Well all of us pit bull and Rottweiler owners survived last year’s attempt at breed specific legislation (BSL). For many of us one of our mantras became the statistics at which our dogs pass the American Temperament Testing Society’s temperament tests. For pit bulls in 2008 85.3% passed the stringent temperament evaluation with the Rotts [...]

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Bishop is our foster dog. He’s been with us for just over a month now, and we’ve learned a few interesting things about him. There is a minor health footnote; he has two inverted nipples that, some time in his past, became infected and developed scar tissue around them, so they’ll require frequent cleaning for [...]

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A little over four months ago I wrote a post just after I brought a new puppy into my house. At that time I wanted to remind myself why I had decided to bring this dog home. Last night, for completely different reasons, I needed to remind myself again why I foster. I needed to [...]

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Sometimes, try as we might, we cannot predict the future. And I have to say I feel foolish actually believing Debbie could really be a “normal” dog. I sit here typing this, ruminating as my thumb throbs, thankful that I never really ever trust her. I can’t. I don’t think Debbie even trusts herself. Oddly, [...]

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Bringing an End to Human/Animal Violence. Every day in counties across Minnesota, animals become victims of domestic abuse. In domestic violence situations, abusing pets is a damaging and terrifying way for a batterer to control, intimidate, and hurt other members of the family. In a number of states, the definition of domestic violence includes abuse [...]

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