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Linda Beenau: Director and Founder, Wonder Dog Rescue

How many years have you been involved with animal rescue? I began in rescue over 23 years ago, working with Nancy Ford, a Boston terrier rescue person (thus, my love of Bostons!). What are the upcoming events for Wonder Dog? We hold adoption events and are open to the public every Saturday at our office […]

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Dog for Dog treats give back with a simple philosophy: ‘You buy one. We give one’

The first time I saw Dogsbars at Pet Food Express I purchased them because I wanted to help animals. The company that makes the treats, Dog for Dog, has a straightforward mission: For every treat you buy, they donate one to a dog in need. I bought both flavors — peanut butter and blueberry — […]

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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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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, […]