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Choosing adoptable pit bulls to sponsor

08•08•13

We had an interesting conversation on Facebook earlier in the week about whether it's better to sponsor a pup at a shelter or pay the adoption fee for a dog. There were some strong sentiments, and it got me thinking and researching. There will be more on this in the future, but if you have an opinion, please share! That being said, the resounding vote was to keep sponsoring adoptable pit bulls

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Filed Under: Animal Welfare, OMD! Tagged With: adopt-a-bull, pit bulls

Addicted to Instagram!

08•07•13

I've never been so good about Wordless Wednesday posts. It just goes against my nature to leave things wordless! However, now that I've discovered the FUN that is Instagram... maybe I'll have more wordless pics to share. (Of course, it took me 3 sentences to say I might not say much.) Here are some of my recent Instagram pics. Like I said: FUN! Are you on Instagram? Let's connect! I love

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Filed Under: OMD!, Puppy Love: All about my dogs

Emmett’s last day of pet therapy

08•06•13

Emmett is a retired therapy dog

For three years, in his role as a therapy dog, Emmett visited with a group of kids who were residents at a mental health hospital near town. Once a week, we'd spend an hour with 15 kids aged 8 to 11. They snuggled him, hugged him, kissed him, requested trick after trick after trick. He doled out high fives until he was too tired to lift his arm! They trained him to jump through a hula hoop

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Filed Under: OMD!, Puppy Love: All about my dogs Tagged With: emmett, pet therapy, therapy dogs

Can helping animals make you healthier? Yep!

08•02•13

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What is the difference between a meaningful life and a happy life? Turns out, quite a bit... at least, at the biological level. In a study published last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researches worked with a large group of people over a month to determine how people saw their lives: happy or not, purposeful or not. They "found that happiness is associated with

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Filed Under: Animal Welfare, OMD! Tagged With: animal welfare, rescue, resources

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