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May 14, 2015

Through the Eyes of Gus

Q. What does a typical day look like at the shelter? Once I wake up I get a morning walk at a safe space, which humans call an “easement”. I then

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May 11, 2015

Yo, from Rocky

Yo, Rocky here. They asked me to do an interview to give you guys some kind of behind the scenes look at shelter life. Yea, I got your behind the

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May 9, 2015

Toward a more inclusive Mother’s Day

When animals express their feelings they pour out like water from a spout. Animals' emotions are raw, unfiltered, and uncontrolled. Their joy is the

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May 1, 2015

Why adopt from a No Kill shelter if everyone there is safe?

In short, because they are safe and you want to clear the way for the next animal to enjoy that safe spot. There is a heightened

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April 29, 2015

Not For Sissies…

“Getting old is not for sissies,” Bette Davis once quipped. And she was a woman who knew a thing or two about not being a sissy. Besides the

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April 16, 2015

Who Do You Love?

There is a very powerful meditation called the lovingkindness meditation. It was originally presented to the author as a guided meditation in a group

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April 13, 2015

You Can Do This Standing On One Foot

Religious scholar and former nun Karen Armstrong had a very brilliant, very simple idea for how to heal the world. She shared it on the TED stage and

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April 1, 2015

Stray dogs by the numbers

What do Houston and Detroit have in common? Apparently vastly over-estimating the stray dog population.  By Ken Hoffman From the city that

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March 7, 2015

Monty’s Village

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold. A shattered piece of overlooked pottery is reawakened with veins of shimmering

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