Thursday , 18 April 2024

Tag Archives: Animal Care

Dakota, rescued from a Korean dog meat farm, needs your help

The holidays are fast approaching and in addition to this being a time of preparations for family reunions and celebrations, it is also the time of year that charities and nonprofit organizations fundraise heavily to help advance their causes. This is, after all, a time for sharing and giving. Your generosity is probably sought everywhere (good causes are not lacking …

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Intro : New blogger in town

Lo and behold my very first blog article with Montreal Dog Blog!  I want to thank the team for inviting me to blog about the benefits of caring for animals professionally. I hope you will enjoy the topics. Feel free to comment and suggest so we can all learn from each other. I’m not a writer, but I love writing …

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Now Hiring! Do you have what it takes to work at our emergency rescue shelter?

I feel truly blessed to have the job I have. So many people want to help animals, and the prospect of getting paid to do so is a dream come true. So it is with much enthusiasm and some fanfare that I announce an opportunity not to be overlooked! Humane Society International/Canada assists the Quebec Government (MAPAQ) in running and …

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The Commercial Dog Meat Trade Is Real, and It Has To Be Stopped

Supporting and fighting for animal welfare can be upsetting. When you love animals, it is all the more disturbing when confronted by images or footage that depict cruelty, neglect, and suffering at the hands of humans. This can certainly be applied to companion animals, like cats and dogs. That’s not to say cats and dogs are more important than any …

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Product Review: Superior Farms Pet Provisions

Hey there Montreal Dog Blog readers! So, sadness with summer almost being game over but I’m going to talk about some fun stuff you can do outside even as the weather gets cooler. Dog agility! Dog agility is pretty amazing to watch but that’s not why I love it. I think it’s rad because of the sense of pride the …

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Rescue Round-Up News 11-11-11

Read All About It! A missing cat walks 3,000 km across an Australian desert to get home. Five men arrested in Mogadishu with 200 cats in their van (Includes first-hand account)What excuse will they come up with next? Animal shelter wont let pets have beds Canadian town rabbits in big trouble - humans out to kill them all. Plus video of Oscar...the very Weird, Handstand Peeing Dog

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Welcome to my blog!

Hi – I’m Alex! Before I formally start this blog, I would like to make it clear that I am not a vet, a trainer, a behaviorist, or a nutritionist. I have been working with animals since I was a kid, starting with rescues and later working in the companion animal industry. I have always had dogs in my life, …

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Enquête presents a disturbing exposé of Berger Blanc

  On Thursday April 21 at 20:00 Radio Canada’s investigative program Enquête presents a disturbing exposé of Berger Blanc, the for-profit business entrusted with control of, and care for, Montréal’s exploding population of unwanted companion animals, a population which has now reached crisis proportions. This program, Mauvais Berger, exposes Berger Blanc’s abysmal standards of animal care and customer service, and …

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