Animal Wellness Center at Concord Farm

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Beatrix Potter -- the beloved English author and illustrator of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit" and many similar animal books -- is pictured here with a real-life "Peter Rabbit." As a child, Potter and her brother kept, cared for, studied, and drew their impressive collection of animals and insects which they kept in their school room and on the Scottish and northern England estates where they spent many of their summers. In 1902, Potter’s most famous work, “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” was published to immediate success. For almost two decades, she continued to publish two or three similar books per year, ultimately writing 24 children's tales.

Potter also spent a good deal of time drawing and observing things found in nature. Mycology, the study of fungi, was of particular interest to Potter, and she even wrote a paper on the subject of fungal spore reproduction. Her paper was presented at a meeting of the Linnean Society in 1897 by a mycologist from the Royal Botanic Gardens, because women of the time were not permitted to attend the meetings. Upon her death in 1943, Potter, a dedicated conservationist, bequeathed sixteen farms and over 4,000 acres of land to the National Trust, enabling significant preservation of the lands that created the Lake District National Park. At the time, it was the largest gift the National Trust had ever received.

For a beautiful collection of all 23 of her classic stories, complete with their original illustrations, we highly recommend "Beatrix Potter the Complete Tales" at https://amzn.to/2Dfneji

To introduce children to Beatrix Potter's inspiring story, we recommend the picture books "Beatrix Potter, Scientist" (https://www.amightygirl.com/beatrix-potter-scientist) and "Saving the Countryside: The Story of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit" (https://www.amightygirl.com/saving-the-countryside), both for ages 5 to 9

For older kids, we recommend the illustrated biography "Who Was Beatrix Potter?" for ages 8 to 12 at https://www.amightygirl.com/who-was-beatrix-potter

Adult fans of Beatrix Potter and her many books will love "Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life" (https://www.amightygirl.com/beatrix-potter-s-gardening-life) and "Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature" (https://www.amightygirl.com/beatrix-potter-a-life-in-nature)

For more stories of Mighty Girls who love animals, visit our blog post "Animal Friends: 60 Mighty Girl Stories About Caring For Animals" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=11577

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02/20/2024

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12/21/2023

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“Plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives that they lived in the summer. They prepare. They adapt. They perform extraordinary acts of metamorphosis to get them through. Winter is a time of withdrawing from the world, maximising scant resources, carrying out acts of brutal efficiency and vanishing from sight; but that’s where the transformation occurs. Winter is not the death of the life cycle, but its crucible.”
Katherine May - Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, 2020.

Elaine Bayley - Welcome December, December's Song.

11/27/2023

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'Once every people in the world believed that trees were divine … and that deer, and ravens and foxes, and wolves and bears, and clouds and pools, almost all things under the sun and moon, and the sun and moon, were not less divine …'
W.B. Yeats

Taryn Knight - There there, little friend.

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09/14/2023

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09/08/2023

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This is Tod.

He was named for the Tod in the book, ‘The Fox and the Hound’ that his dog dad Brad was given by his grandmother. Brad and his partner Natalie welcomed Tod into their home just over a year ago.

Tod was in a tragic car accident in which his dad, Brad, who was also his best friend, died. They went everywhere together. Sadly, after the accident, Tod could not be found.

Lots of people went looking for him. Lots. His mom Natalie really needed to bring him home, and no one knew if he was ok or not but they didn’t give up.

Then a call came in as we planned Brad’s funeral: Tod was found. He looked ok. He was on his way home. Everyone cried and Brad’s grandmother said, ‘We will take all the good news we can get.’

I suggested taking Tod to the funeral. Natalie wondered if we were allowed so I asked the funeral home director (who loves dogs too) and he said the only problem is he’d want to keep him.

So on that day, Tod sat in the front row as people told stories about Brad. Todd had his own chair and cuddled with the humans around him.

After a friend got up and told a story and everyone clapped, Tod stood up and looked back and barked! Everyone laughed and I said, ‘That’s how dogs clap!’

One of the things I am deeply aware of is that animals grieve. They know…they just do.

I wanted to tell you this story of this four-legged hope machine who is loved so much and will be a constant source of care for his mom Natalie in particular.

For Brad, we grieve. For Natalie, we pray.

For Tod, we give thanks.

09/08/2023

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Natives were aware of how important it was to prevent inbreeding to keep their dogs healthy. In order to prevent this, the tribes would introduce new blood from other tribe's dogs which accounted for the many types of dogs that were often portrayed in history books.
The northern tribes developed a dog with more of a wolf like appearance while in the western regions the smaller Plains dog was developed. These dogs were very intelligent and versatile as they were expected to fill many roles in the village. In some tribes, dogs pulled a travois carrying the nomadic family’s belongings as they followed their food supply. Dogs were used to hunt for food and as faithful and protective watch dogs over the village. They were even reliable as “babysitters” for the children and elderly when the women were gathering roots, berries and herbs. In certain tribes ,some of the dogs even played important roles in the tribes’ religious ceremonies.
Scientists say the "black wolves" are actually the earliest Native dogs. The black fur of some North American wolves is the result of long-ago dalliances with domestic dogs, probably the companions of the earliest Natives
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