Before he was known on television, Fred Rogers was simply a son, a husband and a father. Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood celebrated its 50th anniversary. 2.19.18.
I sat down to look through my stories that I’d saved for this week’s diary and realized something...I had no helper stories about humans helping anybody. Every single story I had saved involved animals helping humans. Or just cute animal pictures. Sigh. Not good. Or was it? It’d been a while since I had an all animal diary.
When I first started this series, I did an animal one that was well received. BfitzinAR and I discussed my doing one a month. That sounded like a good idea and I chose the first Friday of the month. I don’t think I’ve stuck to that schedule at all. Maybe once? I won’t guarantee that I’ll get back on schedule, but I will let the stories guide me. This week they said “Celebrate the animals.” Let’s read…
I love me a good rescue story.
It’s apparent to anyone who meets Roscoe that the 85-pound pit bull terrier is far more interested in giving out kisses and snuggles than being a watchdog, but nothing can distract the pup when his family is in danger. www.thedodo.com/...
Dog noses are so sensitive. It’s amazing what they can be trained to detect.
Parkinson’s disease is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder that currently has no objectively approved screening method. Doctors are only able to make a diagnosis by interviewing the patient and examining their medical history – and this leaves plenty of room for error and inaccuracies.
A team of dogs on San Juan Island in Washington, however, could identify hundreds of Parkinson’s patients simply by using their noses. www.goodnewsnetwork.org/...
What a wonderful outcome from a not so good beginning.
Meet Sting, a 10-year-old retired racing greyhound who now works as a certified emotional therapy dog. Part of his duties are to have children practice their reading aloud to him, as part of the Paws To Read program at a local library in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
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Who doesn’t like cute dog faces?
Anyone who had to take a dog to the vet knows that somewhere along the way they always realize you are taking them to the worst place they could ever imagine. To everyone else, Bored Panda has collected some of the funniest pictures of our beloved four-legged friends during these exacts moments, proving their relationship with animal clinics are anything but pleasing. www.boredpanda.com/...
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Strong people stand up for themselves, but stronger people stand up for others.