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  "John Rucker was a high school English teacher in North Carolina when he stumbled upon something interesting: Whenever he took his two dogs hiking, they would run into the tall grass and bring him back box turtles. Like a gift, his Boykin spaniels would gently lay them at his feet, unharmed." See the whole story here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/06/08/dogs-save-turtles-wildlife-ranavirus/?utm_campaign=wp_the_optimist&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_optimist&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3360713%2F60c0bb7b9d2fdae3027652af%2F60626e7bade4e266bd4307cf%2F9%2F48%2F60c0bb7b9d2fdae3027652af

We've just found out that Sugarplum, our 5 1/2 year old cattle dog mix, is going blind. Turns out she has an inherited condition called Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA). The retina degenerates leading to blindness. There is no treatment or cure. Unfortunately, the younger the disease develops, the faster vision deteriorates. So that makes us sad. : ( You can read more about this condition and some warning signs here: http://www.eyecareforanimals.com/conditions/progressive-retinal-atrophy/ BUT . . . I've been happy :) to learn that dogs adapt well to lack of vision. They already rely more on their noses and ears than their...

Louie was adopted in October by Jeremy Eisengrein of Spring Lake, N.J., who said, “I would be distraught if I felt the need to return my dog.” Credit...Jeremy Eisengrein Re-post: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/us/dog-adoptions-pandemic.html Despite alarmist headlines, the happy truth is most people are keeping their newly adopted pets, animal welfare groups say. By Michael Levenson May 22, 2021 Animal welfare advocates were delighted when the pandemic prompted thousands of bored and isolated Americans to adopt dogs last year. They also worried that when offices reopened and social life began returning to normal, those new pet owners would cast aside their dogs, like...

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