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Pet Bereavement Is Real: Buddy

Pet Bereavement Is Real: Buddy

  August 6, 2012. The day after my daughter’s 18th birthday and five days before we moved her to Fayetteville, Arkansas to begin her college career, we adopted a six-year-old 130 pound, baby...

Fur, Fetch, Purr: Getting Your First Pet

Fur, Fetch, Purr: Getting Your First Pet

Photo by Winsker So you’ve decided you want to be a pet owner. That’s great! Owning a pet can be a fun and fulfilling experience for you, your family and the animal you decide to take into your...

Ways Pets Can Help Those With Mental Illness

Ways Pets Can Help Those With Mental Illness

How Companion Animals Can Assist With Addiction Recovery Image Courtesy of Pixabay Cindy Aldridge is a freelance writer and dog lover. She started Ourdogfriends.org as a fun side project for herself...

July 4th Safe Pet Tips

July 4th Safe Pet Tips

What day of the year is the BUSIEST for Animal Shelters? Easter with its chocolate candy? No. Christmas or Thanksgiving with table scraps of rich food? No. The American Humane Association (AHA)...

MY FUR BABY GAVE ME WHAT???

MY FUR BABY GAVE ME WHAT???

Our fur babies give us kisses. They give us joy. They also give us germs and parasites. These diseases, passed from pets to people are called zoonoses or zoonotic illnesses...