Maggie didn’t turn up for breakfast this morning, so after feeding everyone else, Pepper and I set off to look for her. I took a bucket of rattly sheep nuts. I love big fields until I have to walk them looking for someone! And I found Maggie, right at the far corner, with her new […]
Animal magnetism: Harvest Festival a labor of love for ag students | Local News
Thirteen-year-old Bre Reynolds started showing pigs when she was just 9. A student at Union Grove Junior High in Gladewater, Bre is a member of the Junior Future Farmers of America and is participating this week in the Harvest Festival and Livestock Show at the Longview Fairgrounds. The annual show aims to encourage and support youth […]
Animal Chronicles: Safety net for pets — and the people who love them
By JOE LISELLA We see it far too often: A member of our community who hits a rough patch in life surrenders their much-loved pet to the Animal Protective Foundation (APF) because they are having trouble providing their pet with the essential care they need and deserve. Whether it be a job loss, an expensive […]
Tug Life – How a Love of Tug can Resolve Reactivity (and Hyperactivity!)
FOR A LIMITED TIME Watch the all-new Dunbar Academy Dog-Dog Reactivity webinar for FREE, where Dr. Ian Dunbar explains why teaching your dog to play Tug is one of the smartest things you can do to resolve dog-dog reactivity. Teaching your dog to love playing Tug can be incredibly helpful for addressing reactivity and hyperactivity problems. […]
Love, loss, and vulnerability – Talented Animals Blog
One of the great gifts animals give us is helping us learn to be vulnerable, and to love without reservation or fear of loss. I was chatting with a friend who had not had a pet in many years, and he explained to me that he had owned a dog, it had died, and he […]