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| a Great Pyrenees (not Casper) |
Some dogs take their jobs very
seriously, luckily for the sheep they’re charged with protecting. Casper, a white Great Pyrenees pup in Georgia,
recently hopped a fence to take on 11 coyotes who were after 5 of the family’s
sheep herd.
He killed 8 of the 11 predators, chased the rest away – and was critically injured in the fight. But he lived to be lauded, and he’s now R & R-ing at home for a while. https://tinyurl.com/4yez3j9y
Take that, puppy mills!
Not only puppies, but cats and rabbits
too, will no longer be sold in New York pet stores. New York legislators made a long-sought victory
for animals possible while leveling a major blow against the infamous puppy
mills that often supply retail outlets. New
York became the sixth state in the US to take this action.
To see or read of the horrible, heart-breaking conditions in puppy mills is to become a fervent advocate for legislation like New York’s to be country-wide. “Inhumane” is the mildest word to describe what
puppy mills look like, caged animals in squalid conditions, with females cruelly overbred and baby animals grossly undercared for before they wind up in pet stores. Then, inevitably, too many of them are adopted in good faith and go to their new homes with health ailments that go on and on through their short, sickly lives. https://tinyurl.com/54hkrxct
Defend
against dognapping
The word is out that dognapping is on
the rise – sometimes violently so. Aware
of this cruel trend, the Humane Society of the US says worried pet parents should
avoid leaving their dogs tied up outside grocery stories and coffee shops;
install a good fence around their yard and security cameras on their home; have
their pet microchipped; buy a GPS collar; and be sure to have their pet spayed
or neutered; un-fixed dogs can be used for breeding, so they’re bigger targets.
Members of the wedding
An altruistic twist on marrying couples who involve their pets as ring bearers and/or part of the wedding party photos afterwards is the comparatively new practice of helping animals get adopted. How?
A trunk to remember
The elephant’s trunk is used to
breathe, suck up water and transfer it to the mouth to drink, bathe, smell,
toss dust or mud onto themselves, socialize, call, explore and rub their eyes
and scratch their heads. And that’s just
the trunk!
Local boy
makes good
How describe the “progress” in 3 months of Jersey, the new cat in the house? Well, he’s very cute, playful and vocal (that last part needs work!) -- and very hungry, all the time. He’ll eat anything that’s not nailed down, as a friend put it.
Small in stature but with a huge voice, Jersey still fights being picked up. Only once did I succeed at that, concluding he was groggy from just waking up or he temporarily took pity on me. When I tried the next day, he quickly flipped out of my grasp. Go figure.
What about getting him into his carrier for vet visits, holding on to him to clip his nails or simply hoping to cuddle him? It’s beyond me right now. But I cringe when I see him ignoring the myriad “official” scratchers around here to work out on a rug instead.
The happiest report is that Jersey and Billy have steadily moved toward becoming buddies. Since one early scuffle, no fights, no nastiness -- just Jersey’s attempts to raid Billy’s food bowl whenever it’s left unprotected. Piffle!
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| Jersey: "Spots & stripes forever" |
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