All posts by Eric Forrest

  • A Happy New Year Thank You from Pets In Omaha

    It’s 2014! Happy New Year to all! We’d like to say thank you to all of our readers, sponsors, partners, Pet People who allowed us to interview them, and the rest of the Omaha pet community. We’ve...

    • Posted December 30, 2013
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  • Tyson foods expand their purchasing rules to boost animal welfare

    From KEYC CBS News in Mankato, MN- Tyson Foods, one of the most widely-known food producers in the country, has decided to expand its rules on purchasing animal products. Tyson, based in Arkansas, has strict regulations on...

    • Posted December 28, 2013
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  • Help with housebreaking your new puppy

    A huge step in raising your new puppy is successfully housebreaking it. What exactly is “housebreaking?” It’s the process of training your dog that the house is a place to relax, play, sleep- and not a place...

    • Posted December 27, 2013
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  • Remembering Catherine Hubbard, Newtown victim and pet lover

    From NBC’s Nightly News- Catherine Hubbard, one of the 20 students killed in the Newtown school shooting one year ago, would have surely been a good pet friend for us here at Pets In Omaha. As her...

    • Posted December 26, 2013
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  • Meet the Delmarva fox squirrel and the Shenandoah salamander

    From the Washington Post- When we think of endangered animals, we think of big, cute ones like pandas, cats and some kinds of sparsely populated owls, but there are many on the endangered species list that we...

    • Posted December 24, 2013
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  • Rescue specialist says “NO!” to pets as holiday gifts

    From StarGazette.com- We are sure that a number of our readers received a puppy, kitten, hamster, snake or some other type of pet as a holiday gift in the past and things have worked out wonderfully. One...

    • Posted December 22, 2013
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  • A heart-warming adoption story brings family the greatest of holiday gifts

    From ABC15 (Arizona)- The Contreras family includes Nathan- an 8-year-old with cystic fibrosis. Nathan rarely leaves home, and his parents felt he needed some friendship of the animal variety to help him deal with his condition. Upon...

    • Posted December 20, 2013
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  • Pet People: “Dog Treats and Jingle Toys” creator, Aubree Sweeney

    We love pets. If you are here, we know you love them, too. Our “Pet People” features, however, don’t just bring you stories of people with dogs or cats- these special folks go the extra mile in...

    • Posted December 18, 2013
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  • Felony animal cruelty charges for Dodge County couple

    From the Fremont Tribune via KETV Newswatch 7 in Omaha- a Dodge County (just west of Omaha) couple has been charged with felony animal cruelty after 30 animals die on their farm. Find the article here or...

    • Posted December 18, 2013
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  • A miraculous holiday season rescue

    If you’ve paid attention to the news at all lately, you have heard about multiple cases of animal cruelty. Our news section is full of heart-wrenching stories of neglect, abuse and downright coldblooded…”people.” The prevalence of these...

    • Posted December 17, 2013
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