NATIONAL DOG DAY AUGUST 26TH

Tomorrow is National Dog Day. It will be a great day to kiss, salute, hug or recognize the special roles that dogs play (played) in our lives. You can read more about it here:

National Dog Day

ANIMAL RESCUE GROUPS

Animal rescue groups serve a wonderful purpose. The people who work at these rescue groups typically perform countless hours of behind the scenes volunteer (usually) work. The end results include fabulous, furry or unfurred friends for many people and animals whose lives have been saved.

I got my dog Pappy (see below) from the North East Boston Terrier Rescue Group. As a veterinarian I can confidently say that he is the BEST DOG ever! I had the opportunity to work as a vet at a NYC adoption event, Adoptapalooza, a couple of weeks ago and I interviewed a number of people who work with various rescues. I hope to showcase these videos in the ensuing posts.

HEARING ABOUT LOST PETS WITHOUT IDS BREAKS MY HEART

Last night I received a call from my neighbors to tell me that they found a lost dog. The adorable little dog in the photo below did not have a collar or any tags to identify him or his pet parents. He could be microchipped but it would expedite things if he had a collar with an address and phone number to contact his pet parents.

Perhaps he was set free by his pet parents. I hope that is not the case because having a pet is a responsibility that must be taken very seriously. If anyone wants to surrender a pet, please, please, please consider finding a rescue group that may take your dog rather than setting him/her free to fend for him/her self in the unknown streets.

Do you know of any really good rescue groups?

I WAS RESCUED BY A RESCUE DOG

In two days, I will be celebrating a very special day. August 6, 2016 marks the five year anniversary that my dog Pappy came into my life (I also celebrate his birthday that day). I adopted him from the Northeast Boston Terrier Rescue. The truth is that Pappy rescued me during a very tumultous time of my life. It was a difficult time because it was hard for me to accept my mother’s advancing dementia and my career future was unclear. I was dealing with two important issues that had unpredictable and uncontrollable outcomes. All of my life I felt as though I had control over the carefully planned results in my life. Then these (and other) realities taught me some pretty tough lessons. My best companion ever (yes including boyfriends:)) was there for me every step of the way.

Happy anniversary Pappy, I love you!