What do you think Ben the Vet extracted from Frank’s ear? Well, it is something that is fairly common. And the same object can get into a cat’s ear and their eyes. It is a sharp grass seed. It looks like wheat. The barbs attached to the seed means that it can make its way …
Vet removes object from dog’s ear with crocodile forceps (fee around £750) Read More »
In the UK, the great crested newt is protected under European law. The species is quite widespread across the UK. It is illegal to harm them or damage their habitat. This presents a problem to building developers in planning applications. They have to apply for a licence before they can catch the animals or handle …
Sentience? Who questions that dogs are not sentient? Perhaps not many people but a lot of people don’t give it any thought or insufficient thought. A lot of people don’t know what the word means. And this little video reminds us that dogs are very sentient and intelligent. Sentience means that an animal feels emotion …
The words used by this great guy are so intense in describing his relationship with one of his two dogs. He’s talking about his deaf dog who looks after his other dog who is deaf and blind. It’s amazing. He uses sign language to communicate with them. He believes human body language is a more …
“She’s my heart. She fits right on it” – man talks about his dog Read More »
Twitter understands me! Whenever I go to Twitter, they offer up to me images that incense me. They drive me to blog about them. To rage inside. To cry inside. To feel powerless. To feel impotent. I can’t stop this Vietnamese dog cruelty. Just writing that sentence risks a backlash from a Vietnamese person who’ll …
Cultural sensitivities allow Vietnamese dog meat traders to barbarically kill dogs Read More »
This is a good feel story about two women and a Doberman dog. It starts off, for me, with Lucy Humphrey, 44, who was looking for a kidney donor because her kidneys were failing as a result of suffering from lupus, an autoimmune disease. The required kidney donor would have to be a one in …
Hand of GOD or hand of DOG? Woman’s Doberman finds one in 22 million match! Read More »
It is difficult for humans to imagine the olfactory experiences of a domestic dog as they walk around the park with their human caregiver. We are as distanced from imagining what that feels like as the dog is in imagining what it’s like for a human to do calculus! They are different worlds. And some …
Rescuers gave a rescue dog killed when searching for survivors of Turkey’s earthquakes a ceremonial sendoff. ‘Proteo’ was a rescue dog working with the Mexican Red Cross in searching for survivors after the Turkey and Syrian earthquakes. He died after helping to find two survivors. The cause of death has not been reported. Rescuers from …
This couple of tips in preventing losing your dog and then, when needs must, finding him or her, come from David Tennant writing in The Sunday Times today. I thought they were interesting tips because I’ve not seen them mentioned before and as you might expect there are probably tens of thousands of articles providing …
I was immediately drawn to his face. This is a dog with the face of a wise human. I see a man in Jack’s face but it doesn’t have to be a man. There’s just wisdom in there, behind the eyes. We don’t know what he’s thinking. But his human caregiver, Teodora Greywoolf (which must …
Wise-looking dog evaluates danger to protect his female owner Read More »
The American Kennel Club agrees that dogs have extraordinary senses and are able to pick up what to us are unknown forms and energies. They admit that this is a mystery to them. Dr. Desmond Morris in his book DOG WATCHING, published in 1996, provides what I think is the best answer to the question …
A study from Utrecht University’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine researched the extent of anxiety among dogs who been rescued and placed in animal shelters. They used night cameras and a small activity tracker on the dogs’ collars and cortisol measurements in the urine both of which are indicators of stress. They found that, in general, …
Shelter dogs are generally still anxious after their first 12 days Read More »
