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on Thursday April 25th, 2013 at 07:23 PM
The homes in this village were ramshackle sheds, put together with scrap metal, cardboard and whatever other materials the owners could salvage from the sides of the road or the dump. Each small plot of land about 30 x 30 feet had a cement floor and two holes in the yard, one for [...]Training your dog with a prong collar (or shock collar, shake can, alpha roll) is not positive
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on Friday March 29th, 2013 at 05:00 PM
I was coming out of our local natural food store yesterday when I saw this poster hanging on the community bulletin board. Somethingdidnt seemright about the picture so I stood for a moment looking atit- and then I saw it. Look closely. The dog iswearing a prong collar. Newsflash: if the trainer could actually talk [...]Chocolate, Easter bunnies and child slavery
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on Thursday March 28th, 2013 at 08:47 PM
I went to lunch with a friend last week and we stopped in at a local gourmet chocolate shop. The place was mobbed with people stocking up on the upcoming Easter holiday but all I wanted to do was ask the owners if they knew where their cocoa came from. Chances were quite good that [...]Meggie the lost dog comes home – nine months after she disappeared
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on Saturday March 23rd, 2013 at 03:38 PM
On July 1, 2012,while her owners, Jennie Lloyd and ConnieGates,were away on a trip to London, Meggie the sheltie escaped from thedogsitter and has been on the run ever since. Yesterday, Meggie came home. It was a long nine months. Her owners have made desperate pleas to the public for information. They put up fliers [...]Some thoughts on modern slavery – refuse to do nothing but don’t be overwhelmed trying to do everything
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on Tuesday February 26th, 2013 at 10:19 PM
As I write, Im sitting in a cafe in a small village that, in our area, was one of the last legs on the Underground Railroad. So its fitting that Im writing about slavery and reflecting on the book Refuse To Do Nothing, by Shayne Moore and Kimberly McOwen Yim. Modern day slavery. Human trafficking. [...]Bloodhounds, the most feared dogs on earth?
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on Saturday February 23rd, 2013 at 07:53 PM
I was at my alma mater St. John Fisher College yesterday for a day long conferenceon Frederick Douglass andIreland. Scattered around the room where actual issues of Douglass newspapers. I love history, and am always fascinated by the way the past mirrors the present. Ill talk more about abolition later this week, but today I [...]Indigo, Orphan pups and a gift of Mercy – a heartwarming dog rescue tale
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on Friday February 22nd, 2013 at 03:01 AM
Here in Rochester, NY were fortunate to have a wonderful animal group, PittyLove Rescue,that does remarkable work rescuing, rehabing and rehoming pit bulls and pitmixes. They, along with other great groups in our area, are advocates for responsible dog ownership and a well-trained dog community. There are sad stories puppy mills, overcrowded shelters, abandoned [...]Can dogs be introverted or extroverted?
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on Wednesday February 20th, 2013 at 11:01 PM
Not long ago, I did a post reflecting on Susan Cains book,Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Cant Stop Talking, musing on how Im an introvert and what that means in my life. I got a lot of feedback from other introverts who were happy to have someone speak up on their [...]
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