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Holiday Cheer from Pawsitively Texas

Maggie Mae Christmas Cookies for Pawsitively Texas

December 24, 2011 Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Happy Holidays!I know that we have a very diverse group that comprises our community and I pray that however YOU celebrate this holiday season, it is full of love, good cheer, and beauty! I personally celebrate the Christian Christmas; if you do as well, I hope you enjoy
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Homegame … a pet adoption video

Pawsitively Texas Cute Dog on Story Page

 December 19, 2011 The Animal Protective Association of Missouri and DreamWelder Productions did a wonderful job with the production of their pet adoption video titled: “Home Game.”  Starring Rodger Saffold of the St. Louis Rams and Popeye the dog … with Jay A Kelley as the voice of Popeye. Tissue alert … this is a
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Adorable Animals Singing Christmas Carols

Cute Dog video icon

December 19, 2011 I’ve shared Klaatu42′s fantastic and fun animal videos before, but these Christmas caroling youtube animals just deserve a repeat. An annual tradition! They rank up there with other Christmas classics like Charlie Brown, The Grinch, and It’s A Wonderful Life. If you’re a pet lover, you will really enjoy seeing these again.
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Dog Saves Kittens Left on Roadside

dog saves kittens from roadside

December 6, 2011 Tipper and Skipper, along with some other young  kittens were sealed in a bag of cat food and thrown out in Urbandale, Iowa. As tragic as this story begins, it is a beautiful story of heroism. Regan, a yellow lab, found the bag of kittens and drug them home. He whined until
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Dog Afraid of Julia Roberts Video

dog afraid of julia roberts

December 5, 2011 “Dog afraid of Julia Roberts” is what this video title reads. Like people, sometimes pets have interesting phobias. This dog is a little uneasy with a bridal magazine ad featuring Julia Roberts. At least that is how it appears in this video; do you think it’s the ad … or something else
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Animal Cruelty is Not Entertainment Katherine Heigl

nothing funny about animal cruelty photo

December 4, 2011 Actress Katherine Heigl has a new, racy campaign to promote the spay and neuter of pets. At least that’s what appears to be the mission of her “I hate balls” campaign, but it may take most people a while to understand that is her message, given it’s buried in the silliness of
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Waggin’ Tail The Rescue of Dash and Toby

Dash-and-Toby

November 28, 2011 Remember the story of Dash and Toby? Over the holiday weekend, we met them through a post on the Pawsitively Texas Facebook page and their story, like so many, really touched our collective hearts – and everyone got to work networking them. For some reason, Dash and Toby’s owner was moving and
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From Research Laboratories to Life – a freedom project

November 28, 2011 Have you heard about the Beagle Freedom Project? Their rescue work will touch your heart deeply and you’ll probably need a tissue when you watch the video below of former lab beagles discovering life outside the lab. The purpose and mission of the Beagle Freedom Project is to rescue beagles that have
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Pet Adoption • Fostering • SNYP

November 24, 2011 Cute LOL Dogs and Cats with inspiring messages … enjoy these photos!

Pawsitively Thankful …

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November 23, 2011 I  wanted to take a moment and let you know how very thankful and grateful I am to the amazing people that make up the Pawsitively Texas and animal rescue communities. We share a photo, a story of a dog, cat, and occasionally livestock in need, and this wonderful community fueled by
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Man Battles Man While Shelter Pets Die

Shelter Dog asks why

November 15, 2011 What an ugly war! On his Facebook no kill advocacy page, Ryan Clinton published this urgent post this evening: “EXTREMELY URGENT news for No Kill advocates: The ASPCA is buying up No-Kill domain names in a cyber-squatting attempt to prevent you from starting a group with “No Kill” in its name. If
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Hercules The Rescued Dog Saves Owner

November 15, 2011 With pet adoptions, we often say, “who rescued who?” That has been proven true once again, by a dog saved from an Ohio county shelter kill list. A dog loving couple, Elizabeth and Lee Littler, rescued an underweight, injured St Bernard dog set to be killed at the local county shelter. They
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War Vets, Shelter Dogs Heal Together in P2v Program

David Sharpe P2V Shelter Dog Helping Vets

November 11, 2011 How Dogs Help Veterans Cope with PTSD This video, produced by Time, beautifully and soulfully illustrates the healing relationship dog offers man. “Struggling with post-traumatic stress, veteran David Sharpe says he found a dog at a shelter that saved his life. Now, with a group called P2V, he pairs other vets with
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A Reward for Animal Cruelty? Floyd County Seizure Update

Pawsitively Texas Stop Puppy Mill photo

October 23, 2011 FLOYD COUNTY ALPHATEX KENNELS DOG SEIZURE UPDATE: In September, I reported on the Floyd County seizure of nearly 250 dogs from the AlphaTexas Kennels in West Texas (click here). This KFYO news article describes the health and condition of the dogs and has photos of some of the seizure as does this
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Roxy: Fire Took Her Home and Her Family

Roxy homeless dog due to fire

October 19, 2011 Susan Brawner shares Roxy’s story with us on our Pawsitively Texas Facebook page in hopes we can help her have a second chance in life.  Susan reports “Roxy needs a new forever home. This sweet baby lost her family when their home caught fire. One family member could not be saved and
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Dancing With The Dogs – Oct 17, 2011

Cute Dog video icon

October 17, 2011 Enjoy this cute video in our blog series Dancing with the Dogs featuring Caroline Scott and her adorable Golden Retriever, Rookie. “You’re the one that I want …” the dream for all pets to one day be wanted, loved, and adored as much as this dog! Subscribe Now: Be sure and subscribe
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National Feral Cat Day

National Feral Cat Day photo

October 17, 2011 National Feral Cat day. Alley Cat Allies launched National Feral Cat Day in 2001 which was also their 10th anniversary; the Day is designed to raise awareness about feral cats, promote Trap-Neuter-Return, and recognize the millions of compassionate Americans who care for them. According to the National Feral Day website map, there are 16
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