Dear Cathy, One of your readers wrote to you about having trouble with an aggressive male toy poodle after many years with a ...

April 30 is National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day, celebrated annually to raise awareness for the millions of animals waiting in shelters to find their fur-ever homes. The day aims to encourage people to ...

October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, and you or your family may be thinking about adding a pet to the mix. Veterinarian Dr. Rebekah Hartfield spoke with Dave Davis about some things to consider ...

I adopted my rescue dog thinking I was giving him a better life. What I didn’t expect was how much he would change mine. In the days I felt lost, he gave me routine, purpose, and a reason to keep ...

Whether you're looking for a loyal pal to take on a hike or to catch your favorite Netflix series with, a senior dog may be that perfect plus one. While people oftentimes turn to a puppy to take home, ...

Which is the more ethical course: honoring the system’s ageist rules, or bending those rules in service of compassion? By Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah has been The New York Times Magazine ...

It was a moment I couldn’t ignore. A senior dog, Chiquita, was being surrendered to a shelter. The video showed her former owner explaining that she no longer recognized them and had started growling.

Dear Eric: I wanted to respond to your advice to “Lonely At Night”, whose marriage was in trouble and whose husband refused to be physical. The letter writer wanted to get a dog for company, to which ...

With the help of PetSmart, Victoria County Animal Services (VCAS) is celebrating National Dog Adoption week. Since Monday, VCAS adoption coordinator Sheridan Larson has taken around four dogs every ...

MERRIMACK – Chocolate. Onions. Avocados. Grapes. These nibbles and many more ingestibles are toxic to dogs, so said the canine poison control experts among 23 vendors of all things canine or feline at ...