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26/08/2024

Holistic treatments such as massages, acupuncture and herbal supplements are being increasingly given to dogs to help them live longer.

15/08/2024

Lump, the German word for "rascal", was born in 1956 and belonged to Picasso's friend David Douglas Duncan, a photographer for Life magazine.

In 1957, Duncan spent some time at Picasso's villa near Cannes in the South of France to photograph his life. Because Lump did not get along well with his other dog, an Afghan hound who would roll the dachshund around like a toy, Duncan decided to bring him with him.

Lump took an instant liking to Picasso. The artist and his partner (soon to be wife) Jacqueline were sitting at the table eating lunch when Lump first met him.

The dog immediately went to Picasso, placed his front paws on him, jumped into his arms and gave him a kiss. That very day, Picasso did his first portrait of Lump on a dinner plate. He often included his dogs into his artwork, and Lump can be seen in several of his interpretations of Diego Velásquez's 1656 painting Las Meninas - replacing the big hound in the foreground.

Picasso and Lump quickly became best friends. According to Duncan, "This was a love affair. Picasso would take Lump in his arms. He would feed him from his hand. Hell, that little dog just took over. He ran the damn house." When it was time for Duncan to leave, Picasso wanted Lump to stay with him and Duncan agreed. In an interview on a visit to Paris, Duncan recalled "He [Lump] more or less said, 'Duncan, that's it, I'm staying here.' And he did, for the next six years."

Six years after leaving Lump with Picasso, Duncan visited the artist and learned that his dog was suffering from a spinal problem common to dachshunds. Lump was being treated by a veterinarian, but the doctor told Duncan he could not be cured.

Duncan decided to take Lump to Stuttgart, Germany (where he had bought the dog) and found a veterinarian to care for him. One year later, Lump recovered and went home with Duncan.

He lived many more years, but never accompanied his master again on his visits to Picasso's. Lump passed away on March 29, 1973 and Picasso passed away several days later on April 8.

When asked if Picasso neglected Lump (because of the spinal problem), Duncan replied "No, he'd have gotten sick anyway. Lump had an absolutely pampered life there. Picasso once said, 'Lump, he's not a dog, he's not a little man, he's somebody else.'

11/08/2024

10/08/2024

"He was my everything," Sharon van Rouwendaal said of her late dog Rio after she secured her second gold medal.

14/07/2024

25/01/2024

If you find a "dead" hedgehog during the cold months, do not bury it, do not throw it in the trash...

No one wants to see a dead animal in their garden or road, but it could be a hedgehog hibernating from November to March.

They usually dig holes to stay safe, but we have less green areas, bushes or wooded areas these days and it’s becoming harder to find a safe place to spend the winter sleeping.

Some may come into your gardens seeking safety and warmth to hibernate, some are so exhausted from looking that they end up sleeping in various strange places like roadside streets or even on pavements.

When they are in hibernation, their heart rate and general body functioning slow down considerably, as a way of saving energy that can confuse a person that the hedgehog is dead.

Just in case you see a stationary hedgehog, make sure it is in a safe and warm place and that it can last five months.

If you find a hedgehog in your garden or somewhere on the street, make a hole in a cardboard box and in a dry, safe and quiet place so it can spend the cold months there.

Hedgehogs are an endangered species, they are completely harmless and very important in our ecosystem. They eat beetles, snails, frogs, lizards, snakes, including poisonous.

They also destroy mice nests.

They are not afraid of bees or wasps. The hedgehog can easily destroy a hornet's nest and eat its inhabitants by ignoring their bites.

Scientists have long noticed the immunity of hedgehogs to strong poisons, including bites from insects. This antidote phenomenon is not yet known to scientists.

Be aware when you see a hedgehog in the cold months. It costs nothing to help such a fragile wee thing.

Let's be kind to animals!

Credit ~All Animals

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11/12/2023

Did you know:

If you have a pacemaker, you can put it in your Will to have your pacemaker donated to a dog in need after you pass. Pacemakers cannot be donated to another human, but they can be donated to dogs with cardiac issues who would depend on it to stay alive.

You can have the pacemaker brought to a vet of your choice. So many of those get thrown away and dogs die because people don't know they can do this. It even saves the dog's owner the cost of the actual pacemaker which sometimes means the difference in being able to afford lifesaving treatment or not.

09/11/2023

Did Dogpool save the day? Not a chance in gremlin hell. But she IS currently causing the Disney plushy merch department nightmares. Coming with the movie, Summer 2024 🐶💩L

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16/06/2023

The University of Maryland Baltimore shed light on the importance of service and therapy dogs in a special ceremony Tuesday.