Years ago, I bought an adorable little pied bitch. She arrived safe and sound, but she brought some extra friends with her – Giardia protozoans. The Giardia parasite is a mysterious, annoying, tenacious little bug. It is a zoonotic disease, meaning it can effect both pets, and humans. Children are especially at risk of contracting […]
I have been remiss! In the recent Pet Connection blog on best beloved animal stories of all times, I forgot to mention one of my absolute favorite dog writers, John Taintor Foote, a fact I was reminded of when I picked up my dog eared copy of “Dumb Bell of Brookfield” yesterday afternoon. Born in […]
The following was posted in response to an article in the Baltimore Sun Newspaper. The article, which lauded the ‘fine work’ of HSUS president Wayne Pacelle, contained several reminisces by Pacelle of the lessons learned and great accomplishments of the HSUS during Hurrican Katrina, and the Michael Vick case. Someone writing as Pacelle’s ‘Aunt Harriet*’ […]
This past Christmas eve in Bentonville, Arkansas, Police Sgt. Robert Burkhart found a hound mix mutt lying still on the side of a busy road. The dog had been hit by a car, and showed little signs of life. With no collar or tags, her fate was measured in hours. Police in Bentonville have injured […]
It was with a sinking heart that I ran across this Family Circus Sunday comic strip on the Comics Curmudgeon website — Comics Curmudgeon does his best to interpret the (as usual) indecipherable gibberish that is a Family Circus cartoon, with the following sentence: “Barfy the dog is apparently unable to distinguish between a round-headed […]