For the Love of the Dog http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com Fri, 08 Mar 2019 19:07:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.7 http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/wp-content/plugins/maxblogpress-favicon/icons/favicon-101.ico For the Love of the Dog The REAL Benefits of Having a Dog http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/article/the-real-benefits-of-having-a-dog http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/article/the-real-benefits-of-having-a-dog#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2016 15:26:28 +0000 http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/?p=10746 We all know that there are many benefits to sharing our lives with our canine companions.  Dogs bring so much into our lives, added emotional, psychological and physical health but have you ever really thought about it in actual numbers?  Check it out, nice to see it so concrete… not that we ever had any […]

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]]> http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/article/the-real-benefits-of-having-a-dog/feed 2 Giving Five Precious Puppies a Chance – Hope for Paws Rescue – VIDEO http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/animal-advocacy/giving_five_puppies_a_chance http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/animal-advocacy/giving_five_puppies_a_chance#respond Mon, 07 Mar 2016 15:10:38 +0000 http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/?p=10737 When momma dog went missing two weeks earlier a kindhearted neighbor woman did what she could to help the five orphaned stray puppies but the situation wouldn’t last. Thankfully Lucky Puppy Rescue contacted Hope for Paws… Didn’t you just want to snatch those sweet little rolly polly babies up and cuddle them and love on […]

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]]> http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/animal-advocacy/giving_five_puppies_a_chance/feed 0 Dog, Man’s First Friend http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/animal-advocacy/dog-mans-first-friend http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/animal-advocacy/dog-mans-first-friend#respond Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:37:26 +0000 http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/?p=10723 Few quotes get straight to the heart of it as Rudyard Kipling’s from, “The Cat Who Walked by Himself”, a story of how first humans and first animals came together and dog became First Friend. Dog… man’s first friend and still man’s best friend. Let us honor them with the same loyalty as they honor […]

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]]> http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/animal-advocacy/dog-mans-first-friend/feed 0 Sled Thief Dog – VIDEO http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/article/just-a-dog-story/sled-thief-dog-video http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/article/just-a-dog-story/sled-thief-dog-video#respond Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:40:23 +0000 http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/?p=10727 And they say kids do the darndest things, what about dogs?  Oh my, this is one scene stealing… and sled stealing pooch… sooo funny! So we have definitely seen dogs do some amazing things from surfing to skateboarding to just being the wonderful friends and companions they always are… What’s your favorite thing about your […]

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]]> http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/article/just-a-dog-story/sled-thief-dog-video/feed 0 The Rainbow Bridge Welcomes Nico Swan http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/news-updates/the-rainbow-bridge-welcomes-nico-swan http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/news-updates/the-rainbow-bridge-welcomes-nico-swan#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2016 02:51:01 +0000 http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/?p=10721 My heart is breaking… Nico is flying free… From a story I shared in 2014 about a Dog Argentino, known as Nico, whose story began even earlier, in 2009 with a picture that had become viral… This photo is not unknown to animal lovers and rescuers. It captured the depressed and broken spirit of a […]

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]]> http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/news-updates/the-rainbow-bridge-welcomes-nico-swan/feed 2 Just LOLz… Doggy LOLz… http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/just-for-fun/just-lolz-doggy-lolz http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/just-for-fun/just-lolz-doggy-lolz#respond Wed, 27 Jan 2016 03:54:54 +0000 http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/?p=10719 The post Just LOLz… Doggy LOLz… appeared first on For the Love of the Dog.

]]> http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/just-for-fun/just-lolz-doggy-lolz/feed 0 Justice for Chloe… Finally! http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/news-updates/justice-for-chloe-finally http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/news-updates/justice-for-chloe-finally#respond Wed, 27 Jan 2016 01:14:00 +0000 http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/?p=10700 In 2012, responding to a loose dog report, cops used a catch pole to capture Chloe, a lab-pit mix.  Then the officer, Robert Price, after using a stun gun, shot Chloe 5 times, killing the beloved family pet.   Now Justice! The largest settlement in history according to the Animal Law Center, was paid to the […]

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]]> http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/news-updates/justice-for-chloe-finally/feed 0 Baby + Puppy = Happy! http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/just-for-fun/baby-puppy-happy http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/just-for-fun/baby-puppy-happy#respond Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:33:11 +0000 http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/?p=10705 What do you get when you add an adorable Frenchie, Rupert, and a precious 6 month old baby… total cuteness, a lot smiles and giggles galore! Watch how sweetly Rupert plays with the baby…

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]]> http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/just-for-fun/baby-puppy-happy/feed 0 Puppy Time http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/just-for-fun/puppy-time http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/just-for-fun/puppy-time#respond Mon, 25 Jan 2016 17:34:28 +0000 http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/?p=10712 Every now and then we all need a little puppy time… admittedly, my “puppies” are 12 and 13 but to me they are and will always be my puppies.  In this case, the puppies really are just baby puppies and about as cute and precious as babies can be…

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]]> http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/just-for-fun/puppy-time/feed 0 Flint – From Emaciated Stray to “Potato Dog” http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/animal-advocacy/flint-from-emaciated-stray-to-potato-dog http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/animal-advocacy/flint-from-emaciated-stray-to-potato-dog#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2014 00:10:42 +0000 http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/?p=10659 Imagine driving down the street and seeing a dog in obviously desperate need of help; dirty, emaciated with ribs, hips and spine poking out, scuffed and scarred up, scared and in such sad shape that he’s practically oblivious to his surroundings just wandering down the street.  This is the beginning of Flint’s story, at least […]

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