Have you ever had an MRI?The sights, sounds, and that uncomfortable feeling of lying still in a noisy chamber...Shudder.Greg Berns, a scientist at Emory, trained dogs—all future assistance dogs under a year old—to withstand the stress of an MRI machine. He then used … [Read more...]
Pigs and bunnies and horses… oh, my!
A life-changing visit to Best Friends Animal Society: Day 1
There’s an easy way, and there’s a hard way.The easy way slopes upward, but gradually and the rocks form a natural staircase.The hard way follows the same path, but it’s a slick, steep rock with few toeholds. There’s a prickly bush that catches your pants and branches … [Read more...]
Pigs and bunnies and horses… oh, my!A life-changing visit to Best Friends Animal Society: Day 1
There’s an easy way, and there’s a hard way.The easy way slopes upward, but gradually and the rocks form a natural staircase.The hard way follows the same path, but it’s a slick, steep rock with few toeholds. There’s a prickly bush that catches your pants and branches too … [Read more...]
The “pit bull problem” isn’t a pit bull problem
It's an all-dog problem.Or, I should say, it's a problem for all dogs.Because what the "pit bull problem" really is, is a complete and utter misunderstanding of what dogs are and how they behave. (And how they should be treated, but that's part of the what dogs are … [Read more...]
The cost of pet ownership: Should animal adoption be restricted by income?
It's been a while since I climbed onto my soapbox, so lemme dust this thing off and climb on up here...In 2013, I wrote a post asking should pet adoptions be free, and the discussion on the blog and on Facebook included varied opinions, but it seemed that the general … [Read more...]