Lessons from a paralyzed dog

A tribute to the fastest runner in the dog park.

Paralyzed Street Dog Travels From Taiwan For A Second Chance

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How many times have you seen a picture of a sad homeless dog living in terrible conditions and said, “Someone should help that animal?” Well an animal lover from Colorado named Susan, made that comment after she saw a photo of a sick dog who was fending for himself on the other side of the globe. She spearheaded a rescue mission to give the paralyzed street dog from Taiwan a second chance.

This story originally posted in 2014, but I think the message about the strength of the human-animal bond makes it worth telling again.

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Product Review: KONG Squeezz Ball With Handle

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KONG Squeezz Ball with Handle

It’s time for Bailey’s monthly product review for Chewy.com.   Bailey is always happy to see a box delivered with her name on it, but you should have seen her face when we found a bright red tug-of-war toy from KONG tucked inside. The Squeezz Ball with Handle quickly became Bailey’s new favorite dog toy.

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Custom Pet Tags To Keep Your Dog Safe

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Last year a neighbor called me because she found the metal pet ID tag for my dog Shadow lying on the sidewalk. The tag had broken apart while we were taking a walk and I didn’t notice it was missing. This might sound silly, but discovering that Shadow’s ID tag was gone was as upsetting to me as losing my cell phone. I consider having a pet tag as my first line of defense to keep my dogs safe so I was very interested when Dura-tag™ asked me to try their new personalized photo pet tags.

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Rescue Group Asks For Help Adopting A Paralyzed Pup

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Heather is a foster mom for special needs pets for the Midwest Animal Rescue in Minneapolis, MN.  She wrote to Lessons From A Paralyzed Dog to see if our readers could help an adorable disabled dog named Kilo find his forever home.

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Cat In The Fridge Shares Story Of Special Needs Kitty

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I recently had the pleasure of “virtually” meeting a fellow blogger whose focus on helping less adoptable cats parallels the goals of Lessons From A Paralyzed Dog.  Alana Grelyak calls herself, Editor in Chief of her very funny and often sweet blog, Cat In The Fridge, that depicts the daily life her special needs cat named Crepes.  The blog also de-bunks the myths about adopting pets that are a little less than perfect on the outside, but are absolutely perfect inside.

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