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I just watched this movie today. I had read the book about a year or so ago and was really looking forward to the movie. It was definitely a great adaptation, and I cried my eyes out at the end. I had such an urge to go up to our family dog Pepper, who is a week shy from turning 15 years old, and getting to be on her last legs. I give her a hug and… read more

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I owned Cockatiels when I was just a little kid, and my grandparents had parrots for 18+ years, but we always took our birds in to have their wings clipped, and nails trimmed. I think we were partly scared of doing something wrong, and never really had a hands-on demonstration of how it was done. When Sinbad got spooked off of her playstand … read more

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I can't help but feel like I live in such a pet unfriendly town, especially as far as dogs are concerned. We have no dog parks, most of the dogs in my neighborhood are left outside all day (many chained up), I rarely EVER see ANYONE walking their dog, or taking them to the local parks, and there are so many loose and stray dogs running around the n… read more

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I've recently taken to going rollerblading with Kadan. He's a Siberian Husky, and loves to run, so he really enjoys going out on a short jog. I've been attempting to teach him commands like you would in dog sledding... "Whoa" to stop "Easy" to slow down "Gee" to turn right "Haw" to turn left "Go go go!" to uh...go and of course, "leave it… read more