Fear Free Happy Homes
Reading Time: 4 minutesKids and pets go together like peanut butter and jelly. I should know. Our Pugs were my daughter Reagan’s best friends from the time she was born. Her canine “brothers” were there to greet her when we brought her home from the hospital, and it was no surprise that Reagan’s first word was a bark! […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesMy 10-year-old daughter Reagan has experienced a lot of pet loss in the past year. Our 12-year-old black Pug, Willy, died suddenly and unexpectedly while my husband and I were out of the country, leaving Reagan and my mother Teresa to face his loss together. Then my parents’ 16-year-old canine cocktail Quixote passed away. At […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesDog bites are underreported, so the exact yearly total isn’t known. CDC analyses estimated that in 1994 about 4.7 million dog bites occurred in the U.S., and about 800,000 people sought medical care. Children are a high-risk group, and many bites—especially involving children—happen with dogs the child knows, often in the home. That’s tragic. When […]