Waking up in the morning to your alarm can be a drag. But pet parent Allison Carpenter decided to lighten up the routine by teaching her dog what she calls a “silly trick.” She says her dog doesn’t need any cue other than being the first one to “go to sleep” – just look how comfy he is lying under the blankets. And you can tell he’s just waiting for that alarm to sound so he can “wake up” and turn it off.
I know that when I look at the alarm the last thing I want it to do is to sound. But if I have to wake up I would love it if my dog turns it off for me – it would be THE best way to start the day.
For the past two weeks Ermioni Giannakou with DAR Animal Rescue has been driving to the villages in her area to help the many pets impacted by terrible floods that hit the villages and left destruction in their wake. Ermioni travelled to this one village where she said all the villagers lost their homes and…
While driving to the animal shelter, Valia and Marcia took a wrong turn. It was a mistake that ended up saving Basu, a stray dog on the outskirts of Athens. “It wasn’t me who rescued Basu, it was Marcia,” says Valia. “She had adopted Sophie [a rescue dog] a year ago from Save a Greek…
At 105 pounds, Khan the American Akita is somewhat of a daunting client for groomers. But Vanessa with Girl With Dogs decides to take him on even though he’s never had a bath before. The 2-year-old dog is a breed considered to be one of the most dangerous dogs in the world but thankfully Vanessa…
Stray Rescue of St. Louis found a female Pit Bull in an abandoned home, much like they find many dogs. But this dog was a new mother and she was struggling to keep her puppies warm in freezing cold temperatures. Donna Lochmann, chief life saving officer at Stray Rescue of St. Louis, approached the mama…
Why do dogs smell each other’s butts? It turns out the reasons are more complex that you would think. This dog behavior is one of the animal kingdom’s more interesting forms of chemical communication. Not only that, but they have a secondary olfactory system called the Vomeronasal or Jacobson’s Organ that has its own fascinating…
When rescuers arrived to save a street puppy, they found him in under a truck. He was so badly injured he couldn’t move. Despite the pain he was in, he wagged his tail when one of the rescuers from Animal Aid Unlimited, India approached. After returning to the shelter they found the puppy they named…
