The shelter called at the end of October, 2004. They had a 5-month-old male GSP diagnosed with hip dysplasia and something was odd about both his back legs. He ran funny. He would never be adopted so they would have to euthanize him. Could we take him instead? I was a volunteer for a GSP rescue and was on my way to pick him up practically before I hung up the phone. Read more →
Puppy love is real – and usually healthy.
P. Elizabeth Anderson once had a daughter named Grace. Like any parents would, she and her husband cared for her, nurtured her and tried to keep her out of trouble. They took her on vacations and enjoyed her company around the house. “She was my constant companion,” says Anderson, a journalist in the District of Columbia.
So when Grace died unexpectedly at age 14, the couple was crushed. But because Grace was a dog, “I was unable to talk to anyone about this immense grief,” says Anderson, who wrote the book “The Powerful Bond between People and Pets: Our Boundless Connections to Companion Animals.” Read more →
