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Meet Downtown Dog Walker, Sarah Kocsis

August 9, 2016 Eric Forrest 0

Busy working professionals love their animals just as much as everyone else, but schedules are sometimes difficult to maneuver, especially if said professionals live far away from where they work. If you are one of those folks with a dog and you live downtown, keeping your dog active and engaged throughout your long days away […]

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Don’t let the name fool you- Cuterebras aren’t cute

August 7, 2016 Savannah Behrends 0

Recently, the Nebraska Humane Society (NHS) released a video that warned, the content “may be too graphic for some-discretion advised.”  The video took viewers through the extraction of a Cuterebra from a stray kitten’s nose. See the video here. Cuterebras are large, non-feeding flies that use small mammals as incubators for their offspring. Despite the […]

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Meet the volunteers from NHS’s Yappy Pack

August 2, 2016 Savannah Behrends 0

It was 9:30 in the morning and Hope Wicken sat at the top of the Nebraska Humane Society’s east meadow, looking over dogs and their owners like a lifeguard at a pool. She knows nearly all of the 50 dogs at the doggy play date hosted by Yappy Pack on Saturdays. “Bilbo’s pooping over there,” […]

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Take a look at your next book of stamps

August 1, 2016 Eric Forrest 0

On August 2, 2016, the national launch and official dedication of the “Pets” Forever stamps will take place. The USPS has printed more than 400 million of the stamps and they will go on sale nationwide, August 2, 2016. So. There should be no doubt which book you’ll ask for next time you’re at the […]

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Take a look at your next book of stamps

August 1, 2016 Eric Forrest 0

On August 2, 2016, the national launch and official dedication of the “Pets” Forever stamps will take place. The USPS has printed more than 400 million of the stamps and they will go on sale nationwide, August 2, 2016. So. There should be no doubt which book you’ll ask for next time you’re at the […]

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NE Dachshund Rescue has 17 new Doxies who need fosters

August 1, 2016 Eric Forrest 0

Nebraska Dachshund Rescue just took in seventeen new faces. “We are in desperate need of foster homes in Omaha, Lincoln, and surrounding areas,” a recent Facebook post said. These doxies, and others in the rescue’s care, need quality foster homes in and around Omaha. Foster homes are required to attend area adoption events with the […]