John Grogan, author of Marley & MeMost of you have heard of John Grogan. He's the author of the runaway (pun intended) bestseller, Marley & Me.What you may not have heard is that he's now got a new yellow lab named Woodson. Turns out Grogan's a fellow Pennsylvanian (go, Keystone State!), and when he adopted Woodson, a 15-week-old ball of fur, from the set of the movie made from his book, the pup
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Good news for disabled pets!
Maybe things ARE changing for the better, at least a little. We've often mentioned on this blog the fact that disabled pets have a difficult time getting adopted from shelters, and how they constitute the majority of euthanized animals. But today I discovered some GOOD news on this topic and want to share it with you!Dr. Walton Schalick, a physical and medical historian at the University of
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Good night, sweet prince...
Anyone who knows me even a little bit knows that I can be a little obsessive. Nothing indiscriminate; I'm particular about these obsessions -- animals, art, weather, chocolate -- but they are obsessions, nevertheless. And weather, particularly severe weather, is one of the biggies for me. And so, when I read about the recent passing of Nin, the mascot kitty of the weather observatory atop New
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Adios, Gidget. Te amo, little friend.
A bit off-topic here, but significant news in Critterland, nonetheless:Today we say goodbye to dear little Gidget, who crossed the Rainbow Bridge yesterday after succumbing to a stroke at 15. She passed at the Los Angeles home of her longtime trainer, Sue Chipperton.Gidget is probably better known to most folks as the Taco Bell Chihuahua. Playing a male, beret-wearing spokesdog for the
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Bullfighting - What Do You Think?
Okay, apparently I'm just a chatty little wench tonight, because I'm on the third post of the evening...But I was reading about a book that has something to do with Spain and its famous matadors and bullfighting and Hemingway, etc. -- all that excessively butch stuff. And of course, bullfighting is one of those just absolutely lovely inventions of man (and yeah, it's a guy thing -- I just can't
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Puck Needs Help.
Okay, I already posted today, but this is something that can't wait, so I'm adding it now:Kayla and PuckI'm posting about a cat named Puck, who I learned about on Twitter. I'm telling you right now, I don't know this cat, I don't know Kayla, his mom, and I can't even vouch for the veracity of the story. All I can tell you is that I read the blog post at the end of this link and I thought, "There
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From Chop Shop to Edward Scissorhands
Warning: This one's a little hard to take,until you learn of the happy ending.Eddie“We got this phone call from Escambia County Animal Control and they asked us if we could take a dog whose feet, ears and tail had been cut off,” said Nikki Headley, co-manager of New Beginnings, Destin, Florida’s newest no-kill shelter for disabled pets. Eddie was brought to a shelter in Pensacola on July 5 by a
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