My husband Virgil and I have three retired racing greyhounds. We know something about their racing lives, and we’ve realized that there’s inspiration here for dogs in any active dog sport, like agility. On race day, a greyhound starts out with a very small breakfast. The small meal cues the dog that it’s a race […]
In the early part of 2014, a young boy in California died from the bite of his pet rat. The illness is called Rat Bite Fever (Streptobacillus monoliforms). It is a bacterial infection that can be transmitted by the animal several ways – a bite or scratch, mucous secretions of the mouth, nose and eyes, […]
The Pet Care Trust is pleased to announce that its Pets in the Classroom program received 3,500 requests for grants in the program’s first fifteen months. The program, established by the Pet Care Trust in 2009, provides grants of $100-$150 to purchase or adopt a new pet and required equipment or $50 to support existing […]
