Category: Pets

The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Begins This Weekend

View of Madison Square Garden arena during Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

Calling all dog show lovers! The historic 150th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show – sponsored by Purina Pro Plan – is set to air this weekend on Fox Sports. The show will air live over three days from Madison Square Garden and the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, kicking off Saturday, January 31, with the “Masters […]

The Seeing-Eye Guide Dog Program Celebrates its 97th Anniversary

Man holding walking stick in one hand and leash of seeing eye dog yellow Lab in the other

Since before World War II, guide dogs have been utilized worldwide. Dorothy Harrison Eustis, an American dog breeder residing in Switzerland, wrote about a guide dog program in Potsdam, Germany, in 1927. The article, about dogs being taught to be ears and eyes for German World War I veterans, was featured in “The Saturday Evening […]

January is National Unchain a Dog Month – What that Means and Why it’s Important

Dog alone, chained up and sad

The entire month of January is known as National Unchain A Dog Month.  This national pet holiday was created in order to raise awareness to the hardship that dogs may face in winter weather. And January is the perfect time for it, too – perhaps you’ve noticed (or are experiencing) some frigid temps this month. […]

Critically Endangered New Zealand Parrot Set to Go on first Breeding Frenzy in Four Years

Green New Zealand Kakapo parrot stares into camera

A critically endangered, flightless parrot species is breeding for the first time in four years in New Zealand, officials announced Jan. 6. As Live Science reports, the Kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) are large, flightless, nocturnal parrots with mottled green and yellow plumage that only breed every two to four years. Their breeding seasons are triggered by the […]

Alex the Great’s Legacy Continues with Bunny Cafe Opening in San Francisco

Light Brown Flemish Giant Rabbit

Attention pet lovers! San Francisco’s most famous rabbit, Alex the Great, has been honored with a new rescue-focused bunny cafe, that features rescued and adoptable bunnies ready to give an receive all the love you have to spare. The Life & Legacy of Alex the Great “Alex the Great” was a famous therapy rabbit in […]

This January, consider bringing an Abandoned, Homeless Bird into your Home

bright multi-colored parrot in front of an orange yellow sunset

You probably didn’t know this, but January is National Adopt a Rescued Bird month, a great time to bring a new avian companion into your home. There are literally thousands of abandoned, homeless birds out there in need of adoption, and with the aid of the Internet, you can actually see and learn about them […]