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January 2013

January 29, 2013

Kitty endures a cycle in the washing machine and lives to meow about it

They say cats have nine lives. If it's really true, Natasha the kitty used one...

January 18, 2013

Loyal dogs who mourn the deaths of their owners

A story popped up in my Facebook newsfeed today about a dog in Italy who...

November 2012

November 10, 2012

Life in the cemetery (fall foliage pictures)

I spend a lot of time walking in the cemetery. One of our dogs, Bailey, is...

September 2012

September 06, 2012

Vote for the most unusual pet insurance claim in the 2012 VPI Hambone Awards

Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. is getting ready to award the 2012 Annual Hambone Award, and ...

September 04, 2012

5 reasons to obey the leash law (yes, I’m talking to you)

I took my dog Bandit for a walk today in Corbett's Glen, a nature park...

July 2012

July 11, 2012

The fight for Lennox ends – shame on the Belfast City Council

Lennox, the 7-year-old American Bull Dog/Labrador mix who was seized by the Belfast City Council...

June 2012

June 25, 2012

The results of positive dog training (video)

(Video of Bandit and Bailey; I'm not really that fat ... it's an apron filled...

June 19, 2012

Join Patricia McConnell in a discussion about animals at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Thursday, June 21

If you're in the Madison, Wisconsin area and are also an animal lover, here's a...

June 13, 2012

Just another day at the Funny Farm (video)

Regular readers of my columns and personal blog (ie: my friends and family) know...

June 05, 2012

Pit bull shot by sheriff’s deputies; community responds

There's a hot controversy stirring here in my hometown of Rochester, NY. I confess I'm...

June 05, 2012

Summer Top 10 Reading List – dogs, dogs and a little mystery

As summer nears, we bloggers here at Patheos have been asked to share our summer...

May 2012

May 22, 2012

A year of animals, blogging and Patheos

I was excited this week to receive a notecard in the mail from the staff...

May 15, 2012

Scientists use MRI to see what Fido is thinking

There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t look at my quirky Border...

May 04, 2012

Washington Capital’s defenseman Karl Alzner’s dogs make a pretty, Twitter-worthy mess

After a marathon triple overtime loss to the New York Rangers on Wednesday, Washington Capitals defenseman...

May 04, 2012

Celebrate birdsong on International Dawn Chorus Day, May 6, 2012

My friend Mike is a morning show producer here in town. He told me once...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Animal testing and a little Monday morning crankiness

It's Monday, and to be quite frank, I'm feeling a little cranky, animal-wise. It's 10:30...

April 04, 2012

Honey bees, pesticides and why you should care about them both

When the news came out this week that researchers now believe that pesticides are causing...

March 2012

March 21, 2012

Humane Society announces Fifth Annual Dog of Valor Award winner

When "McKenzie" suffered a severe beating with a hammer at the hands of her boyfriend,...

March 15, 2012

Man ticketed after taking cat for a jog, then tethering it to a rock

Video: Cat behaviorist Jackson Galaxy explains how to read a cat's body language I've venture...

February 2012

February 24, 2012

Update on 9News anchor Kyle Dyer, who was bit by dog on live TV

Last week, I told you about Colorado’s 9NEWS morningKyle Dyer, who two weeks ago was bitten in...

February 22, 2012

Cat and dolphins playing (video)

This video is "an oldie but goodie," as my cat-crazy friend Beth Adams Pitoniak said when someone...

February 22, 2012

Why puppy mills and pit bull breeders both produce “disposable dogs”

One of our local news station in Rochester, NY, 13WHAM news, did a two part...

February 20, 2012

News anchor Kyle Dyer bitten in the face by dog; what we can learn from this tragic situation

On February 8, Colorado's 9NEWS morning Kyle Dyer was bitten in the face by a dog while...

February 10, 2012

Ohio removes “pit bull” from state’s definition of dangerous dog

It's a happy day for opponants of breed specific legislation: Ohio has changed the state's...

February 03, 2012

Animal cruelty and the problem of cockfighting (video)

This week has seen a lively discussion about wholesale commercial dog breeding facility planned for...

February 03, 2012

Readers speak out on the Gorham dog breeding facility

2/4/12 ** PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU READ THIS UPDATE: What you can do about animal...

February 02, 2012

Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter

It happened today at 7:20 AM on Gobbler's Knob, PA. Punxatawney Phil, the prognosticating groundhog, crawled...

February 01, 2012

Large “wholesale” dog breeding facility (puppy mill) approved for Gorham, NY

** UPDATE 3/22/12: Moratorium passed! Read more here! ** ** PLEASE BE SURE YOU READ...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Bake a cake to celebrate the Dog Whisperer’s 150th episode and you could win a call from Cesar Millan

OK, Cesar Millan fans, enemies and cake bakers extraordinaire: What I am about to say...

January 30, 2012

Are pet adoption rules too restrictive? And is a pet store your only other option?

Back in December I did a story on how animal activists have been working to...