The story of Ellen DeGeneres giving away a dog to her hairdresser because it didn’t get along with her cats is old news now. But should it have been news in the first place? I’ve got neutral feelings as far as Ellen goes as a celebrity and person. I don’t go out of my way [...]
Archive for the ‘shelters’ Category
#43 – On Ellen DeGeneres…
Posted in adoption, dog welfare, dogs, shelters, tagged adoption, dog adoption, dogs, ellen, ellen degeneres, shelter on 24 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »
#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 [...]
#18 – Memorial Day
Posted in american history, dog rescue, dogs, euthanasia, humane society, memorial day, shelters on 28 May 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Across the USA today we are remembering those who have died while serving our country. These soldiers came from our society – they lived among us and died away from us. Some chose the military as a way of life and ultimately death; other were conscripted to fight when necessary and died as [...]
