End the annual dog holocaust. An estimated 3-4 million healthy shelter pets are euthanized each year because they don’t find a home. Only about 30 percent of pets in homes come from shelters or rescues. Unless you absolutely know that your breeder is responsible, why not adopt a dog? For starters, rescue dogs are not nearly as likely […]
It’s time to explain the origin of the name Adventure Buddies of Pick-Up Dogs fame. Five years ago, my then girlfriend-now wife Kirsten and I had left Marcos and Lupe, my two rescue pups, and headed to Mexico. It was tough to leave the dogs behind but we did, cringing as we packed the suitcases. […]
Lu’s plumage, her long tail, wildflowers, and Mount Hood in the background. Mount Hood morning. Mount Jefferson and the Cascade crest accented with a slight fog. Ponderosa pines along a ridge in Central Washington. Marcos and Kirsten with the absolutely enormous Mount Rainier some 60 miles into the background. Mount Baker with glaciers unfolding […]
The book is called “Pick-Up Dogs” (Click here to buy the book) and it is a half academic, half personal journey into what our relationship with dogs tells us about our relationship with the world. Do we try and tame our pets and the world to our every whim, or do we open ourselves up to […]
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