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We frequently receive insightful, amusing and thought-provoking letters and essays—the only downside is we can’t print them all. Now, rather than keep these wonderful stories in a drawer, we’re making them available here.
 

A tribute to Ike on Your 7th Birthday!
by Trish Rowett

[a poem]

When you entered our lives who would have guessed that our humble abode would become truly blessed! 

When I first saw your face, those gigantic feet...My firsts thought was “holy crap” how much will he eat?

Fast-forward to age 7:

Mounds of your discarded fur on the floor, a fastidious cleaner I am no more!

Horizontal streaks of mud on the walls...I guess that’s the payback for having “snipped” off your balls! (sorry ‘bout that)

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Increasing Our Compassion Footprint
by Marc Bekoff, PhD

Our relationships with animals are challenging, complicated, frustrating, awkward, ambiguous, paradoxical and range all over the place.We already know a lot about animals’ lives and what they want, more than we often give ourselves credit for.

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Show & Tell: Gavin
by Linda Wilson

This is our Cairn Terrier, Gavin. Our rescue boy is a seven-year-old who was once afraid of everything and everyone. Now he’s parading with the Fort Collins Pipe Band, wearing a band uniform and smiling for the camera, with his pal Davey.

If Just One Day We Could Be a No Kill Nation
by Daniela Durst

Danielle Durst is 13-years-old and lives in Michigan. When she read about “Just One Day,” the effort to stop all euthanasia in shelters (to be a no kill nation) for one day at least, on June 11, she was inspired to write this poem.

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Hot Wheels for Kodi
by The Kaufman family

Being outdoors was becoming more of a chore than a luxury for Kodi. We watched his quality of life diminishing and wanted to find a way to help him. In searching for a solution, we came across Handicappedpets.com. Though skeptical at first about the Walkin’ Wheels’ ability to assist a dog Kodi’s size, we had everything to lose. It was worth a shot.

Doggone Bloat
by Gretchen Stohl

Fortunately for me, I caught my Weimaraner, Eva, in the act of bloating, and it only took 10 minutes to get her to the emergency veterinary clinic.

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