Monday, Monday, wake up and drive to work. The work week begins yet again but I enjoyed a slight variety to my commute this morning. Betty rode along with me! On my way to the office I dropped her off at the vet to get spayed; I picked her up on my [...]
Archive for the ‘homeless dogs’ Category
#34 – Why Own When You Can Rent?
Posted in adoption, dog behavior, dog rental, dog rescue, dog welfare, dogs, flexpetz, foster betty, homeless dogs on 30 July 2007 | 6 Comments »
#30 – Can Dogs Laugh?
Posted in adoption, dog behavior, dog communication, dog laughter, dog rescue, dog research, dog welfare, dogs, fostering, homeless dogs, shelters on 6 July 2007 | 5 Comments »
According to animal behaviorist Patricia Simonet, dogs most certainly can laugh. She describes it as “hah hah hah” but without the “a” and she has the briefest of sound clips on her laughing dog page. Beacon doesn’t make this sound much, but playful Haven dog-laughs frequently. My impression is that this isn’t a funny/humor laugh [...]
#28 – Therapy Dog
Posted in adoption, animal welfare, dogs, foster daisy, fostering, homeless dogs, shelters, therapy dog, vickys pet connection on 2 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This past week we fostered two yellow labs. Both have been adopted. And both deserve a Why Dogs? post. I’ll start with Daisy.
Daisy, as I posted earlier, loved to roll around in the grass as if she were happy to be able to play in it after spending a month in a shelter. She spent [...]
#26 – Double Adoption
Posted in adoption, animal welfare, dog rescue, dog welfare, dogs, homeless dogs, pregnant dogs, vickys pet connection on 27 June 2007 | 2 Comments »
Vicky of Vicky’s Pet Connection specializes in rescuing pregnant moms or moms with young puppies. She’ll also look at adult dogs and single puppies but the majority of the dogs she takes in are pregnant or have puppies.
Over the course of pregnancy and then raising puppies until they’re eight weeks old Vicky gets to know [...]
#20 – Visiting Amber
Posted in adoption update, dog rescue, dog welfare, dogs, fostering, homeless dogs on 14 June 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last night Andrew and I went to visit Amber. She was with us from March 5 – 11, 2007. Although we did not have her for very long she was one of our favorite foster dogs. She got along well with Beacon and Haven from the beginning. She fit into our schedule and home easily. [...]
