Everybody knows pets can't really talk, right? Well, now I'm beginning to have my doubts.
A friend of mine posted this on Facebook a while back. I've watched it maybe a dozen times. And every time I watch it, I laugh out loud. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Dog Days come early
The Dog Days of sumer may not be until August, but De Soto National Memorial is planning a true canine version with Dog Days at Desoto from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
What a fine opportunity for you and your dog to spend a day together enjoying the outdoors. De Soto is inviting pet families to gather the leashes and join the park rangers for a day filled with activities, demonstrations and information promoting safe and healthy dogs.
Here's what's on tap:
Information on Dog Adoptions — Visitors interested in adopting dogs who need a good home can visit with representatives from Bishop Animal Shelter, Gold Coast Greyhound Adoption and the Humane Socieites of Manatee and Sarasota counties.
Pets Health — Dr. Luke Berglund from the Beach Veterinary Clinic on Cortez Road will be on hand to give free advice on your dog's health at the “Ask your Vet” booth.
Kids Activities — The kids will enjoy visiting the "reading fur fun" nook hosted by the Humane Society of Sarasota, where they can snuggle up to a canine pal and read aloud from books on hand.
Food — Dog on a Roll, a hot dog cart, will be under the main tent so visitors can take a break and grab a dog for lunch.
All events and activities are free, and hopefully the weather will cooperate. Otherwise the events are subject to change if it's rainy.
De Soto National Memorial is at 8300 De Soto Memorial Hwy., Bradenton (and the north end of 75th Street West).
What a fine opportunity for you and your dog to spend a day together enjoying the outdoors. De Soto is inviting pet families to gather the leashes and join the park rangers for a day filled with activities, demonstrations and information promoting safe and healthy dogs.
Here's what's on tap:
Information on Dog Adoptions — Visitors interested in adopting dogs who need a good home can visit with representatives from Bishop Animal Shelter, Gold Coast Greyhound Adoption and the Humane Socieites of Manatee and Sarasota counties.
Pets Health — Dr. Luke Berglund from the Beach Veterinary Clinic on Cortez Road will be on hand to give free advice on your dog's health at the “Ask your Vet” booth.
Kids Activities — The kids will enjoy visiting the "reading fur fun" nook hosted by the Humane Society of Sarasota, where they can snuggle up to a canine pal and read aloud from books on hand.
Food — Dog on a Roll, a hot dog cart, will be under the main tent so visitors can take a break and grab a dog for lunch.
All events and activities are free, and hopefully the weather will cooperate. Otherwise the events are subject to change if it's rainy.
De Soto National Memorial is at 8300 De Soto Memorial Hwy., Bradenton (and the north end of 75th Street West).
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Tag, you're it
Florida already has about a hundred specialty license plates (at least it seems like it), but here's one cat lovers may want to check out.
Gulf Shore Animal League is bringing awareness to pet overpopulation with a spay/neuter campaign, “Spay It Forward,” made possible through a Florida Animal Friend License Plate Grant.
This effort allows cat owners to have their pet cat or cats spayed or neutered for free. Manatee County residents living in zip code areas 34205, 34207 and 34208 are eligible.
Proof of current rabies vaccination must be presented at the time of the surgery or rabies vaccination can be provided at a discounted fee of $5.
For more information on this program,call (941) 747-2284.
To learn more about Gulf Shore Animal League and the other programs and services available for Manatee County residents, visit the group's web site: http://www.gsalinc.org/.
Gulf Shore Animal League is bringing awareness to pet overpopulation with a spay/neuter campaign, “Spay It Forward,” made possible through a Florida Animal Friend License Plate Grant.
This effort allows cat owners to have their pet cat or cats spayed or neutered for free. Manatee County residents living in zip code areas 34205, 34207 and 34208 are eligible.
Proof of current rabies vaccination must be presented at the time of the surgery or rabies vaccination can be provided at a discounted fee of $5.
For more information on this program,call (941) 747-2284.
To learn more about Gulf Shore Animal League and the other programs and services available for Manatee County residents, visit the group's web site: http://www.gsalinc.org/.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Hey, animal lovers: It's time to Adopt the Internet
If you're on Facebook, you know that occasionally you will get a message saying "post this as your status" or "change your profile picture" for a day for a special event.
For Petfinder.com, the largest online database of adoptable pets, that special event will come March 15, when it celebrates its 15th birthday by proposing to Adopt the Internet, with the help of animal lovers.
A note from Petfinder Press says that people will be asked to support adoptable pets by adding a special badge to their web sites, by tweeting their contacts, by adding an adoptable Petfinder pet to their Facebook pages, or by taking a pledge to spread the word to at least one contact about pet adoption.
Petfinder features more than 320,000 adoptable pets at any given time and represents over 13,000 animal welfare organizations -- including some right here in Manatee County. Since Petfinder's creation in 1996, the euthanasia rate has gone from more than 16 million adoptable pets per year to less that four million. This year, the web site hopes to facilitate over 2.5 million adoptions.
For more information on how to help, visit www.petfinder.com/adopttheinternet.
For Petfinder.com, the largest online database of adoptable pets, that special event will come March 15, when it celebrates its 15th birthday by proposing to Adopt the Internet, with the help of animal lovers.
A note from Petfinder Press says that people will be asked to support adoptable pets by adding a special badge to their web sites, by tweeting their contacts, by adding an adoptable Petfinder pet to their Facebook pages, or by taking a pledge to spread the word to at least one contact about pet adoption.
Petfinder features more than 320,000 adoptable pets at any given time and represents over 13,000 animal welfare organizations -- including some right here in Manatee County. Since Petfinder's creation in 1996, the euthanasia rate has gone from more than 16 million adoptable pets per year to less that four million. This year, the web site hopes to facilitate over 2.5 million adoptions.
For more information on how to help, visit www.petfinder.com/adopttheinternet.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Pit bulls are heroes, too
I cringe every time I hear a pit bull call on the police scanner. "Report of two vicious pit bulls running loose," one broadcast went the other night.
Now, don't get me wrong, there are vicious dogs out there. It's not just a word, it's a classification.
We had a vicious dog in our neighborhood a while back. Neighbors had told me how this dog had attacked a dog bigger than he was and tore off half his face.
I had to call Animal Services one time because he was running loose, and I was asked if he was a bad dog or a vicious dog. I asked, "What's the difference?" And the AS worker said, "Well, a bad dog runs loose and tears up your neighbor's flower bed. A vicious dog attacks people or other animals." I said, "He's definitely a vicious dog," and told her about the previous attack. Needless to say, they sent somebody out quickly. On a Sunday.
The kicker to my story? The attack dog was a pit mix. The victim dog was a big, brindle full-blooded pit bull.
Anyway, it made my heart sing to see this story on Facebook. If you buy into the diatribe that all pits are vicious and should be shot, read this story from the Charlotte Sun. It might just change your mind.
Stray Pit Bull Saves Woman, Child From Attacker
PORT CHARLOTTE — The wandering 65-pound pit bull mix might have seemed menacing to some passerby, but one woman will always remember him as her “guardian angel.”
The dog, which authorities think is lost and not a stray, successfully thwarted a robbery attack on a mother and her 2-year-old son, who were held at knifepoint Monday afternoon.
The Florida woman, who has been identified by authorities simply as “Angela,” was leaving a playground with her toddler son in Port Charlotte when a man approached her in the parking lot with a knife and told her not to make any noise or sudden movements.
Angela didn’t have to do either to protect herself and her child — a dog mysteriously ran to the scene and charged the man, who quickly fled.
“I don’t think the dog physically attacked the man, but he went at him and was showing signs of aggression, just baring his teeth and growling and barking. It was clear he was trying to defend this woman,” Animal Control Lt. Brian Jones told Pet Pulse.
“I don’t know what this man’s intentions were, but it is very possible this dog saved her life.”
The exceptional part of the story, Jones said, is that the dog had never met or even seen the people it quickly jumped to defend.
“You hear about family dogs protecting their owners, but this dog had nothing to do with this woman or her kid,” Jones said. “He was like her guardian angel.”
After the alleged thief ran away, Angela quickly placed her son, Jordan, in the car and tried to drive off. Before she could, though, the dog jumped into her backseat, waiting with her for the police and animal control officers to arrive at the scene.
The dog was transported to a local shelter and if his owners don’t step forward within five days, Jones said, Angela and her family plan to adopt the savior she named “Angel.”
Animal control officers and shelter workers believe Angel is lost, and not a stray, because of his good health, sturdy weight and mild temperament.
“It’s funny, that someone’s irresponsibility could have saved someone’s life,” Jones said of Angel’s possible owners.
For Angela, it doesn’t matter where the dog came from, just that he was there when she needed him most.
“I don’t know what his [the thief's] intentions were — I don’t know why he did it, but I’m glad that — we call him Angel — I’m glad that Angel showed up because I don’t know what would have happened,” Angela told NBC2 News.
Now, don't get me wrong, there are vicious dogs out there. It's not just a word, it's a classification.
We had a vicious dog in our neighborhood a while back. Neighbors had told me how this dog had attacked a dog bigger than he was and tore off half his face.
I had to call Animal Services one time because he was running loose, and I was asked if he was a bad dog or a vicious dog. I asked, "What's the difference?" And the AS worker said, "Well, a bad dog runs loose and tears up your neighbor's flower bed. A vicious dog attacks people or other animals." I said, "He's definitely a vicious dog," and told her about the previous attack. Needless to say, they sent somebody out quickly. On a Sunday.
The kicker to my story? The attack dog was a pit mix. The victim dog was a big, brindle full-blooded pit bull.
Anyway, it made my heart sing to see this story on Facebook. If you buy into the diatribe that all pits are vicious and should be shot, read this story from the Charlotte Sun. It might just change your mind.
Stray Pit Bull Saves Woman, Child From Attacker
PORT CHARLOTTE — The wandering 65-pound pit bull mix might have seemed menacing to some passerby, but one woman will always remember him as her “guardian angel.”
The dog, which authorities think is lost and not a stray, successfully thwarted a robbery attack on a mother and her 2-year-old son, who were held at knifepoint Monday afternoon.
The Florida woman, who has been identified by authorities simply as “Angela,” was leaving a playground with her toddler son in Port Charlotte when a man approached her in the parking lot with a knife and told her not to make any noise or sudden movements.
Angela didn’t have to do either to protect herself and her child — a dog mysteriously ran to the scene and charged the man, who quickly fled.
“I don’t think the dog physically attacked the man, but he went at him and was showing signs of aggression, just baring his teeth and growling and barking. It was clear he was trying to defend this woman,” Animal Control Lt. Brian Jones told Pet Pulse.
“I don’t know what this man’s intentions were, but it is very possible this dog saved her life.”
The exceptional part of the story, Jones said, is that the dog had never met or even seen the people it quickly jumped to defend.
“You hear about family dogs protecting their owners, but this dog had nothing to do with this woman or her kid,” Jones said. “He was like her guardian angel.”
After the alleged thief ran away, Angela quickly placed her son, Jordan, in the car and tried to drive off. Before she could, though, the dog jumped into her backseat, waiting with her for the police and animal control officers to arrive at the scene.
The dog was transported to a local shelter and if his owners don’t step forward within five days, Jones said, Angela and her family plan to adopt the savior she named “Angel.”
Animal control officers and shelter workers believe Angel is lost, and not a stray, because of his good health, sturdy weight and mild temperament.
“It’s funny, that someone’s irresponsibility could have saved someone’s life,” Jones said of Angel’s possible owners.
For Angela, it doesn’t matter where the dog came from, just that he was there when she needed him most.
“I don’t know what his [the thief's] intentions were — I don’t know why he did it, but I’m glad that — we call him Angel — I’m glad that Angel showed up because I don’t know what would have happened,” Angela told NBC2 News.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Having trouble affording your pet?
Despite snippets of good news here and there, the Great Recession is dragging on and on and on. It's hard enough putting food on the table, but sometimes it's hard putting food in the pet bowls, too.
And sometimes people have to choose between buying pet food or preventive medications, such as HeartGard, putting their pets' health at risk.
If you are having trouble affording your pet, help is out there. The Humane Society of the United States has a page on its website that may be of assistance. It offers a comprehensive list of pet financial aid-related organizations, listed alphabetically by state.
Also, organizations that can offer assistance to people in financial straits can let the HSUS know about their programs through an e-mail link on the site.
Here's the link:
Get help with your pets
And if you have any creative ideas to pass along on "pet budgeting," I'd love to hear them so I can share them with our readers.
And sometimes people have to choose between buying pet food or preventive medications, such as HeartGard, putting their pets' health at risk.
If you are having trouble affording your pet, help is out there. The Humane Society of the United States has a page on its website that may be of assistance. It offers a comprehensive list of pet financial aid-related organizations, listed alphabetically by state.
Also, organizations that can offer assistance to people in financial straits can let the HSUS know about their programs through an e-mail link on the site.
Here's the link:
Get help with your pets
And if you have any creative ideas to pass along on "pet budgeting," I'd love to hear them so I can share them with our readers.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Get to know pit bulls
A Facebook friend posted this video, and I just had to share it.
Pit bulls are the most misunderstood dogs on the planet. They do not deserve the bad reputation they gotten thanks to bad people who use them and abuse them.
Please take just 3 1/2 minutes of your time to watch this video and listen to its important message.
Pit bulls are the most misunderstood dogs on the planet. They do not deserve the bad reputation they gotten thanks to bad people who use them and abuse them.
Please take just 3 1/2 minutes of your time to watch this video and listen to its important message.
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