Category: Behavior
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Till Death Do Us Part
This senior distinguished gentleman is Cole. He is my Aunt and now deceased Uncle’s dog. He is deaf and almost completely blind but still manages to find a treat when you throw it like he has the nose of a coonhound. I never truly appreciated the level of sadness an animal experiences when they lose…
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You tug! No, you tug!
Oh my dog! This has got to be the most polite, softest game of tug of war in the history of tug of war. Kali the fawn and white with the sonar ears, currently available for adoption through Town and Country Humane Society as of 1/28/22, is engaging in a fierce battle of who gets…
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The Box of Shame
dun dun duuuunnn….. nasty word time….”KENNEL”. Yup, we need to talk about it. No, don’t go clicking away! Sit! Stayyyyyyy!!!!! Its that time. You have to leave the house and get Fido in his kennel. You won’t be gone long but you can’t have him out and about because he could destroy something (everything!), work…
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NO means NO, right?
When people find out that I foster, the two most common statements I receive are the following: “NO way I could do what you do. I would come home with a new animal every day!”“There is NO way I could bare the pain of constantly having to let them go.” These statements are typically known…
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A shot, a beer and a tear
My very first foster adoption is the beautiful girl in the picture for this post. Her name was Jamie but later changed to Beyza by her adopter. Adoption day is one of the most exciting and saddest days for a foster parent. So many emotions transpire leading up to the day and when the day…
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How it all began
Once upon a time, but not so long ago when I was a rambunctious teenager (pictured above), I made a poor decision that resulted in the requirement of community service hours to be completed. I know…..scandal… I’ve got your attention now don’t I? *smiles* and no I’m not going to tell you what I did…
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