breed rescue Archive

  • There are very few homes equipped to adopt one Great Dane, let alone two. Add in advanced age and congenital blindness, and it’s not surprising that the former owners just...

    The Burden of Blindness

    There are very few homes equipped to adopt one Great Dane, let alone two. Add in advanced age and congenital blindness, and it’s not surprising that the former owners just...

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  • reprint from 2/24/2008 In my recent correspondence with a pet rescuer who has yet to embrace No-Kill, I saw firsthand the phenomenon that Nathan Winograd discusses in Redemption: that we...

    Killing for a Myth

    reprint from 2/24/2008 In my recent correspondence with a pet rescuer who has yet to embrace No-Kill, I saw firsthand the phenomenon that Nathan Winograd discusses in Redemption: that we...

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  • If you want to see what a “Pup-e-Mill” looks like, here’s a great example of one that has just been exposed in Montana. First, let’s look at the breeder’s website:...

    A Pup-e-Mill

    If you want to see what a “Pup-e-Mill” looks like, here’s a great example of one that has just been exposed in Montana. First, let’s look at the breeder’s website:...

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  • Here at the beginning of the twenty-first century, over fifty million household dogs live in the United States. Europe houses an estimated thirty-five million. … If I add Canadian dogs...

    Only Five Percent

    Here at the beginning of the twenty-first century, over fifty million household dogs live in the United States. Europe houses an estimated thirty-five million. … If I add Canadian dogs...

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  • Stella on Snow There’s plenty of elitism in the dog world and where you get your dog is as much of a potential status symbol as the breed you’ve chosen...

    Garbage In, Garbage Out

    Stella on Snow There’s plenty of elitism in the dog world and where you get your dog is as much of a potential status symbol as the breed you’ve chosen...

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  • It’s the day after Thanksgiving, so it’s time to think about Christmas! And, like clockwork, the dogblogosphere is again abuzz about “Christmas Puppies.” Much ado about next to nothing, I...

    The Myth of Christmas Puppies

    It’s the day after Thanksgiving, so it’s time to think about Christmas! And, like clockwork, the dogblogosphere is again abuzz about “Christmas Puppies.” Much ado about next to nothing, I...

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  • In my recent correspondence with a pet rescuer who has yet to embrace No-Kill, I saw firsthand the phenomenon that Nathan Winograd discusses in Redemption: that we hear so much...

    Killing for a Myth

    In my recent correspondence with a pet rescuer who has yet to embrace No-Kill, I saw firsthand the phenomenon that Nathan Winograd discusses in Redemption: that we hear so much...

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  • Here’s an e-mail I got today from a horse and dog rescuer (Help A Horse Organization) who is rather miffed at my “Buy From a Breeder” rhetoric. I think she...

    Parroting PeTA

    Here’s an e-mail I got today from a horse and dog rescuer (Help A Horse Organization) who is rather miffed at my “Buy From a Breeder” rhetoric. I think she...

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  • The New York Times is a little slow on the uptake and is just now reporting on PeTA’s disgraceful advertising campaign featuring dead dogs in body bags and the message...

    Buy From A Breeder

    The New York Times is a little slow on the uptake and is just now reporting on PeTA’s disgraceful advertising campaign featuring dead dogs in body bags and the message...

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  • The second most popular Christmas meme in the dogblogosphere was discussing Saturnalia and the pagan roots of the holiday celebration; I wrote one, Terrierman wrote two, and Christie kicked off...

    The Myth of Christmas Puppies

    The second most popular Christmas meme in the dogblogosphere was discussing Saturnalia and the pagan roots of the holiday celebration; I wrote one, Terrierman wrote two, and Christie kicked off...

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