Posted by Metro k on Tuesday, November 10, 2009,
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One hundred and fifty people showed up for a home cooked meal and it rained, lightly at first and then harder as twilight became dark.
They were lined up even before the arrival of the vans bringing the food, patiently waiting while a score of volunteers set out the serving line and enough warm food to feed a small army...and it rained
We brought forty meals Monday, one cup servings each in paper lunch bags: twenty cat meals and twenty dog meals. One of the volunteerrs agreed to set up at the e...
Posted by Taxi dog on Monday, October 19, 2009,
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A friend of Taxi Amy Shever at 2nd Chance 4 Pets http://2ndchance4pets.org/ sent us her birthday wish for help in finding a home together for these two very special friends Romeo and Juliet. Happy B-day Amy
Posted by Taxi dog on Saturday, October 3, 2009,
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On my way back from California UC Davis and the Symposium on Veterinary Hospice a woman whom I had met in the airport found me staring out from my window seat in 2nd class - all dogs in this country are required to fly 2nd class - and gave me this book, I devoured it; next flight I believe I will ask about first class accommodations.
Posted by Metro kat on Sunday, September 20, 2009,
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Thanks to the Humane Society and our own Dr. Kevin, For Paws now has a new old soul to keep our paws firmly on the ground. George's story is one as a beat kat on the streets I've seen too often.
George is 14 a surprising age for somebody who has lived on the streets his whole life. The fact that George survived may be because of his friend and life companion - we'll call him Jeff because HS records protect confidential personal information - who raised George from puppy hood while struggling...
Posted by Taxi dog on Thursday, September 10, 2009,
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"Life... is a series of dogs," George Carlin’s hippy-dippy take on the measure of existence never failed to bring a smile to my day; I would think back on all the dogs in my own life and realize Carlin was correct: from Buttons (my dad’s Boston Terrier) to Blondie and Iodine, Sybil – given to me as a Christmas present by Melody in college and whom later learned to call my mother ‘mom’ - Sybil, not Melody - and that dog I found in the gutter on a snowy Saturday morning outside a panc...
Posted by Taxi dog on Monday, August 3, 2009,
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Bonnie and Clyde, two cats that came to hospice in June have been adopted. Their companion voluntarily surrendered them when it became apparent that her illness would no longer permit her to care for them.
Their new home is with a family who saw the brother and sister photo on the Taxi dog’s blog and decided that the two would be a welcome addition to their own family.For Paws Hospice is a service community of veterinarians, pet therapists, dog...
Posted by Taxi dog on Monday, June 22, 2009,
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For Paws Hospice, thanks to Taxi dog and our friends a Sunset Point Animal Hospital, is now officially open for business and what a business it's gonna be.
Meet Bonnie and Clyde two long haired tabbys with charm to spare but a little broken hearted for now; their mom had to give them up, she has entered a nursing care facility. It is unfortunately a life drama that happens all too often, families and companion animals find themselves no longer able to maintain the happy, supportive relationsh...
