When Martha brought Biscuit to me, I said I now have two dogs but used to having three so if you need help call me. Never say that to a rescue group. Within two weeks we were foster parents. That was 14+ years ago. If Mae had not liked Biscuit, none of this would have happened...
Unsurprisingly we get a lot of sparrows. Quite a few great tits, and a couple of robins. The blackbirds mainly stay at the front of the house where there’s a pile of rotten decaying apples from the trees near the hedge. Over the summer and early autumn we had chaffinches and goldfinch...
I admit, I was saving this guest post for last, because in some ways it’s the most touching to me. My dear friend Heather and her hunny Mark have been fostering dogs for just a few years, but they’re of the rare breed of rescuers who never shy away from the hardest cases — in...
book she wants to read. All of these programs are free of charge; gohereto sign up your child for summer reading. To learn more about the reading therapy dogs at the Douglas county library, gohere. How Can I Motivate My Child to Read? Many parents have asked me a variation of this q...
None of these dogs are the particular dog in question. He prefers to stay off Social Media. ‘I so intimidated’. That came through as a text whilst I spoke with two burly police men in body armour. This was from the child that had been dragging me around the house by my hair ...
organization’s dogs during the coronavirus pandemic. The word has gotten out about the need, “so the calls are increasing with interest in fostering. I just hope the interest stays after, hopefully, this is all over. And people will want to foster, and even more importantly, adopt dogs....
Animal Shelter, said the facility had seen a steady stream of adoptions and was bracing itself for a sudden need of foster carers “in the next two weeks, when pet owners start to get sick.” So far this month, 145 animals have been adopted: 65 dogs, 31 puppies, 18 c...