Posts Tagged ‘older dogs’

Heros in Hard Times

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:12 No Comments

When Jake Jeter was injured in a diving accident in 2001, his life was forever changed. Restricted to a wheelchair at just 17, he lost the ability to close his hands and missed out on some teenage rites of passage in his hometown of Montgomery, Ala. But his life changed again in 2003, when he [...]

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A Painful Choice

Friday, October 2, 2009 15:32 2 Comments

Brain surgery, kidney transplants, pacemakers. Thanks to expanding veterinary treatments, end-of-life decisions have never been more wrenching.
Plenty of people are mystified by the determination many of us have to save our animals. So much money for just a dog or cat …or a rabbit? Animals are capable of bringing out the best in us – [...]

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