by Marianne Iaquinto After an injury on the job left him out of work, Rob (last name withheld) fell behind on his rent and was facing eviction from his apartment of 15 years. Fourteen of those years were shared with a sweet and gentle Labrador/Golden Retriever mix named Hooch. With no options for pet-friendly housing […]
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by Len Lear We all know that doctors have not been making house calls for many decades. Well, maybe not for two-legged patients, but Dr. Natasha Kassell, of Mt. Airy, has been making house calls exclusively for two decades, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. Dr. Kassell, 48, graduated from the University of […]
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by Len Lear Heather Brooks, 25, who opened a dog grooming business at 831 Bethlehem Pike in Flourtown in January named The Life of Riley, before that had one of the most unusual businesses imaginable for the animal lover that she is or for anyone else. For two years Heather worked full-time for a pest […]
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by Brenda Malinics On any given day I wear many rescue hats — psychologist, negotiator, educator, juggler, accountant, cleaning lady, transporter, administrator, publicist, marketer and some that are too complex to categorize. My day job takes me to one of the poorest and grittiest areas of the city, where I encounter an endless stream of […]
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By Barbara Sherf As you read this, our sweet 12-year-old Golden Retriever may or may not have made it out of surgery with Dr. Jaqui Niles of Metropolitan Veterinary Associates of Valley Forge. But I can tell you that we gave it our best shot. Tucker rescued us in 2007 when he curled up at […]
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by Len Lear We recently (Nov. 24) ran a photo of passionate animal lover Kate “Hawk” McNichol, of Erdenheim, along with the information that she was in need of materials to make an outdoor cat shelter for the outdoor cats in her neighborhood. She said she was “willing to pay for the materials, but I […]
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By Len Lear Every Thanksgiving Day, a few hours before the annual food feast, dog nuts like my wife and me take two hours out to watch the Philadelphia Dog Show on TV, one of the nation’s premier dog shows in which primped, puffed up canines who are fussed over like a Kardashian strut their […]
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by Marianne Iaquinto Meet Lucky, (shelter name Jiro), a two-year-old Lab mix who in May of this year was on the kill-list at a Georgia shelter. Just two short hours before his scheduled euthanasia, Linda, a Pottstown, resident, saw his photo online and fell in love, and with the help of a Georgia rescue, saved […]
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by Stacia Friedman Luna, an 11-year-old Golden Retriever, died last May, but her owner John Ingersoll continues to see her smiling face whenever he stands behind the counter of his Evergreen Cheese Shop. “Cassie (Catherine) Frazer came to me two years ago and showed me an oil painting she had done of Bonnie, her Golden. […]
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