Saturday, March 7, 2015
Friday, August 15, 2014
We had our family dog, Mutley, for less than a year, but we have gotten to know him..
He is tremendously nervous, all of the time. He is constantly ready to play like a puppy, but worry like an old aged animal.. He paces around the house when he is alone, does no damage, but anxiously anticipates the master or masterette to be back.. And he only seems to be at ease during the night, when the entire family is asleep. Many nights end with my son Ayden and my dog Mutley crowded in the ‘big bed’ of mom and dad, scrunched into odd contortions as my wife and I attempt to not fall to the floor due to the lack of space.
I’m not complaining.. secretly, I love it and will miss it one day when my son wants nothing to do with mom and dad, and when Mutley is too old to jump up anymore..
I love these days.
There is also something about Mutley that amazes me.. he is a harbinger.. When the air pressure changes—before rain or thunderstorms begin—Mutley begins to shake uncontrollably. He frantically attempts to find some hidden portion of the house to hide .. He gets under desks, legs, beds.. Jumps into corners of closets, and tries his best to shield his little dog body the best he can..
And there’s nothing I can do for him.. he handles it himself, but I wish I could help.
Instead, once the air pressure changes and the storm lifts, he goes back to his old semi-nervous self again.
Mutley is a good little man.. he has some more growing pains to go through, and he bites a little too much when he plays, but he respects my son Ayden and hasn’t yet done a nasty thing to him. As a matter of fact, they get along like brothers.. stealing food and playing ball. It’s good to see..
But when the rain begins—or snow in the wintertime—leave Mutley be. Until the air pressure rises again..
Saturday, May 3, 2014
For people who love goodness —and dogs— here is a little story about a dying boy and his special bond with a dog named Juno.
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Texas clinic said dog had to be killed, then kept it alive for 6 months of experiments
It sounds like the plot of a horror movie, but it’s real..
A Texas vet was supposed to put a family’s pet dog to sleep. The dog’s name was Sid. He was supposed to be put out of his misery in September 2013.
But Camp Bowie Animal Clinic doctor Lou Tierce reportedly had other plans.
The owner of the dog Marian Harris, said that Sid was being “bled” for plasma and used for other experimental treatments.
For six months..
Unbelievable and disgusting..
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/04/29/5776574/fort-worth-vet-accused-of-keeping.html?rh=1#storylink=cp
Texas clinic said dog had to be killed, then kept it alive for 6 months of experiments
Saturday, June 30, 2012
If you have not seen ONE NATION UNDER DOG yet, you should. And maybe you should not—depending on how deeply you can get into a documentary with such a horrid ending..
Dogs placed into a metal crate, altogether, as a worker without compassion turns on gas and kills them all at once—the cries from the cage are memorable and haunting.
But why care about animals? Humans have gassed Jewish people, Iraqis, Syrians.. Japanese. A brief stroll through history shows that if we treat each other like we do why would anyone think we would care for animals..?
And in the end, if you truly contemplate the prospects of what occurs in shelters and pet stores, and travel up the rabbit hole to how we treat fellow humans, you will begin to wonder: Is there a knowing God watching and judging? Maybe so .. but if so, why would this God allow such horror?