This is the scariest Halloween photo I could find of one of my dogs. OK, I know, Sheba is wearing an elf hat. Yes, it actually is a photo from Christmas. However, the expression on her face represents how all of my dogs feel about any kind of “dress up”. The elf hats were a bust, so Halloween costumes have never even be tried. I look longingly at all the cute photos of … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2012
Let’s Put an End to Puppy Mills: Part 3/What Can Individuals Do?
First of all, I want to share this good news: this week, the Los Angeles city council approved an ordinance banning the retail sales of dogs, cats, and rabbits obtained from commercial breeders. LA will be joining at least 27 other cities in North America, including 10 in California, and is the largest community in the US to do so. Pet stores will only be able to sell pets … [Read more...]
Let’s Put an End to Puppy Mills: Part 2/Government Involvement
As I mentioned in Part 1, the Animal Welfare Act, passed in 1966, gives minimum protections to dogs in breeding kennels. This protection may not be enough. The basis is that any kennel with 3 or more breeding females that sells to stores or brokers be licensed and inspected by the USDA. This law still has a huge loophole because it does not cover breeders who sell over the … [Read more...]
Let’s Put an End to Puppy Mills: Part 1/Introduction
This will be the first in a series of posts on the subject of puppy mills. There is so much information to be covered; I couldn’t possibly do it in one post! I need to do a lot more research to get it all out here. My purpose is to make more people aware of this problem, so we can all join together to put an end to it. What exactly is considered a puppy mill? Puppy mills … [Read more...]
The Rules of the Game
My dogs love to play fetch with the ball. Three out of four of them anyway….our oldest beagle, Kobi, is not interested….he is strictly a couch potato now (though he loves his walks). Strangely enough, the little beagle, Cricket, loves fetch as much as the golden retrievers. In fact, she is much better at it than they are. She knows what RETRIEVE means better than they do. … [Read more...]
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