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Rocket Dog Rescue saved Pigeon’s life, now she’s ready to be part of yours

Ms. Pigeon is probably one of the most special dogs you will ever meet. This tiny girl is a muscular short stack, standing no taller than the average person’s knee. (Like my Skylar Grey, she’s a low rider, built like a perfect little teapot, short and stout.) Pigeon is a beautiful dog, around two to […]

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The Adventures of Skylar Grey

Chapter 10: The five faces of Skylar Grey

Though Skylar can be shy, she has never been camera shy — which is a good thing because I take so many photos for this column. When it came time for her My Mutt poster, Pet Food Express sent photographer Mark Rogers to my house. Sky warmed up to Mark quickly, and he was amazed […]

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Janet Song: California Pit Bull Rescue

How did you get involved with rescue and how long have you been doing it? I accidentally became a pit bull guardian and realized that all of the myths I had believed were untrue. I found them to be the dogs most in need of help and one thing led to another. I’ve been involved […]

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Mews Briefs: Frankenmutts, walking dead, and throwaway dogs

LABRADOODLE INVENTOR REGRETS CREATING FRANKENMUTT CRAZE While working as the puppy-breeding manager at the Royal Guide Dog Association of Australia during the late 1980s, Wally Conron needed to come up with a solution for a woman in Hawaii with vision problems and a husband who was allergic to fur. After 33 failed attempts in three […]

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Ask the Meatman: smoked beef bones, shanks and tendons

If your dog loves treats with a smoky flavor like Skylar does, it won’t be able to resist these. Ask the Meatman owner Craig Meyer uses only bones, shanks, and tendons from beef raised in the United States for human consumption. Each piece is trimmed by hand then smoked in Meyer’s own smokehouse in Jackson, […]

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Sherri Franklin: Founder and Executive Director, Muttville Senior Dog Rescue

How long have you been involved with animal rescue? 20 years. How did you get involved with rescue? I started volunteering at the SF/SPCA in the 1990s as a dog behavior volunteer, but I have always been involved in animal welfare. I began caring for dogs that were considered unadoptable because of age, medical problems, […]

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The Adventures of Skylar Grey

Chapter 11: A bed for Little Blockhead

Hold on, to me as we go As we roll down this unfamiliar road And although this wave is stringing us along Just know you’re not alone Cause I’m going to make this place your home — “Home,” by Phillip Phillips After Jazzy passed away, I packed all of her special toys in her toy […]