All posts by Eric Forrest

  • Don’t ignore your pet’s ears! A how-to on effective care

    If you only cleaned your ears when you went for a haircut or to the doctor, you can imagine how yucky they might get in the meantime. The same goes for animals, and dogs especially. Between the...

    • Posted March 29, 2017
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  • Dog hit by car doing well, spreading joy

    Two summers back, Tom Millie lived a traumatic story involving his dog Hugo, a distraction, and an oncoming car. The characters mentioned here can help one put the sad pieces together, but the end of the story...

    • Posted March 28, 2017
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  • Update: Local rescue recovering nicely after tornado

    In May of 2014, we were made aware of a local rescue in Beaver Crossing called Husker’s Hope and that it was affected by a tornado. The post we wrote was simple: The Dachshund Sanctuary, Husker’s Hope...

    • Posted March 28, 2017
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  • Unwanted, excess dog hair in your home? Here’s some help

    Here’s a tip: If you see a headline that says something like “How to keep your cat from chirping at the birds outside,” or “How to keep your duck from swimming,” alarms should go off in your...

    • Posted March 27, 2017
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  • Infographic: A smart approach to pet and flea care

    There’s a lot to think about when you get a dog. For starters, there are daily needs such as food, water, and exercise. For that, you need supplies such as bowls, a collar, and a leash. And...

    • Posted March 27, 2017
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  • It’s true: humans have emotional, biological connections with animals

    If you’ve got a companion animal, and you’ve been together for any amount of time, you probably feel like you understand each other. Sure, we’re nowhere close to dogs or cats on the genetic level, but we...

    • Posted March 23, 2017
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  • Why your pet is fat and what that means for his life expectancy

    If you’ve been measured by a doctor, personal trainer, or anyone else concerned with your body composition, you’ve probably heard about body mass index, percentage of body fat, and ideal weight. The terms “overweight” and “obese” and...

    • Posted March 23, 2017
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  • Danger! Please don’t give your dogs these

    There’s a recent article on Rover.com listing nine “surprisingly dangerous” foods that your dogs shouldn’t eat. Most of them were not a surprise to us, but we suppose that’s the intention of them writing about the foods...

    • Posted March 23, 2017
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  • Helping animals is a community effort- get involved!

    An Omaha-World-Herald article that appeared online and in print this morning highlighted that “Omaha’s professional firefighters union is helping to gather supplies for an expected springtime boom of kittens at the Nebraska Humane Society.” Every spring, there’s...

    • Posted March 17, 2017
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  • Pet People: KETV Newswatch 7’s Thor Tripp

    There’s a point in the movie Caddyshack when Ty Webb, played by Chevy Chase, provides some zen-like advice to an aspiring young caddy attempting to improve his golf game. Ty tells him to “See the ball, be the...

    • Posted March 16, 2017
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