Senior Dogs.

Caring for backyard chickens

During my second year of college, my parents and neighbor decided to get chickens together. It was a perfect arrangement – the coop ended up on her land right next to ours, allowing easy access for both households to share care for these animals. Through some trial...

Adopting other animals.

Last week, I wrote about the things to consider when adopting a dog but dogs aren’t the only animals with a long-term commitment. Cats, bunnies, chickens, fish, and so many other pets are as well and it’s vital that we stop treating these animals as disposable....

Adopting a dog.

When I was just a young one, I was obsessed with getting a dog. There was nothing I really wanted more and after years of talking about it with my parents, my mom agreed to take my sister and I to the local humane society to “just look” one day. Not too long after we...