by 600milliondogs.org | Feb 9, 2026 | Animal Story, Petitions
Their journey starts with terror, not compassion. Inside dark trucks moving across China, cats are forced into wooden and bamboo crates so small they cannot turn around or stretch. Many are stacked on top of each other for hours or days. Their legs are crushed under...
by Dr. Julie Buzby | Feb 4, 2026 | Common Dog Health Problems, Our Blog: The Buzby Bark
In dogs, eye infections can cause red irritated eyes and various types of eye discharge. To help dog parents recognize when their dog might have an eye infection and know what to do, integrative veterinarian Dr. Julie Buzby discusses the causes, symptoms, diagnosis,...
by Dr. Julie Buzby | Feb 2, 2026 | Happy, Healthy Dog Care, Our Blog: The Buzby Bark
Wondering how to give a dog eye drops or eye ointment? If you are holding a bottle or tube, looking at your wiggly dog, and feeling like it is an impossible assignment, you aren’t alone. Applying eye medications can seem intimidating, but it doesn’t have...
by 600milliondogs.org | Jan 31, 2026 | Animal Story, News About Cruelty to Animals
Someone has finally been held accountable for killing a cat. In Meriden, Connecticut, a man convicted of killing a cat was sentenced to five years in prison and three years of probation under a felony animal cruelty charge. Records show the young cat wandered outside...
by 600milliondogs.org | Jan 31, 2026 | Animal Story, Pilot Pup Rescue
Every sound made me tense. I had to stay alert or risk losing the ones I loved most. I am Crystal, and this Valentine’s Day , I finally know what love feels like. Not long ago, I was living in an abandoned area with my two pups. One of my puppies had already died ,...
by Dr. Julie Buzby | Jan 30, 2026 | Common Dog Health Problems, Our Blog: The Buzby Bark
SLO in dogs (symmetric lupoid onychodystrophy) is a condition that causes a dog’s nails on multiple feet to become brittle, crack, and eventually slough off. Integrative veterinarian Dr. Julie Buzby explains the causes, breed predispositions, symptoms,...
by 600milliondogs.org | Jan 30, 2026 | Animal Story, News About Cruelty to Animals
Preventing unwanted births is the only way to reduce suffering before it starts. February is Spay and Neuter Awareness Month , focused on preventing the births that overwhelm shelters and lead directly to confinement, disease, and death for dogs and cats. Imagine...
by 600milliondogs.org | Jan 30, 2026 | Animal Story, Pilot Pup Rescue
Quill moments before we rescued her. Quill’s bark echoed across the empty land when we reached the spot outside the city. The sound had been reported after a flat tire forced a stop on that road, so we drove the forty-five minutes, hoping she was still holding on. ...
by Maggie Marton | Jan 27, 2026 | OMD!
Delightfully so, enrichment is a hot topic right now among dog trainers and owners. I’m enrolled in a dog training group called Uniquely Paws-able through Your Inner Dog. It’s a group specifically for blind, deaf, and deaf/blind dogs. I’m enjoying it and learning so...
by 600milliondogs.org | Jan 27, 2026 | Good News Story
Compassion replaces cruelty in U.S. military medical training. For the first time in U.S. military medical training , live animals will no longer be shot to teach battlefield care. Pigs and goats were routinely used in these drills. To ban explicitly covers dogs,...
