Before handing over your credit card, consider whether your puppy has gotten the early enrichment that leads to less stress later on. Here’s how and why.
Adoption
Featured Adoptables in NYC: November Edition
New York City is full of loving dogs who need permanent or temporary homes. Here are some beauties looking for human partners.
Thanks to Sandy, NYC shelters reduce euthanasia rates
An outpouring of concern for pets affected by Hurricane Sandy may be why things might be looking up for animals in NYC’s notoriously ill-managed and underfunded public shelter system.
How Pavlovian conditioning can teach dogs (and humans) in their sleep
Studies are showing that the kind of classical conditioning that Pavlov showed used to teach dogs can work to cause humans to form new memories in their sleep.
8 answers to questions asked by potential dog adopters
Before you commit to taking in an animal from a rescue group or a shelter, you’ll want to make some smart inquiries into the former life of your potential new BFF.
What is a “Kill Shelter?”
If an animal is found as a stray or is relinquished by an owner, he might be brought to an “Open Admission” Shelter — a sad but necessary place that used to be called “The Pound.”
Pet racism: The sad fate of black dogs in the shelter system
Each year, countless dark haired dogs go unadopted. It’s called Black Dog Syndrome.This month, The Best Friends Animal Society is trying to change this.
A blind dog finds a guide dog, and a new best friend
Tanner, a blind and epileptic Golden Retriever in Oklahoma, is getting special assistance from her very own service dog.
How can prospective dog owners avoid supporting the puppy mill industry?
Following a Quebec puppy mill raid, Toronto outlawed the sale of dogs in pet stores. But it’ll take more than a single city ban to keep people from supporting puppy mills.
Sato Project fundraiser to help Puerto Rico’s doomed dogs
A fundraising brunch in Rockville Centre on April 22 will help save the lives of Puerto Rican dogs.
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