Thanks to Jen and Yes Biscuit for reminding me of the worst ‘potential puppy buyer’ scenario of all time – the murder of Bobbi Jo Stinnett, a Missouri Rat Terrier breeder, and the theft of her unborn child. The crime took place on Decemeber 16, 2004. According to CNN, “Montgomery met Stinnett through an online […]
Another Ontario breeder has had dogs stolen by vistors who pretended to be potential puppy buyers. This isn’t the first time this has happened – years back, a Bulldog breeder in California lost almost every dog in their house to people who had come to ‘meet the dogs’ a few days before, and the infamous […]
Update: This story has a happy ending. A plea for help from another French Bulldog breeder — As of October 24th one on my retired dogs is lost in Washington Pa. PetSmart parking lot. She is a chubby 5 yr. old spayed Black mask fawn French Buldog bitch. Her name is Star and she is […]
As hard as it is for me to believe, Tessa will be fifteen years old next month. Those years have flown by, in so many ways. Tessa, for me, is still the relcalcitrant, surly little hooligan I tried to haul to work with me at six weeks, with her bucking and flailing at the end […]
Scary news out of the Ottawa area, where a rare and virulent form of hemorrhagic pneumonia has killed two dogs at the Ottawa Humane Society. From CBC News – Humane society veterinarians said they have never seen this type of disease before. The dogs initially suffer from a cough, lethargy and fever, but the symptoms […]