Monday, May 16, 2011
A spotlight on pets who are looking for a good home.
Duke is a leggy, lanky dog. He’s long and lean, and looks like he’d match the long-legged swagger of a cowboy in chaps. That works, since the staff at Defenders of Animal Rights, where Duke is sheltered, think he’s part cattle dog. “They were bred to herd the cattle, way back in the day,” said Ashley Citrano, an animal care tech at Defenders, the Phoenix, MD shelter at 14412 Old York Rd. Duke looks like he’d be at home on the range. Duke started his life as a member of a homeless litter of puppies, rescued from an out-of-state high-kill shelter, and brought to Defenders. The staff named the three puppies Snap, Crackle and Pop. Duke was Crackle. A beautiful, sleek, brindle dog, he was quickly adopted, and so were his siblings. Sadly, after …
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
See what it costs to protect your pet.
Microchipping is a common practice offered by many veterinarians, shelters, kennels, breeders and rescue organizations. But it's scarily high-tech to some of us, who still think that using a pooper-scooper with a long handle is the height of pet-care technology. But microchipping is fast, painless, and can easily help recover a lost pet. What’s microchipping? It’s the injection of a tiny implant, about the size of a grain of rice, under a pet's skin, usually around the back of its neck and between its shoulder blades. The microchip uses radio frequency to identify the animal’s information when swiped with a scanner, so a pet can be quickly returned to its owner. Dogs and cats are the most common household pets to be microchipped, but pet …
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Saturday, April 16, 2011
The Maryland SPCA holds its annual fundraiser on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Walking your dog can be more than just a fun afternoon activity. It could save lives. Sunday is the Maryland SPCA’s 16th annual March For the Animals, at Baltimore's Druid Hill Park. Starting at 9 a.m. tomorrow, you can register for this fundraiser that benefits Baltimore’s homeless animals. Enjoy a full day (from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) of animal-themed demonstrations, activities, contests and entertainment, while you walk the 1.5 mile loop around Druid Hill Park. Bring your dogs, of course — the SPCA’s fundraising events are friendly to the furriest members of your family. You can even bring more than dogs. Tami Gosheff, the SPCA’s special events coordinator, said, “One group of people bring a gigantic turtle every year. Sometimes people …
Nick DiMarco
2:52 pm on Thursday, April 28, 2011
Hi Ms. Kelly, the article has been updated to accurately reflect the price of microchipping at your hospital. We apologize for the initial miscommunication. more ›