Posey holidaying-schnauz. #schnauzer #minischnauzer #dogstagram (at Airey’s Inlet)
Awesome!
Schnauzers are the best.
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SUBMISSION REQUEST - As a “thank you” to longtime followers and a “hello” to new followers, I’d love to see some recent photos of your dog(s). Some background info would be great too (name, breed, how you got he/she, etc.) Anything would be great, really.
Thanks, and looking forward to seeing some great pictures!
PUPPY SURVIVES ONE MONTH IN IMPOUNDED CAR - “A 12-week-old puppy found locked in an abandoned car survived by eating scraps of McDonald’s food for almost a full month…”
A 12-week-old Schnauzer mix, now named Kia, was left in an abandoned car that had been towed to an impound lot in Kansas City almost one month ago. Fortunately, workers discovered her and she is now recovering at the Kansas City Pet Project. Kia survived by eating scraps of garbage in the car. Read more from kshb.com:
“It’s devastating to hear, and then it’s inspiring to hear at the same time,” Tori Fugate with KC Pet Project said. “Hearing how this little girl has lived in this car for this long in those conditions is just amazing.”
Animal control officers are trying to track down the puppy’s owners by tracing the car’s license plate number. They say the owners will face criminal charges if found.
The puppy, who rescuers named Kia, was discovered by an employee at the Kansas City tow lot on Monday, Fugate said. The car had been in the lot since April 8.
“She’s really scared. She has been since she got here,” Fugate said. “She’s shaking, poor thing.”
While Kia was dehydrated and emaciated, she’s expected to survive.
Not only is Kia very cute, but she is a survivor. Hopefully she recovers fully and is adopted soon. Click here for the full story and here for more about the Kansas City Pet Project.
THE VALUE OF A DOG - “Texas pet owners can be compensated only for their animal’s market worth — not their sentimental value — under a decision issued Friday by the state Supreme Court.”
The Texas Supreme Court recently ruled that dog owners can only recover damages for a dog’s market value and not “sentimental” value. This ruling prompted Diane Jennings at The Dallas Morning News to write about an old case from 1870 concerning a dog that was killed by a neighbor. The attorney who was speaking on behalf of the dog owner said:
“Gentlemen of the Jury: The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has he may lose. It flies away from him perhaps when he needs it most. A man’s reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us, may be the first to throw the stones of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.
“Gentlemen of the jury, a man’s dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fierce, if only he may be near his master’s side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he will lick the wounds and sores that come from encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wing and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.
”If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of his company to guard against danger, to fight against his enemies. And when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in his embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even in death.”
My dog is priceless to me but perhaps the courts would not agree. Click here for the full story from the Dallas Morning News, and here to learn more about the 1870 case from psychologytoday.com
“Every time I see a dog in a movie, I think the same thing: I want that dog. I see Skip or Lucy or Shiloh and for a moment I can’t even think about the movie’s plot. I can only think about the dog. I want to hold it, pet it, take it for walks, and tell it what a good dog it is. I want to love it, and I want it to love me. I have an empty space inside myself that can only be filled by a dog.
Not a cat. I have had cats and I was fond of them, fonder than they ever were of me. But what I want is unconditional love, and therefore I want a dog. I want to make its life a joy. I want to scratch behind its ears, and on its belly when it rolls over. I want to gently extend its tail so the dog can tell it’s a fine tail indeed. I want to give it a shampoo, and sneak it bites from the table, and let it exchange the news with other dogs we meet on the street. I want it to bark at the doorbell, be joyous to see my loved ones, shake hands, and look concerned if I seem depressed. If I throw a ball I want the dog to bring back the ball and ask me to throw it again.”
- Roger Ebert (From Ebert’s blog post dated Feb. 14, 2009)
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