Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

A handful Animal Person readers since May of 2006, when I started this then-daily blog, have asked me if I've read Joan Dunayer. And now that I've read Animal Equality and begun Speciesism , I think I know why. Dunayer devotes a chapter each to the language used in hunting, zoos, "marine parks," vivisection and "animal agriculture."

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 20, 2013

Maybe you or someone you know is adding a puppy to their family soon? This fun book gives you a chance to celebrate this special time together. Thanks to Knock Knock for providing a book for our review and for this giveaway. The post Giveaway: It’s a Dog’s Life Journal appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 25, 2010

I recently got a chance to read a charming new book called The Dog Who Healed a Family: And Other True Animal Stories That Warm the Heart & Touch the Soul. The book features short stories of animals who have touched the lives of people. Tags: books. “They are a bridge to the natural world.&#. .

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 31, 2011

While shopping for pet food in 2008, Maryam Faresh and her partner Bruce Meade saw a sign hanging on the wall with a picture of a white puppy with spots and strange looking eyes. The sign read, “Blind and deaf puppy needs home.” Immediately, they went to meet the puppy – within minutes, they knew they had to have her.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 28, 2009

Everyone knows that young puppies keep you up all night, have to be let out to go to the bathroom every couple of hours, have accidents all over the house, chew on everything they can get their paws on (including cats), and don’t like being left alone at ALL. But how do you puppy-proof your home for your new family member?

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

is a great series of books about adopted/rescued dogs. Each book is breed specific, sharing stories of those who love the breed and have adopted dogs through rescue. Not only that, but a portion of the book profits are donate to a breed specific rescue group. They can be purchased through the Happy Tails Books website.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 25, 2009

If you have a dog, you need this book! Everything from how to give your dog CPR, to how to puppy proof your home. The great information just goes on and on, it’s hard to believe that it’s a pocket sized book, but it is! originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on August 25, 2009.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences?

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 20, 2012

It turns out that people are not the only ones, who can adopt children – animals are good at this as well. Although, it is not for the first time when inter-species adoption occurs, but every single case is getting more and more exciting – animals can not only be friends, but parents and brothers as well.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 8, 2010

They offered him hand-outs and cared enough about him, not to call Animal Control and risk having him picked up and sent to a shelter where his fate would be doomed. It took nine years for my picture book, THE BLUE HOUSE DOG, (Peachtree Publishers/August 1, 2010) to come out. Tags: books guest post. See the trailer: [link].

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Bush’s adorable brown and white spaniel is credited as the only White House dog to write a book: Millie’s Book: As Dedicated to Barbara Bush. In 1989 Millie had six puppies, two of which also became White House dogs! Five Famous First Pets originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on February 22, 2010.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 19, 2010

Taste of the Wild, is an all-life stages food that is formulated to meet your pet’s nutritional needs from puppy to senior years. Giveaway: Taste of the Wild originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on April 19, 2010. Would you like a chance to win? Leave a comment on this post sharing a funny story about your dog.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 24, 2012

If you feed a homemade diet, aim for a diet that is at least 80% animal protein. Puppy, senior, and large breed dog foods all offer benefits, but not all special formulations are created equally. An avid animal rescuer, she sometimes wonders if people looking for good homes for their dogs know where she lives!

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Animal Person

JUNE 29, 2009

Other than being a vegan, the most important actions you can take to help animals who are used for food are: Give generously to organizations that help those sentient nonhumans directly, such as Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary , Maple Farm Sanctuary , Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary and Eastern Shore Sanctuary.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Jeff Masson's new book didn't cause me to unravel, but I did learn a lot about our friends and coevolvers, Canis familiaris. This Masson book ( here are all of them) is for Benjy, who was supposed to be a service dog but who was, shall we say, less than enthusiastic about the career choice that was made for him. And he details why.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 10, 2010

A good portion of the book is about the rescue dogs that grieved with her and comforted her during this time. Barth is also writing a second book: Covered in Fur: Lessons Learned Living With Six Dogs. The non profit animal shelter that had Rascal was run by a state trooper. Rascal mouthed the puppies from the last litter here.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

See TIME’s photo essay “ Puppies Behind Bars “ Henry the schnoodle just did a remarkable thing. Understanding a pointed finger may seem easy, but consider this: while humans and canines can do it naturally, no other known species in the animal kingdom can. Hare lifts it to reveal the biscuit reward.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

If you’re planning on adding a dog to your family, it’s possible you’ll find your new family member at the local animal shelter or humane society. Do you have time to toilet train a puppy, and feed it several times a day? Are you an outdoors person, or do you prefer to curl up on the couch with a good book?

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 10, 2010

Here is the full story: He’s not as famous as Marley from the book and movie, but Spanky may be unique in that he is credited with starting a dog toy business in Rochester Hills, Mich. Michigan Dog Credited With Starting Internet Business originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on May 10, 2010.

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