Pets as Gifts

If you're thinking of adopting, or worse, purchasing a dog or cat from a pet shop as a Christmas gift, please read the information below first.

This from http://www.petrescue.com/:

"Christmas puppies" often are impulse purchases, in a spirit of love and giving and generosity that goes with the season, but without the hard self-assessment that goes into asking oneself if one has the time and the energy and the inclination to give the necessary commitment to raising and socializing and educating that puppy. Better to get that new puppy at a less emotionally charged time of the year, when the decision to add a dog to the family is a less impulsive and more carefully considered one, uninfluenced by seasonal generosity of spirit, which might just fade a bit after the tree comes down and the lights are put away.

For the rest of the article CLICK HERE.

GF Dog Park Open!

Great news! The dog park is Grand Forks is open! Kudos to everyone involved with Roaming Paws group, especially Nancy Joyner.

Check out their web site for photos and other information.