Happy holidays from Pet Harbor. Wishing you lots of cheer, good food and better company. 
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Injured Cat Finds His Way Home After 11 Days Missing
Two broken legs didn’t stop Giggle-Blizzard from finding his way home on Thanksgiving day.
A car had smashed his back legs a week ago, but Giggle-Blizzard somehow got back [home]. He knew the area from walking unleashed with [Tracie] Steger’s seven other cats and two dogs.
For the entire article, click here.
Dog Welcomes Soldier Home from Afghanistan
This week’s Friday Cuteness Overload is a video.
(Warning: If you’re a softie like me, this video may bring tears to your eyes…)
View the video by clicking here
Or by following this link: http://www.1140wrva.com/cc-common/news/videos/player.html?loc=18&pimg=&count=3&redir=yes
Michigan gets 3 new sled-dog races in 2010
Michigan is adding 3 new sled-dog races to its 2010 schedule: The Seney 400 is scheduled for Jan. 3-8 in the Upper Peninsula community of Seney, the Thunder Bay Classic is Feb. 13-14 in the Alpena area and the Copper Dog 150 is March 12-14 in Calumet.
Don’t Get a Dog for Protection
A Maryland resident, Valerie Silensky, wrote an opinion piece for the Gazette.net regarding the a suggestion made by police that getting a dog will help protect your family and deter crime.
I hate to be negative in the face of what overall is a helpful article ["Police warn residents of holiday crime," Nov. 26], but I do have to take issue with one of the suggestions apparently made by the police in the article. Get a dog for protection is not an appropriate suggestion.
Dogs are living beings who need to feel part of a family and a pack; those who get them for protection do not have the interest of the dogs’ well-being in their consciousness, and it usually shows. Moreover, most dogs are not appropriate for guard work. The police suggestion implies that people should just go out and get a dog so that she or he can scare would-be intruders away.
Click here to read the entire article.
Do you agree with what Ms. Silensky wrote?
Getting to Know You
Some of our volunteers know each other. A lot of our volunteers do not. Some assist at adoption events, while others transport or do home visits. Others groom dogs or donate or play Santa for holiday photos. Some blog :-\.
Regardless of what kind of Pet Harbor volunteer you are, have been or want to be, take a minute to introduce yourself below. In the comments section, tell us your name, what pets you have, how long you’ve volunteered and any hobbies or other info you’d like to share.
Pet Harbor's Elvira & Joey (now Devi & Noah)
Cat Food Recall
Diamond Pet Foods recalled select bags of dry cat food Tuesday after 21 reports of health problems in cats.
Select bags of Premium Edge Finicky Adult Cat and Premium Edge Hairball could lead to gastrointestinal or neurological problems for cats, because they do not contain enough thiamine, an essential nutrient for cats.
If cats fed these foods have no other source of nutrition, they could develop thiamine deficiency. If untreated, this disorder could result in death.
For the entire store, click here.