What happens if a stray cat winds up on your porch? Do you take it in and care for it – or do you just feed it, but don’t take much more interest? We had one show up on our porch, but she wouldn’t let us get close. We put food out for her every …
A woman visiting an animal shelter saw a sick dog. She posted a video that shows the ill Chocolate Lab inside a kennel at an animal control shelter in Mesquite, Texas. The dog is so ill he can’t stand up and is he has drool hanging from his mouth as he leans against the wall. …
Dog and kids. Kids and dogs. Just having one makes your life fuller – having both is a blessing! They love to run and play (and get into trouble together!) Katie Wahrhaftig is blessed, she has a 9-month-old human baby, Graham, and a canine baby, Jeeves. Jeeves was adopted when Katie was 5 months pregnant. …
Sometimes you may feel as if you are falling apart. The warm, strong embrace from another person can sometimes make you feel as if you are being put back together. Those embraces are, of course, called hugs. Hugs are magical and powerful. Even animals enjoy hugs and cuddles. In this video, a goose wants to …
Life as a two-day-old kitten can be scary. Your eyes aren’t open, you are defenseless, and you may get hungry. Life as a puppy may not be any easier – but the little puppy in this video is willing to help a fellow animal in need. In 2014, the male pup, Opie, heard a two-day-old …
We all know you can’t rush Mother Nature (are you still checking in on April, the giraffe?). Things will happen when they are meant to happen. Even if it is frustrating for those of us, who are watching and waiting! At Snowy River Farm (in Nova Scotia, Canada), Amy Hill’s Katahdin sheep, Dotty, had given …
Not everyone in this world is cut out to be a pet owner. Owning a pet takes a lot of love, patience, and responsibility. The more responsible people will take a pet they can no longer care for to a shelter. Then there are some that just leave their pet out in the world to …
The job description for a pizza delivery person is not too complicated – right? You take the pizza to the customer’s house, get the money, go back to the pizza place. So, that was what Steve Donovan was doing – delivering pizzas. Then the unexpected happened. A small dog rushed out into the middle of …
Moonpie, the miniature cow, thinks she is a dog! There is a very good reason for this, Moonpie lives with 12 dogs at Rocky Ridge Refuge in Arkansas. Rocky Ridge is a sanctuary for animals with special needs. Janice Wolf, the founder, says that Moonpie has accepted all the dogs as her pals. Moonpie was …
Thanks to a vote in the Senate it is now legal to hunt and kill hibernating bears. The Senate voted on resolution S.J.Res18 – it passed the House with a vote of 225-193. Thank you, Senators of the United States (NOT)! The lives of sleeping bears are now in danger because of this action. The …