more canadian pet-supply chains sign the no-puppy-mill pledge
HSI Canada has announced a major step forward in the fight against puppy mills. PJ’s Pets and Pets Unlimited, two sizable retail chains of pet-supply stores, will no longer sell…
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what i’m reading, children’s books edition: # 5
In this post, I look at two nonfiction books for young readers. Both are featured in the current “Forest of Reading” program, a province-wide recreational reading program sponsored by the…
happy howlidays!
Love and happy holidays from all of us at chez wmtc. In 2013, raise your voice! Howl for peace, howl for justice. Howl for change.
our first video: backyard play
Finally, a video of Tala and Diego! How silly am I? Now that we have video capability, I felt sad that we don’t have video of all our past dogs,…
a good-news, bad-news update: buddha, the brockways, and iraq war resisters in canada
Last month, I took a little road trip with a few friends from the War Resisters Support Campaign, to welcome a new baby and meet a new dog. This nice…
Mourning the Death of an Old Friend
It's been almost a week since I last blogged, and since I left so abruptly some of you have been wondering where I went.And no doubt some may have feared…
Attention: dog peeps in my hood…
I don’t think there is a neighbourhood competition to see how many bags of poop can be deposited at the same stop sign. I don’t get it. You go to…
update: buddha is certified, fundraising is nearing goal
I have great news. Buddha, the dog adopted by Jeremy and Ashlea Brockway, is now an officially certified PTSD Service Dog! And we have raised slightly more than $6,000 towards…
montreal and massachusetts, polar opposites on animal welfare: please take action
This post is a classic case of “Which do you want first, the bad news or the good news?” But unfortunately for dogs and the people who love them, this…
what a dog can do: ptsd service dog fundraising update
Buddha, the service-dog-in-training, is now living permanently with the Brockways. Thank you to everyone who has helped make this possible. We’ve now raised $4,150 towards our $8,000 goal. We are…
a pit bull, a cop, and a happy ending
Now here’s something we don’t see every day, although we should, and we could. The police are called to investigate “a vicious pit bull”… and they don’t assume the story…
more puppies!
The Yukon Yahoo pups are five weeks old. And they are beyond adorable. This is the first time I’ve ever seen puppies from birth (actually from conception!) and followed their…
fundraising continues for ptsd service dog for war resister
Help a war resister adopt a service dog! So far we have raised $3,030 of the $8,000 needed. (The ChipIn page shows the amount donated online, but does not include…
puppies!!!
Congratulations to Pooh Bear! and dogsled_stacie. Yukon Yahoos has its first litter of puppies! Readers of Stacie’s blog have been following this saga since that fateful day Woody and Pooh…
a very important act you can take to "support the troops" and help a family in need
Click here to help the Brockway family adopt Buddha! Every donation makes a difference. Every dollar will move them closer to their goal. * * * * A US veteran…
happy diego day!
One year ago today, we adopted Diego. I had just gotten home from my spring New York visit. Allan and I had been looking at dogs online, and had decided…
worthington: pit bull ban is "ku klux klan law"
I hate to agree with the Sun‘s Peter Worthington, who once penned a screed against US Iraq War war resisters, as full of lies and errors as it was bluster…
dear toronto star: you suck. so does the pit bull ban.
To the editor of the Toronto Star: Thank you for printing so many excellent letters countering your terrible editorial about the Ontario Dog Owners Liability Act. The letter signed by…