groundbreaking. Twitter users today, though, have started the #TweetAPicOfYourDog hashtag for a special reason: to honor reservist (and […]
I’ve always loved animals — domesticated, wild, fluffy, furless — but a certain type of critter has a special spot in my heart: adopted pets. A few years ago, I brought a rescued dog into my home and I haven’t looked back since. While there’s nothing wrong with responsible, kind, and good-natured breeders and their […]
Sometimes medicine can only do so much, and what a pup really needs to get better is some tender loving care. That’s what one technician at the Baltimore Animal Rescue Care Shelter realized when a beautiful girl named Sokka came out of surgery. Nobody thought she would even survive. After her family had ignored a […]
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTBT_ATF’); }); Everyone knows that dogs and mail carriers aren’t “supposed to” get along…but New Zealand postman Steve Hennum doesn’t care about conventions. Every day on his delivery route through a Te Puke neighborhood, Hennum makes a stop at one specific house — whether or not he has a package for them. Why, […]
When we bring dogs into our lives, we know that things will never be the same. Caring for a pet is a huge responsibility, but they repay all that hard work tenfold with their love and devotion. That’s why we buy them the best food on the market, take them to get all their shots, […]
Having a dog in your life can truly be a great thing. If treated well, they love us unconditionally. But what if the dog sleeping in your house, just feet from your children, was dangerous…what would you do? That’s the question being posed on the Internet after a video surfaced of a little girl hugging […]
At Maplewood Bengals in New York, they raise Bengal kittens — and they’re insanely cute. These exotic cats are adorable on their own, but this particular kitty’s new best friend really ups the precious ante. These two love playing together, and even though the puppy looks a little bit sleepy in the video below, it’s […]
For thousands of years, they have lived beside us, but when humans starting living in homes with two floors, it really threw dogs a curveball. Imagine that you’ve made it all the way up a flight of stairs, only to discover that your favorite human has moved to the bottom floor once again. As these […]
When you think of guard dogs, you probably conjure up mental images of bulldogs and pit bulls. The main objective of being a guard dog is to scare off any intruders or unwelcome visitors. If being a guard dog were a human job, some of the qualifications your employer would look for would be a […]
You’ve probably heard that life is short and that things can change at the drop of a hat, but a surprise diagnosis can still come as quite a shock. When Ashley Niels took her 12-year-old dog Spunky to the vet recently, she never expected what they told her after running some tests. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DCBP_ATF’); […]
