Pondering about Noah’s Wish

With Christmas break approaching, I have been thinking about what I will do with my extra time. I will be working full time to save up as much money as possible, but I need something else to keep my busy. Since I can not donate to the ASPCA anymore, I was thinking maybe I [...]

Pets Are Checking In

I read in Herb Greenberg’s blog that a hotel in California, called The Doubletree, is now allowing people to check into the hotel with their pets. Greenberg’s original blog gives the details. The hotel was going to allow pets soon, but due to the fires in California, people with pets needed a place [...]

Fired Animals

The fires in California have not only forced people from their homes; animals have been relocated as well. The pets whose homes have burned down have no beds, no collars, no food or toys. Noah’s Wish partnered with Station Casinos to hold a donation event on Oct. 25 and 26 in Red Rock [...]

Ellen Solution

Is there something wrong with giving a dog to a loving family? What if there is a contract binding the dog to the previous owner? Should rules matter, if the dog is happy? What is your take on Ellen DeGeneres’ issue?
A week or so ago, DeGeneres gave an adopted dog, Iggy to another family. This [...]

24-7 HELP!

My roommates Meg, Denai and I were driving to Meg’s parents house to check on their black Labrador, Toby. Meg’s parents had gone to Texas to visit family and needed Meg to give the dogs food and water for the weekend.
Hold on, back up the story. Two days previous to this visit, Meg’s [...]

Animal Chips?

In  Nandankanan Zoo, in Orissa, India, elephants have been micro-chipped. Initiation of the micro-chipping began on Oct 7, 2007. The chips are supposed to help the animal caretakers take better care of and be more knowledgeable of the animals. The next animals to be micro-chipped are the lions and then the vultures. [...]

Funny Animals

It really amazes me how naturally funny animals are. Yes, they all have their quirks that make us want to lock them in a room once in a while, but most of the time I find myself laughing at them. Whether it be what they are barking at, who’s door they are sliding [...]

Mini Bulldogs?

I rebooted the whole system on my PC this weekend. Naturally, I needed to find an English Bulldog picture to set as my background. Much to my surprise many of my image results were of “Miniature English Bulldogs“. This made me wonder, what this world was coming to? I realize that [...]

Comfort Dogs?!?

I saw an interesting photo, taken on Sept. 11 by Ira Block, chosen by the National Geographic as “Photo of the Day”. The photo’s caption described the use of the Golden Retriever as a “comfort dog”
The lesser known of New York’s canine heroes, comfort dogs, such as this golden retriever, help soothe those [...]

Animal Loss

A father wrote to the ASPCA’s Counseling Service about what to do about their pet-grieving son.  An animal loss is always hard, especially for young people. Our pets are loved like a part of our family nonetheless. Even though this kind of loss is hard, I believe that it is a helpful life [...]