4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 20, 2010

After all, the little puppy kept leaving “lakes and logs&# that my dad was unfortunate to find with his bare feet. Luckily, our dog seemed to know he had to work on my dad, and made sure to burp right in his face one day. Tags: giveaways. Share a story, and good luck winning the prize.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 10, 2009

Some people are seeking purebred animals or puppies and think these are not available in shelters. Often these puppies or kittens are not placed in homes, and end up in the shelter. Puppies are great but often people are much happier getting a dog who is older, and whose size and temperament is a known quantity.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

From rescued puppy mill dogs, to people who felt rescued by their dogs, the stories all have one thing in common; rescue dogs rule! In 2008, two-year-old Bill was released from a puppy mill breeder and put out to auction after spending the first two years of his life sitting in a cage. Tags: books. Lost Souls: Found!

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Animal Person

AUGUST 1, 2009

I don't disagree with Herbert, but what if I wrote: Most people don't want to hear about the capacity of nonhumans to experience pain, pleasure, boredom or frustration, and President Obama would rather walk through fire than do anything other than acquire a pure breed puppy or pardon a turkey on Thanksgiving (though that one remains to be seen).

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Animal Person

JUNE 29, 2009

(As you are likely aware, very few people can actually get through the film in one sitting, plus the first third, about "pets," sends the troublesome message that puppy mills are the problem, rather than breeding in general.) Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Film.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Instead, he simply points at the cup on the right. See TIME’s photo essay “ Puppies Behind Bars “ Henry the schnoodle just did a remarkable thing. What’s at play here, she concluded, is not some inner sense of right and wrong but a learned ability to act submissive when an owner gets angry.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 1, 2010

If you’re not willing to go through the trials of house-training a young puppy or kitten, opting for an older shelter animal is an easy option. It can be preorded right now via Amazon, and should be hitting shelves in bookstores on March 9th. Tags: books.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

If you’re going to adopt a shelter dog, it’s important that you do your homework beforehand, so you choose the right dog for your family. Do you have time to toilet train a puppy, and feed it several times a day? Tags: guest post. Be realistic about your lifestyle. Youngsters are a lot of work in their first few months.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The fact that if puppies don't get enough love when they are young means they aren't likely to grow into dogs like Benjy explains a lot about greyhounds who are bred, trained and forced to race. I don't know enough about pit bulls, however, to say that any part of it is incorrect.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 18, 2010

Having run beside many other dogs and handlers before I met the puppy who would become my partner, I knew this kind of collaboration existed, this necessary dialogue. The dogs operate on what’s real and present to them right now: scent/no scent, here/not here. Tags: books. They don’t read lost person behavior studies.

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