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It’s National Dog Bite Prevention Week

May 18-24 is National Dog Bite Prevention week, and the US Postal Service is encouraging pet owners to take precautions to ensure their dogs don’t bit postal workers, or others. According to the USPS website…

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AMVA), the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) report that small children, the elderly, and Postal Service carriers, in that order are the most frequent victims of dog bites.

And, in a press release sent out by the USPS, they offer the following tips for preventing dog bites…

How to Avoid Being Bitten

• Don’t run past a dog. The dog’s natural instinct is to chase and catch prey.

• If a dog threatens you, don’t scream. Avoid eye contact.
• Try to remain motionless until the dog leaves, then back away slowly until the dog is out of sight.

• Don’t approach a strange dog, especially one that’s tethered or confined.

• While letter carriers are prohibited from petting animals, people who choose to pet dogs should always let a dog see and sniff them before petting the animal.

• If you believe a dog is about to attack you, try to place something between you and the dog, such as a purse, a backpack or a bicycle.

How to Be a Responsible Dog Owner

• Obedience training can teach dogs proper behavior and help owners control their dogs.

• When a carrier comes to your home, keep your dog inside, away from the door in another room.

• Don’t let your child take mail from the carrier in the presence of your dog. Your dog’s instinct is to protect the family.

• Spay or neuter your dog. Neutered dogs are less likely to bite. Statistics from the Humane Society show that dogs that have not been spayed or neutered are up to three times more likely to bite.

• Dogs that receive little attention or handling, or are left tied up for long periods of time frequently turn into biters.

The AVMA and Prevent the Bite have more information on dog bite prevention.

With this warmer days approaching more and more people will be outdoors and dog bites will be on the rise. Please protect yourself, your children and your animals because…as always Animals Need Help

The Logic Of Animals

Here are some good pictures I received in an email today that illustrates the logic of animals. If you have ever had a pet you should know that they love us unconditionally. Why can’t the world love them back just as much and try to help keep them safe and out of harms way?
Please pass this among friends to brighten their day and show them the logic of animals. The logic of this blog by the way is to help prevent animal cruelty and educate people on what they can do to help.

Thank You For Your Support… Stacy

The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
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Please consider giving up pork, would you eat your dog? Please read on to find out why we are asking you to give up eating these adorable animals.

Most people rarely have the opportunity to interact with these outgoing, sensitive animals because 97 percent of pigs in United States today are raised on factory farms as food animals. These pigs spend their entire lives in cramped, filthy warehouses, under constant stress from the intense confinement and denied everything that is natural to them. Click HERE To watch a movie about their pitiful existence on farms just so they can make us a pork chop sandwich, a slab of ribs or a BLT.

Considered smarter than 3-year-old human children, pigs are very clever animals. They are smarter than dogs and every bit as friendly, loyal, and affectionate.

Since most people are not that familiar with pigs, you may be surprised to learn that they dream, recognize their names, play video games more effectively than some primates, and lead social lives of a complexity previously observed only in primates.

People who run animal sanctuaries often describe pigs with human characteristics, because they’ve learned that, like humans beings, Pigs also enjoy listening to music, playing with toys, and getting massages.

The average American meat-eater is responsible for the abuse and deaths of approximately 31 pigs and most all of those pigs are the subject of animal cruelty on the farm

I hope you can learn to love these cute little creatures just as much as me and leave them in the yard and off the table.