dogs Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/dogs/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:29:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Let a Dog Teach Reading https://smthingscount.com/2020/07/28/let-a-dog-teach-reading/ Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:29:48 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9510 Have you heard about “Listening Dogs”?  It’s a simple, yet effective, concept.  Back in 1999, R.E.A.D. (Reading Education Assistance Dogs) came to be. They train

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]]> She Has the Post Office Beat https://smthingscount.com/2020/04/14/she-has-the-post-office-beat/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:18:57 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9080 There are lots of stories about people helping people deal with this pandemic, but this one struck me. Hannah Lucas in Maine literally goes the

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]]> U.S. Military Dogs Being Mistreated https://smthingscount.com/2020/02/24/u-s-military-dogs-being-mistreated/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 17:45:01 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8925 (From Working Dogs Left to Die.) “You may have seen the news recently about the reports published about horrendous neglect of U.S. bomb-sniffing dogs in

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]]> Why Give Pets to Prisoners? https://smthingscount.com/2019/12/20/why-give-pets-to-prisoners/ Fri, 20 Dec 2019 17:13:07 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8689 I just read an article about various prisons running programs in which neglected, abandoned, or abused dogs are assigned to the care of prisoners rather

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]]> Thanksgiving Danger for Pets https://smthingscount.com/2018/11/21/thanksgiving-danger-for-pets/ Wed, 21 Nov 2018 16:32:27 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7491 When you’re gobbling up turkey and all the goodies tomorrow and spot those sad, hungry-looking brown eyes under the table, it’s so tempting to give

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]]> This is a Win-Win-Wag Situation https://smthingscount.com/2018/07/30/this-is-a-win-win-wag-situation/ Mon, 30 Jul 2018 15:53:04 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7116 Picture row after row of shy, anxious, unwanted dogs in their little shelter cubicles.  Enter a group of children bearing books. They scope out the

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]]> Dogs Going to Prison https://smthingscount.com/2017/07/28/dogs-going-to-prison/ Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:52:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6092 Stray dogs that would be euthanized + prisoners with damaged lives = an extraordinary idea.

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]]> Why Dogs Don’t Live as Long as People https://smthingscount.com/2016/01/14/why-dogs-dont-live-as-long-as-people/ Thu, 14 Jan 2016 17:05:30 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4444 A 6-year-old’s wisdom is contained in today’s Thursday Thought:  

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