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Sink Your Canines Into This

February 18, 2020 Comments Off on Sink Your Canines Into This

I discovered a dog-show I can really sink my canines into!  The Kennel Club ones are okay, but the dogs are over-groomed and the owners over-tense.  I’m talking about the American Rescue Dog Show.  It’s open only to dogs adopted from rescue organizations and shelters.  And you can bet the only papers these dogs have are newspapers on the floor and paper-towel wipe-ups.  The owners are more laid back and at least as proud of their furry ones as those in the Kennel Club contests.  These dogs compete in categories that matter to families, especially kids: Best in Belly Rubs, Best Couch Potato, Best Wrinkles, Best Wiggly Butt….  To me, though, the best thing is watching what looks like love born from these dogs’ appreciation for being rescued and brought into a loving forever home. 

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Remember: 75 Years Ago

January 27, 2020 Comments Off on Remember: 75 Years Ago

Some claim it never happened.  Others hear stories about it from relatives and friends.  Still others lived through it.  It affects all of us, because it was one of the most heinous crimes that humans have perpetrated against fellow humans.  The Holocaust.

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day.  It’s been 75 years. Yet, we remember it so that we can prevent it from happening again, even as we see shades of it developing in our world today.

Take a few minutes to view this video, “Rescue,”  of people who refused to accept the inhumanity and fought it–and are still fighting it–by taking action.

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What a Dog-Gone Day Today Is!

August 26, 2019 Comments Off on What a Dog-Gone Day Today Is!

Today, and every Aug. 26 since 2004, is National Dog Day. It’s a day for all of our dogs, pure-bred or so mixed they have to be referred to as “American.” The day was established to remind us of the multitude of dogs that need to be rescued or re-homed, and the many way dogs serve us–protecting us, searching out bombs, drugs, and humans lost in earthquake rubble, helping the blind and disabled, and, in recent years, detecting seizures and cancer in people. Read about this day and its significance at About National Dog Day.

Meanwhile, I’m remembering all my past faithful furry friends and celebrating Rosie, my re-homed companion/helper, shown here when she couldn’t decide on whether to continue her nap or play.

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Personal Note: Goodbye, Riley

January 28, 2019 Comments Off on Personal Note: Goodbye, Riley

This weekend my companion for 15 years passed away. Riley was a devoted companion who kept herding us, family and guests alike (she was a Border Collie). She helped me care for my husband, Frank, for a couple of years, watching that I did his infusions and medications right, nuzzled up to him as he struggled to breath, which made him smile, and comforted me these last two years without him.

Today I’m very lonely, having lost Riley and, with her, my last daily connection with my husband. Eventually, I will honor her by rescuing a dog that won’t replace her but will be a loving part of my life.

If you’re a dog-lover–or ever had a pet that was part of your family–you understand.

Frank and Riley

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I Am Deeply Moved

July 10, 2018 Comments Off on I Am Deeply Moved

They’re just kids from a small country that has no real influence in the world. But we came together–from many countries–to save them because of one universal belief: everyone’s child is MY child.  Our feelings are stirred because that could be our biological child, or a relative’s, or a friend’s.  At that point, nobody cares if the child lives in a nation that’s hostile to us or whose government or ideology is opposed to ours.  We don’t care about the color or religion of the child.  We just…care.

The Thailand cave rescue of those dozen kids and their soccer coach deeply moved me.  And it reminded me that we don’t need to be at each other’s throats in this world, that we can come together.  I hope that spirit lingers and spreads throughout the world.

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Dogs Going to Prison

July 28, 2017 Comments Off on Dogs Going to Prison

Stray dogs that would be euthanized + prisoners with damaged lives = an extraordinary idea.

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Let Us Never Forget

January 27, 2016 Comments Off on Let Us Never Forget

Some claim it never happened.  Others hear stories about it from relatives and friends.  Still others lived through it.  It affects all of us, because it was one of the most heinous crimes that humans have perpetrated against fellow humans.  The Holocaust.

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day.  We remember it so that we can prevent it from happening again, even as we see shades of it developing in our world today.

Take a few minutes to view this video, “Rescue,”  of people who refused to accept the inhumanity and fought it–and are still fighting it–by taking action.

 

 

 

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