Pets Stories
Pets Stories
Gray wolves were Hu.nt.ed to Ex.tinc.tion in Colorado by the 1940s!
The environment is dependent on wolves for ecological balance. How can we LOVE our dogs and not recognized the similarities to dogs! For eight decades, the state had no apex [pr.eda.tor]. Its rivers, forests, and grazing lands shifted in their absence — quietly, incrementally, in ways that took years to measure. In November 2020, […]
Part 2: My Father Was Seventy-Five and Dying in Hospice. On His Last Night, He Asked for One Thing — to Have His Old Pit Bull Lifted Onto His Chest. What the Dog Did After My Father Stopped Breathing, and What the Dog Did One Week Later, Is Why Our Motorcycle Club Still Rides Past That Field Every Year.
I want to tell you about the Harley first, because the Harley is the thing that makes the rest of it land. When it became clear that my father’s time was measured in days, and he moved into the hospice, my father did not complain and did not rage and did not, in any way […]
A Scared Shelter Pup That Wouldn’t Let Go Of A Workers Leg Finally Gets Adopted
It can be an extremely harrowing experience for abandoned dogs to go from a cherished home to a bustling shelter environment. Imagine the fear and confusion gripping a once-beloved pet as they navigate a discord of unfamiliar noises, the absence of their favorite person, and the overwhelming uncertainty of their surroundings. In the midst of […]
Neglected Dog Tied To A Chain Never Experienced Love Until A Good Person Came In Her Life
There are so many dogs in this world who live a life without any sort of meaning or pleasure. Their owners are content with just keeping them on a leash, and they never get to do anything. But, it doesn’t have to be that way. It’s important to realize that we have the power to […]
Part 2: A Dog Spent Six Years in Our Shelter — the Longest Stay in Our History — Because Visitors Walked Past Him Like He Was Invisible. He Never Barked, Never Wagged, Never Moved. Then a Seven-Year-Old Girl Who Could Not Speak Stopped at His Glass.
I want to tell you what we believed about Ghost for six years, because we were wrong, and the wrongness is the heart of this. We believed Ghost was broken. I am not proud of that word, but it is the honest word for what we thought, and I am not going to soften it. […]
Part 2: My Transport Truck Flipped With 30 Shelter Dogs Inside and Gasoline Spreading Underneath — Then One Pit Bull Squeezed Out and Did the Last Thing I Expected
I should tell you about the gap, because the gap is the whole hinge of this, and you need to picture it exactly. When the truck came down on its side and slid, the box behind the cab took the impact along one of its top seams — which was now a side seam, facing […]