Humane Matters & Presidential Candidates

If you include humane legislation in your political choices, you’ll be interested to hear that The Humane Society Legislative Fund (essentially the lobbying arm of HSUS) has endorsed

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Lilly, The Larva Rancher

Fair warning … if you are at all squeamish, stop reading now. But, if a little gross humor sounds like fun, pull up a bale of hay and

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Lilly on the Mend (barely)

If I had to guess, I’d say Lilly hovers around 20% of normal after Saturday night’s rattlesnake bite and ensuing medical intervention. It’s hard to say how much

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Lilly vs. Rattlesnake (part 3)

The hospital released Lilly last night around 6 pm. She came home and promptly sacked out. We can tell that she still does not feel great, but she

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Lilly vs. Rattlesnake (part 2)

Lilly may not be feeling a whole lot better after the rattlesnake bite, but she looked much better when we visited her this morning. Here’s the latest: Her

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Lilly vs. Rattlesnake (part 1)

Saturday afternoon (8/30) around 4:30 – 5:00 pm, it seems Lilly got a rattlesnake bite right in the face. Tom and I were both outside most of the

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Taking Dog-Dog Issues Seriously: Another cautionary tale

Last Friday, one of my canine nieces underwent surgery to repair a compound fracture in one of her rear legs. Daisy, a poodle-yorkie mix (apparently known as Yoodles

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Man on the Street

Since our regular exercise walks are about the only outings we have, Lilly and I really look forward to them. Each day I adjust my schedule to avoid

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Rattlesnake Watch 2008

Lilly and I cut our Sunday morning walk short — partially because it was already hot-hot-hot and partially because our neighbor Debbie reported seeing TWO rattlesnakes on her

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The New Training Plan, The Basics

Lilly’s new behavior modification plan is 26 pages long. On Saturday, I read through the entire thing, and I went back through the initial stages in detail. Then,

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