“Hero” Dog Who Helped 5 Others Escape From Hoarding Finds The Perfect Home

4 days ago | iHeart Dogs

Animal hoarding is a very serious form of cruelty. Sadly, an estimated 250,000 animals fall victim to this phenomenon every year. Animals in hoarding situations suffer without...
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Hero Dog Fights Off Knife-Wielding Intruder to Protect Her Family

5 days ago | iHeart Dogs

It was every parent's nightmare. On the evening of March 25, Wylie, Texas couple Amber and Taylor Newsom were getting their daughters ready for bed when they heard their dog...
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Dog Impolitely Achieves His Dream Of Becoming A News Reporter

6 days ago | iHeart Dogs

Dogs can have dreams just like we do. And many of them probably want to do human things to be more like their loved ones. But is it possible for dogs to want a job? A dog in...
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Family Creates Bed On Wheels For Elderly Dog's Adventures

6 days ago | iHeart Dogs

As dogs age, a lot can change in their personalities and abilities. They might slow down and prefer a good nap over a game of fetch, which is okay! But just because a dog is a...
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An Adoption Story: Happily Ever After

19 days ago | The Scoop

Pete Holmes and Lucy For a guy in a tough profession, Pete Holmes has a tender spot for animals in need. The City Attorney for Seattle has adopted many animals into his own...
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Pets Are Not Allowed. But Why?

29 days ago | The Scoop

Image By: Michael Hubbard, SAS Customer Service Representative By Kevin Mack, SAS Animal Control Officer and naturalist. In addition to requiring that dogs and other pets be on...
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Polymorphisms in canine immunoglobulin heavy chain gene cluster: a double‐edged sword for diabetes mellitus in the dog

30 days ago | Animal Genetics

Summary Insulin deficiency diabetes in dogs is an endocrine disease similar to human type 1 diabetes. There are breeds more commonly affected, such as Yorkshire Terrier and...
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Polymorphisms in canine immunoglobulin heavy chain gene cluster: a double‐edged sword for diabetes mellitus in the dog

1 month ago | Animal Genetics

Summary Insulin deficiency diabetes in dogs is an endocrine disease similar to human type 1 diabetes. There are breeds more commonly affected, such as Yorkshire Terrier and...
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23 “Vicious” Guard Dogs Who Don't Need Their “Beware Of Dog” Signs

2 monthes ago | iHeart Dogs

A lot of the time, when you pass a yard fence with a “Beware Of Dog” sign posted on it, it's just there as a deterrent or a heads up for the mail carrier. Occasionally though...
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Clinical Case Challenge: Canine Fever with Shifting Leg Lameness and Travel History

2 monthes ago | Tufts University | 2 articles

A 1-year-old Labrador retriever had fever, lethargy, and shifting leg lameness.
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Identification of a large dataset of SNPs in hair‐fin anchovy based on RAD‐seq

Summary Hair‐fin anchovy is an economically important fish distributed in the West Indian Ocean and the Northwest Pacific Ocean. In this study, 154 individuals in eight... Read more ...

Parsing the microRNA genetics basis regulating skeletal muscle fiber types...

Summary Muscle fibers are closely related to human diseases and livestock meat quality. However, the genetics basis of microRNAs in regulating muscle fibers is not completely... Read more ...

Birds from Britannia by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

With the sad passing of Prince Philip this week I thought I should share with you a book that we own that he wrote. This book was gifted by my father, Philip, to his father... Read more ...

Gracie

Put your paws in the air to greet Star Kit, Gracie. She is 9 weeks old from Covington, WA. During pandemic we had a tough time adopting a kitten after my special golden died of... Read more ...

Millions of Red-eyed Vireos, Eastern Kingbirds, Chimney Swifts in Costa...

Birds are arriving in North America, flying from places far to the south. Many come from Central America, a good number fly much further. When birding in parks and woodlots of... Read more ...

Arthur

Please put your paws together and welcome Star Kit, Arthur. He is 7 months old from Watertown, South Dakota. I got Arthur after my previous cat had passed away. We got him from... Read more ...

'Haunted Victorian Child' Dog Wins Hearts Via Hysterically Honest Adoption Post

Prancer hates men, other animals and has created a "demonic Chihuahua hellscape" in his foster's home. Read more ...

The Healthy Hound Newsletter 62

In This Issue ● Are Dog Years Real? ● Hybrid Dog vs. Mutt ● Why Grapes Are Toxic To Dogs ● 8 Ways You Annoy Your Dog ● Is Your Vet Doing A Good Job? ● Protect Your Dog From... Read more ...