The Shelter Buddies Reading Program launched by the Humane Society of Missouri is designed to help dogs become more adoptable. Most dogs, upon entering a shelter, are confused and stressed. Many become shy and timid or over-excitable. It was discovered that children reading to the dogs helped to calm them and relieve stress. Not only […]
With all the news and views of the Ebola epidemic and the euthanization of a pet dog in Spain whose owner contracted the disease, does it affect our pets? Ebola is one of a group of viral, hemorrhagic diseases that originated in West Africa. It is zoonotic, that is it can be transmitted from animals […]
