A Sitting For a Cause Blog Featuring All Things Pet-Related
Editor’s Note: Please help me in welcoming our newest intern, Danica! Danica is a senior at Portland State University where she majors in Liberal Studies and minors in Writing. She has one dog at home, though she’d have more if her landlord would allow her. It’s okay though, her dog Chichi gives her as much love as a hundred dogs combined. […]
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Editor’s Note: Please help me welcome our newest intern, Brooke Wall! Brooke is a native Houstonian and is currently attending Sam Houston State University. She is an honors student majoring in English. Currently her family has no pets due to a recent loss, but they do raise chickens. When I was fourteen I wanted a cat more than anything in the […]
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Editor’s Note: Please welcome our newest intern, Abigail Green! Abbey lives in Crossville, TN and attends Tennessee Technological University where she is majoring in English. She lives with her family and her cat, Mr. Kitty. If someone asked me what my favorite animal was, without hesitation I would answer “a cat”. Over my lifetime I have been blessed to be family […]
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I always had a dog growing up, and to me, it was one of the treasured memories of my childhood. Whether it was running through hot, hazy days of a New England summer with a romping dog bounding joyfully behind me or sleeping with a faithful canine companion curled around my feet, I simply enjoyed the beautiful uncompromising love that only […]
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When you’re looking for a pet, it can pay to know what sort of options you’ll have available. The American Kennel Club has posted their list of the most popular dog breeds, and this can serve as a great guide to what sort of dogs are the most desired by pet owners. Those that grace the top of the list […]
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Animal shelters operate with all of the support, time, and help they can get, and they are always on the lookout for people who can make the lives of the animals they take care of easier! Not all of us have the ability to foster or adopt pets, but there are always things we can do to help out our […]
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When trying to spread awareness about the need for good homes for animals in need of adoption, catching people’s attention with a funny or well placed advertisement can go a long way. They can both awareness for the plight of shelter animals and bring a little humor or empathy to someone’s day. There are many memorable advertisement campaigns out there, […]
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When people think of animals shelters, they don’t often think about the variety of animals they will find when they visit. The truth is, there is a surprising number of different types of animals available, from smaller animals, to the more common ones we expect to find, to even livestock! It pays to keep in mind all of the different […]
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Animal shelters have many challenges facing them in their quest to unite abandoned animals with good homes. Battling people’s preconceived notions about rescue pets, public ignorance over curbing animal overpopulation, lack of centralized funding for these non-profit shelters, and the staggering number of animals all contribute to a veritable host of problems to surmount. One of the best ways to […]
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Editor’s Note: Please welcome our newest inter, Troy Nikander. Troy is from New Hampshire and is a senior at Franklin Pierce University, majoring in English with a double minor in Psychology and History. He currently doesn’t own any pets, but would love to adopt a dog after college. When I was growing up, I was very afraid of dogs, especially medium or […]
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