An influx in the number of dogs and cats at the City of Calgary’s animal services centre has prompted the City to reduce adoption rates this weekend in recognition of national Adopt a Shelter Pet day. Beginning Saturday, April 28 and continuing through Monday, April 30, the cost of adopting a dog or cat from…

In the wake of the terrible tragedy in the U.S.’s deadliest mass shooting in Las Vegas, therapy dogs are arriving en masse to comfort those in need. Dozens of comfort dogs from all over North America are there to help lend their support. The dogs, from various charity groups, such as Lutheran Church Charities, are…

Almost a year ago, we got a new-to-us puppy, a yellow lab named Daisy. She’s a good dog, we think, and has been right from the beginning. But she’s a puppy, and as our trainer constantly reminds us, puppies are knuckleheads. Adorable, enthusiastic, and sweet-as-can-be knuckleheads, but knuckleheads all the same. We’ve been working diligently…

Kelly Frankenburg specializes in newborn and infant photography at her home-based studio, 11 Sixteen Photography, in Richmond, Virginia. Usually those newborns are human, but when she started fostering a rescued Chihuahua and her 3 puppies, she knew a photo shoot was in order. Image courtesy of 11 Sixteen Photography Frankenburg and her family recently started…