Pet Wellness Advocate
STRAY GARDENS Photographer Julie McGuire on Dog Talk When British-born photographer Julie McGuire moved to India 11 years ago, she was shocked to find some 250,000 stray dogs living on the streets of Bangalore. The melee of homeless hounds inspired her to focus on a long-term project documenting the roles of dogs in societies around... Read more »
Buy a Dog Treat, Help a Teen Save his Own Life Tune in to this week’s DOG TALK and listen to my conversation with Kathy Hooks, the Employment Director of Daybreak --- a nonprofit organization that provides emergency shelter, outreach programs, and transitional housing to youth who are experiencing homelessness in Dayton, Ohio. Daybreak’s own... Read more »
Give Yourself the Gift of a Portrait of All the Dogs from Your Life More than a decade ago, when I was still living year-round in East Hampton, I discovered a dog portraitist of uncanny skill. Her name was Carol Saxe and working only from photographs, she was able to capture the distinctive essence of... Read more »
Pearl ♥ Petco {Guest Post by Kristy D} Two things happened: I met the loves of my life---Dan and his dogs---and I got a great job working for Tracie Hotchner, founder of the Dog Film Festival. When Dan and I first started dating, he adopted his third dog, an Australian-shepherd mix puppy named Pearl from... Read more »
I was enjoying a fun and funny column called "Pet City" by Andy Newman in the Sunday New York Times which was describing a whole raft of high tech and unexpected products and creations that have emerged to service the family pet. Mr. Newman was expressing surprise and even bemusement at the myriad ways inventors... Read more »
New Leash On Life A disabled dog finds hope, thanks to her devoted family. In celebration of National Pet Week, I would like to share some happy news from a family whose pit bull mix, Callie, has a new leash on life. The Craig family of Willis, Texas, refused to give up on Callie, who... Read more »
At first I was amused when I heard about the DogStar TailTalk device --- which fits on a dog's tail and sends computerized information about a dog's emotional state. At first I thought, “But don't we already know a dog is happy when she wags her tail?” Then I was fascinated by the thinking behind... Read more »
Vivamune Gives Shinier Coats to Shelter Dogs I have had such great luck with Vivamune for own blue Weimaraner, Maisie, who was shedding like crazy and had a dull coat until Vivamune supplements changed all that. Now she is shiny as can be and drops very little hair. Vivamune is a sponsor on my Radio... Read more »