Month: September 2021

|In: Catahoula Leopard Dog|Last Updated:
How to browse your dog’s mind

I zip my suitcase gradually, striving to disguise the audio but even so, I hear a stirring from the dwelling area couch, and then four feet clamoring up the stairs, her tail rhythmically hanging the baluster.  My pet Mathilde finds me in the bed room and gazes with a fifty percent-concerned, half-accusatory glimpse, aimed very first at me, then at the suitcase, and then back again at me once more.  

“It is all right, really don’t fear,” I say, attempting to disguise my annoyance that she caught me striving to cover from her that I was leaving.  Of study course, I leave normally to go to my office or to the gym — but my briefcase or gym bag do not incite in her the same nervous glance.  In those people cases, she doesn’t hassle relocating from her spot on the sofa, understanding, I presume, that it will never be

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|In: Animal Rescue|Last Updated:
East Tennessee woman stays in Afghanistan to save military contract dogs

The Clinton native is working to evacuate military contract dogs left in Afghanistan following the American withdrawal.

Posted by WVLT on Friday, September 3, 2021

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – An East Tennessee woman said she refused multiple opportunities to escape Afghanistan in an effort to save military contract dogs left behind during the hasty American withdrawal.

Clinton, Tennessee native Charlotte Maxwell-Jones is the director and founder of Kabul Small Animal Rescue in Kabul, Afghanistan, where she has lived for 11 years.

She said she’s staying behind until roughly 130 dogs, about 50 of which are military contract dogs, are safely evacuated.

“They’re my responsibility and I love them and I care for them. I think there’s a less chance of recovering them if I’m not here,” said Maxwell-Jones.

Maxwell-Jones told WVLT News that military contract dogs, like working dogs owned by the military, are trained to sniff bombs and perform

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|In: Terrier Dog|Last Updated:
Lucy, a Schnauzer-terrier mix, identified a lot more than a month following disappearing
Lucy the terrier

The Bratspis family members is entire once more.

Their doggy Lucy, a Schnauzer-terrier mix who ran from the scene of a two-car or truck crash on July 31 in Canton, was identified alive by a nearby rescue team late Friday evening.

“They received her in the vet to start with detail this morning,” said Brian Bratspis. “She’s remaining checked out. So considerably, so fantastic.” 

Lucy dropped additional than 20% of her human body excess weight, but Bratspis stated she looks good in the shots he’s acquired from community rescuers and is a “genuine survivor.”

The Bratspis family, who lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, used the summertime in New Jersey but were being unable to very easily return with Lucy since of new airline regulations for emotional assist animals in the cabin. They booked a flight from Chicago, on which Lucy would have flown in the cargo area, and prepared to visit 

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|In: Catahoula Leopard Dog|Last Updated:
West Lafayette shedding law enforcement puppy, struggles to keep software
Stryder, K-9 officer for the West Lafayette Police Department, will be returned to his original trainers for rehabilitation.
  • West Lafayette Council has voted to return K-9 Stryder to Vaness K9 Academy for rehabilitation.
  • Stryder has been considered hazardous by 4 evaluators, based on mishandling.
  • Council is going to check out relaunching the application dependent on prior community assist.
  • Previous Chief Matthew Fohl and dog handler Officer Laurice Mans have left the division.

WEST LAFAYETTE — West Lafayette Village Council would not want to give up on a K-9 Device for the West Lafayette Police Office, but recognize it have to have to get started in excess of. 

At a special assembly Thursday, council voted to transform law enforcement doggy Stryder more than to the corporation that at first experienced him, Vaness K-9 Academy in Canton. Four evaluators said the 1-12 months-old Belgian Malinois is very risky and in need to have of rehabilitation. Even if he can be rehabilitated, Stryder would need to have an experienced handler

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|In: Tom Cat|Last Updated:
Cat called Tom Jones survives 230-mile journey after being trapped in car engine

The black and white kitten, named Tom Jones after the Welsh singer, was found by the motorist after he made a four-hour journey from South Wales to Leeds, West Yorkshire

Tom Jones was found under car bonnet four hours away from home
Tom Jones was found under a car bonnet four hours away from home

A cat used one of its nine lives after it was found hiding under a car bonnet 230 miles away from home.

The moggy named’Tom Jones, after the Welsh singer’, travelled from South Wales to Leeds, West Yorkshire – a four-hour car journey.

The driver said they heard his engine purring, but it wasn’t until he got to his destination that he saw the grease-covered cat in there.

The motorist tried to coax him out with food but when that failed he called the RSPCA.

Miraculously, the six-week-old black and white kitty was unharmed despite going on the adventure on August 12.

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