by Sheryl Matthys | Oct 19, 2009 | Canine Care, Health, & Behavior: For You and Your Dog |
On an ordinary late summer day in July, Maria was poolside, looking in on her sister Joanna’s two dogs at their beautiful home on Long Island, NY. Joanna and her family were out attending a funeral. As was her routine, and greatest joy, Nikki, the seven-year-old...
by Sheryl Matthys | Oct 16, 2009 | Canine Care, Health, & Behavior: For You and Your Dog |
by Susan McCullough Oct. 2009 As the owner of both a dog day care facility and a boarding kennel in Virginia, Laura Sharkey works hard to keep the dogs in her care free of injury and disease. One disease she doesn’t really worry about? A condition called kennel cough....
by Sheryl Matthys | Oct 16, 2009 | Dog Tales: What's in the News About Dogs! |
Oct, 2009 By Laverne Hughey, Humane Society of Harrison County In approximately four weeks, Halloween will be celebrated by all the little goblins, and a good time will be had by all. Unless companion animal guardians are careful, however, it can be a very scary time...
by Sheryl Matthys | Oct 4, 2009 | Canine Care, Health, & Behavior: For You and Your Dog |
The story that Abby related to me of Charlie, the (extra-petite) miniature Schnauzer, doesn’t take long to tell, but the look in Charlie’s eyes in the photos, above, communicates the profound experience she faced with her ailing owner and her resolve to do her best to...
by Sheryl Matthys | Oct 1, 2009 | Canine Care, Health, & Behavior: For You and Your Dog |
When Michelle and her colleagues of Recycled Paws Dog Rescue of Peekskill, NY received the filthy van containing “Chamba”, they were nearly knocked off their feet. The pup was given this name as a play on “chubby” which they worked into “Chumby” but that seemed to be...