The Washington Post is running an article from AP which presents ignorant views. I’m sorry that Ms. Sedler’s daughter wasn’t raised to know better than to peer over people’s fences. I do think the owner of the dog should have trained the dog better or put a sign to not trespass. However, Jacquline Sedler shows…
Author: Bethany
Food-motivated though not food-aggressive bleeding heart animal lover and advocate. Views expressed do not reflect those of employers & may include bad words.
From the Interwebz: Baby Otter
The BBC reported today on the rescue of a baby sea otter by a kindly Scottish post officer. The photos that the BBC has are cute, but the one below from the Arthurshiel Rescue Centre blog (Arthurshiel Rescue Centre Diaries) just about made me melt. It’s cold and gross outside, but this interspecies friendship made…
Alternative to the Super Bowl
Most people love the Super Bowl or at least love the commercials. For those of us who don’t…there’s Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl with adorable adoptable puppies playing and kittens doing the halftime show. Puppy Bowl is in its fifth year but it’ll be my first time watching it. I’ve gone without cable for a long…
Learning from TV, Practicing with Puppies
In a conversation with my brother today,I heard about a sweet dog who jumps a lot and whose human has a hard time handling him. Our conversation made me think of how I had tried out a technique I had seen on “It’s Me or the Dog.” Basically, the episode showed two dogs who always…
Feline Intelligence
Speedy is the cat of two awesome Ph.D. students. Would you expect anything less of a cat who wins at chess?
Spay Day Photo Contest
The Humane Society of the United States is holding a pet photo contest to promote their fifteenth annual Spay Day, February 24, 2009. I entered the photo above. I wanted to enter one that was a little different. He’s purring on my feet at the moment. Maybe he’s hoping to help me not eat Ben&Jerrys…
People are Animals (and that’s not a bad thing)
I told a friend on Wednesday about an awkward conversation with my boyfriend’s mom wherein I compared children to dogs. Tamika’s response: “How could you? Kids aren’t dogs!” This of course led to me defending my position that, up to a certain age, it is perfectly appropriate to raise kids on the same principles I…
Faceoff
Toby met the roomba. Not his favorite cleaning apparatus. He seemed less scared when above it, but still kept a watchful eye the entire time it was cleaning. Maybe someday he’ll be one of those cats who tries to ride the roomba.
Daily Dose of Cute
Most of the communicable diseases we worry about in the shelter can’t spread across species. So when there was one lone beagle puppy, Gulliver, and a litter of active kittens in the shelter yesterday, my friend and I were encouraged to take them all into the play room. Gulliver loved the kittens and just wanted…
Daily Dose of Cute
Meet Matilda and Sangria. Sangria also greeted a calico cat this way through the bars of her cage.