The Spaniel Journal has a new article by Loretta Baughan up. It is definitely worth reading. Here’s a taste -
“It always amazes me to see how many people fall prey to the slick photos of puppies and kittens national animal rights groups use to solicit donations. Too often, people who support these organizations are misled into thinking they are actually helping animals or their local humane societies. Despite having a name that suggests an active role in overseeing or operating local humane societies, in reality the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is little more than a $200-million dollar lobbying organization tirelessly working to ramrod their anti-animal, anti-people agenda into law…”
Foster’s Daily Democrat has a commentary up entitled “Be careful what you ask for when it comes to neutering your pet.“ It talks about the push being made in California and other states to pass bills requiring the mandatory neutering of all dogs and cats and lists some of the down sides to legislation like this. The author brings up some good points, one of which is where will the next generation of pet dogs and cats come from if all the present ones are neutered? Go read the column, it is thought-provoking.
All dog (and cat) owners have gone through this.
I am totally crazy about Otis, even as I am constantly apologizing for him to family and friends. He is adorable.
Completely gross, but adorable. And I adore him, especially when he lays next to me sawing logs while I work on my writing; writing that can be about anything at all, except for the things that I can’t bear to contemplate.
Hopefully, they had an equally happy ending.
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