This Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, National Geographic Wild will premiere the series “Heartland Docs, DVM”, a reality show featuring Hartington, NE, veterinarians and building restorers Erin and Ben Schroeder. A recent Omaha World Herald article said the couple are “Hartington vets who not only nurse local critters back to health but also have restored a […]
Remember the adorable and amazing kitty at the Nebraska Humane Society that was burned in a house fire, brought to the shelter, and had wounds repaired using fish skin? The shelter has provided the media with an update on his condition! King the cat is somewhat of a miracle. During another procedure this week, vets […]
Something popped up in town this weekend that deserves some discussion- a roadside stand that included a van full of puppies for sale from out of town. Click here to check out some discussion that happened upon folks learning of the puppy salesman. It’s a new kind of situation for us, so we’re sure it’s […]
There’s an article in last Sunday’s Omaha World Herald about breeders of companion animals. It’s important to us to let you know it’s there to read. It’s also important to us to be able to suggest some takeaways and editorialize a bit! First, we think it’s important to note that not all readers will know […]
The things our shelters and rehab centers do to get animals back in the game are amazing. Whether it’s transplanting feathers in a hawk’s wings or unique prosthesis, new medicine and procedures are unbelievable. The Nebraska Humane Society employed an amazing tactic to help out a feline burn victim and it’s awesome. We’ve heard of […]
When four puppies were stolen from Omaha’s Tully’s Kennels this week, the store manager was interviewed and cited in a KETV story saying, “We’re really looking to get the dogs back so we can make sure that they’re well taken care of.” Tom Westman, the manager, told the news station that he wasn’t concerned about […]
As the year winds down and the largest shelter in the state begins to tally up pertinent shelter statistics, the Nebraska Humane Society (NHS) reminds us of the good it does using a number of metrics. Shelter stats are available in detail at the NHS website here. In the latest edition of the shelter’s magazine, […]
We’re all familiar with the dog year as an equal to seven human years idea, yes? There’s a new way to calculate dog age that might be more accurate. “Simply put,” a recent NPR article said, “compared with humans, dogs age very quickly at first, but then their aging slows down, a lot.” An example: […]
Under an abandoned house’s porch in Missouri lived a Great Pyrenees named Grace. The 10-year-old dog had squatted there for years, reports say. And when Joy Bartling, executive director of Scatter Joy Acres, an animal sanctuary just south of Forest Lawn Cemetery in North Omaha, heard of Grace, she decided to change the dog’s address. […]
Cindy Downing’s new book, Tails From A Different Perspective, is a sampling of animal communication sessions from the animal’s point of view. In this book, you will learn about the wants, needs, hopes, dreams, passions, concerns, and sense of humor of dogs, cats, horses, birds, and more. The sessions include owls as they go through […]
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