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Dog Licking Face

Do You Let Your Dog Lick Your Face?

How do you feel about letting your dog lick you in the face (or elsewhere!)? It turns out there are many sides to the answer and expert opinions aside, people seem to embrace dog kiss as a welcome sign of affection. This week on DOG TALK we replayed an “evergreen” show about whether you should allow
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Cat Sweet Be a looking into the mirror

Former Stray Cat Struts the Stage

When people think of animal performers, they often imagine pedigreed pets trained to perfection. However, one little cat in Washington, D.C. defied all those stereotypes and became a star actress on stage – even gaining her own fans and following! About six or seven years ago, a shelter called Susan Galbraith a few days after
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Halo and Vitacost Celebrate Plant-based Lifestyle at VegFest Expo

VegFest is a celebration of the health, environmental, and animal welfare benefits of a plant-based lifestyle showcasing plant-based cuisine and cruelty-free products that are part of a vegan lifestyle. Last month, Halo partnered with Vitacost, an online retailer for healthy products, to showcase Halo’s Garden of Vegan, a holistic alternative diet for protein sensitive dogs. Our vegan recipe is a
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When dogs are on the kitchen counter

Joe. Maisie. And The Cheese.

This is a little story about how dogs learn, and especially how we can communicate to them certain behaviors, which displease us. Most importantly, it’s a story about how/when/if to reprimand a dog for having engaged in one of those behaviors. This story is especially useful for new dog owners, or those whose ideas about
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Mother Dog and Pup Help Rescuers Find Missing Toddler

A toddler wandering off in the evening as the sun is setting is every parent’s worst nightmare. When a small boy did just that on a cold October evening in Minnesota, it was terrifying. Thankfully, due to the heroic actions of a springer spaniel dog and her own puppy, one little boy’s wandering had a
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