When Verna Wilkins started Forever Dreams Senior Dog Sanctuary in her Tryon home back in 2015, she didn’t really know what she was getting into. A lifelong lover of senior dogs of all shapes and sizes, she planned to rescue a few small dogs and keep them in her home through their last years. Now,…
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When Should Puppy Start Training?
Training should start the moment you first meet your puppy and continue until you and your dog(s) are living happily ever after. When training starts from the get-go, you set the foundation of your pup’s life. Early training shapes your pup’s personality and ultimately affects their health and happiness.
Waynesville’s Wee Willow Keeps Wins Coming
On August 18, 2019, a Boston Terrier from Waynesville, NC, by the name of Wee Willow, formal name Jo-Clem Zippity Doo Dah, earned her FCAT24 title at the Brookville Ohio Fast CAT competition, continuing her dominance as the highest-titled Fast CAT competitor in the country. Yes, the country. She was one of four dogs to…
Asheville Rescue Dog Makes Film Debut
The latest project by Asheville filmmaker Jeff Corpening marks the on-screen debut of a beloved hometown favorite. Clay, a three-year-old tan and white mixed breed shelter dog, shares the screen with his co-star, lead actor and film veteran, Lavin Cuddihee, in Corpening’s second installment of the anthology film “Compassion” (stylized as “com•pas•sion”).
Grieving the Death of a Beloved Pet
During the last seven years of my career as an RN in hospice care, I repeatedly witnessed the processes of families experiencing the loss and grief when a loved one passed. And for many pet owners, the loss of their precious pet can be comparable, in almost every way, to the loss of a human…
