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Help Support Banning Sales of Dogs, Cats, Rabbits at Chicago Pet Stores
cats, dogs, Featured, pet store, puppies, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale, veterinary health
IF YOU ARE A CHICAGO RESIDENT, PLEASE CONTRACT YOUR ALDERMAN HERE And offer your support of the Ordinance 2020-2087 which will close the loophole to once and for all prevent dogs, cats, rabbits to be sold at pet stores. You can simply foreword this post with this letter signed by so many humane organizations to…
Chicago Moves to Prevent Sales of Dogs, Cats and Rabbits at Pet Stores Once and For All
dog behavior, dogs, Featured, Human Animal Bond Association, pet store, puppies, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale, veterinary health
No wonder Chicago’s self-proclaimed “animal alderman” Raymond Lopez (15th ward) may have jumped to the defense of pet stores allegedly skirting the law to sell dogs in Chicago. One of the three pet stores still selling puppies is called Pocket Puppies, located at 2479 N. Clark Street in Chicago’s 43rd Ward. According to Reform for…
Hundreds of French Bulldogs Imported from Puppy Mill; Dozens Die
animal cruelty, animal hoarding, dogs, puppies, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, veterinary health
Puppy mills are found world wide. In the U.S. the outlet for the mills are dogs sold at pet stores and dogs (and sometimes, though rarely, even cats) sold online. Dogs are sometimes shipped en masse from Asia or Europe to the U.S. and Canada. Crammed together that’s how disease is so easily transmitted. There’s…
We’re Getting a Puppy: What Will Our Three Dogs Think?
dogs, human animal bond, pets, puppies, Steve Dale
Q: We have a new puppy coming to the house on Wednesday. we have three older dogs that are here and we don’t know how to introduce the puppy to the three dogs. Should we have the puppy in a crate outside and have the three dogs discover the puppy or do we just bring…
Who Rescued Who
dog training, dogs, Human Animal Bond Association, puppies, Steve Dale
So you rescue a dog, but it turns out that the dog has rescued you. Sound familiar? Dog trainer Victoria Schade has authored a novel all about that scenario, Who Rescued Who. It’s about a character who connects with the world via social media, and who isn’t really a “dog person.” And it all grew…
Mouthy Puppy: I Feel Like We Need to be More Firm
dogs, puppies, veterinary health
Q: “Cassius ‘Cash,’ is a good little boy. Sleeping through the night already and pretty well crate- trained. Potty training isn’t bad for 10-weeks old. We do need to work on our Australian Labradoodle’s nipping. Not too bad but definitely nips and at the children. We were told to just put a toy in his…
Cities Banning Sales of Dogs and Cats (and Rabbits) at Pet Stores, Even During Pandemic
cats, dogs, Human Animal Bond Association, pet store, pets, puppies, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project
While everything has been going on regarding COVID-19, several communities around the country have without fanfare banned the sales of dogs/cats sold at pet stores. Here are eight communities that from the start of the pandemic also banned these pet store sales. Council members in Olympia, WA voted unanimously to approve an ordinance to ban…
When to See Your Vet; Josh Feeney is a Dad to Rescued Six Puppies
cats, Chicago Animal Care and Control, dogs, human animal bond, pet adoption, pets, puppies, Steve Dale, veterinary health, WGN Radio
Listen HERE to Dr. Natalie Marks on my Steve Dale’s Pet World radio show on WGN, as she explains when to see the veterinarian or not. After all, you don’t want to go out if you don’t need to but you also want to insure the health of your pets. Dr. Marks notes that annual…
Dogs and Cats at Pet Stores Banned in 350 Cities
cats, dogs, Pet Products, pet store, puppies, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills
Slipping just past 350, the number of cities banning sales of dogs and cats at pet stores. And, overall across the nation adoptions and fosters for dogs and cats from shelters and rescues are way up. As you wander around town, if pet stores are open – and if they still sell dogs and cats…
Naperville, IL Does It! Bans Sales of Dogs and Cats at Pet Stores
Decoding Your Dog, dogs, human animal bond, pet adoption, puppies, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale, veterinary health
It’s happening all over the country, and now Naperville, IL has now banned the sales of dogs and cats at pet stores because of where these animals are sourced, as NO responsible breeder ever sells to a pet store. The subject has been brought up previously, dating back to 2014; the final vote was narrow,…
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