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  • HBO is now airing its downer documentary “One Nation Under Dog” that claims to be inspired by Michael Schaffer’s book, One Nation Under Dog: Adventures in the New World of […]

    OneNationUnderDog: Nothing New

    Posted on June 20, 2012 | 19 Comments
    HBO is now airing its downer documentary “One Nation Under Dog” that claims to be inspired by Michael Schaffer’s book, One Nation Under Dog: Adventures in the New World of […]

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  • There are very few homes equipped to adopt one Great Dane, let alone two. Add in advanced age and congenital blindness, and it’s not surprising that the former owners just […]

    The Burden of Blindness

    Posted on October 22, 2011 | 35 Comments
    There are very few homes equipped to adopt one Great Dane, let alone two. Add in advanced age and congenital blindness, and it’s not surprising that the former owners just […]

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  • reprint from 2/24/2008 In my recent correspondence with a pet rescuer who has yet to embrace No-Kill, I saw firsthand the phenomenon that Nathan Winograd discusses in Redemption: that we […]

    Killing for a Myth

    Posted on December 25, 2008 | 1 Comment
    reprint from 2/24/2008 In my recent correspondence with a pet rescuer who has yet to embrace No-Kill, I saw firsthand the phenomenon that Nathan Winograd discusses in Redemption: that we […]

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  • If you want to see what a “Pup-e-Mill” looks like, here’s a great example of one that has just been exposed in Montana. First, let’s look at the breeder’s website: […]

    A Pup-e-Mill

    Posted on December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment
    If you want to see what a “Pup-e-Mill” looks like, here’s a great example of one that has just been exposed in Montana. First, let’s look at the breeder’s website: […]

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  • Here at the beginning of the twenty-first century, over fifty million household dogs live in the United States. Europe houses an estimated thirty-five million. … If I add Canadian dogs […]

    Only Five Percent

    Posted on December 14, 2008 | 7 Comments
    Here at the beginning of the twenty-first century, over fifty million household dogs live in the United States. Europe houses an estimated thirty-five million. … If I add Canadian dogs […]

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