It's Bark Madness 📣🐕

“If your dog thinks you’re the greatest person in the world, don’t seek a second opinion!”
- Jim Fiebig

Hey Petlovers!

Does anyone have predictions on who will win Bark Madness this year? 🏀🐶

The Siberian Huskies & Basset Hounds are both slated to make the Final Four-Legged bracket. Still, a team of Scottish Terriers may pull off an underdog upset. This will be a truly rebarkable tournament!

Look over the stats below before you make any bets.

Man Builds Cat Shelters Out of City’s Campaign Signs: Campaign signs are “difficult to recycle due to the material they’re made of.” An Idaho man whose community is struggling with a serious overpopulation of cats decided to use these signs to help. He’s turning campaign signage into makeshift shelters for the myriad cats in the area. Read more and consider whether your community could benefit from something similar!

Crowd Shows Up to Adopt Nearly 200 Dogs in Need: A large group of dogs were discovered at the home of an elderly man who could no longer care for them. 200 dogs could wreak havoc on shelters if put up for adoption. So, the community came out and supported these animals in a big way.

From Rest Stop to Cat Walk - One Cat’s Rise to Fame: Hercules the Cat was discovered at a rest stop in rural Minnesota. Rescuers tried and failed to catch him, and he disappeared into the brush in 94-degree weather. One month later, he was discovered in critical condition. Two years later, Hercules is now one of Target’s regular models.

Reishi Mushrooms have shown to be a powerful immune booster for dogs, with a range of other proposed benefits. Lianne McLeod, D.V.M. goes into depth in this expert article, discussing benefits, risks, dosages, and everything else you need to know about reishi mushrooms for dogs.

Dog Cuteness: Buster smoothly evades all of his mom’s attempts to keep him out of the pool and just. keeps. jumping. back. in.

Cat Cuteness: This kitten comfortably evades a hawk (frankly, a really terrifying one). The “cuteness” comes from the ease with which the kitten skirts back to his owner, safely inside the walls of the car. *Cat owners: this is a cautionary close call!

More Cuteness

1. “Potato” gets a new box & doesn’t quite understand it 😂

2. Pizza Crust Friday with Chooch 🍕

The last words from a man to his best friend, and “soul dog.” When you part with an animal, it can feel very lonely. This video goes to show that there are others out there who understand what you’re going through. *grab a tissue if you need to.