human interest

By now, you have probably heard the sad story out of Outremont last week – about the dog electrocuted by a faulty lightpost.  Although statistically rare (which we recognize is no consolation to those affected), it is a devastating way to lose a pet – and a situation which has occurred in the past:  It happened in Toronto last year, …

courtesy of Simple Photos Rosie to the Rescue! You may have seen on CTV, or heard on the radio that there was a backyard breeder in Quebec City who surrendered 23 of his dogs this past week to a local rescue. We thought you would like to follow their journey. I contacted Anne Dube from Rosie Animal Adoption to find out …

PAW IT FORWARD! Now, this makes our tails wag! Through the support of our generous friends and advertisers this year, the dedication of our bloggers and YOU for reading –  Montreal Dog Blog is able to earmark a cool $1000 for charity!  What a team effort! Especially because now, we get to “Paw It Forward”!  We decided to spread the …

Happy to share this press release with you  – what an excellent initiative all-round!  MONTREAL SPCA PARTNERS WITH LOCAL FOOD BANK AND VETERINARY CLINIC IN NDG TO REDUCE CAT OVERPOPULATION Monday October 31st – A coalition of organizations have joined together to help reduce cat overpopulation in the Montreal neighbourhood of CDN-NDG. On November 6th, 30 cats belonging to clients of the NDG …

We received this to the Montreal Dog Blog mailbag and wanted to share it with our readers. This happened this week – here in Montreal.   We often hear stories of the dogs that never find their forever homes.  But there also are so many who do.  Like Huck – whose family had to say goodbye this week.  Anyone who …

    World Rabies Day: Awareness is the Best Defense against Rabies The world is again joining together on September 28th to raise awareness and understanding about the importance of rabies prevention.  Rabies is the oldest and deadliest disease known to mankind and Montreal Dog Blog is supporting this initiative.   Led by the Alliance for Rabies Control and supported …

    From an Ottawa Animal Defense League member: Hi everyone.   Teja’s Animal Refuge, the sanctuary for animals east of Ottawa, urgently needs $2,000 to fix their truck and purchase firewood for the winter. The sanctuary cannot function without a vehicle, and the owner Nicole is now cold and miserable each night with no firewood.http://www.tejasanimalrefuge.ca/. We’ve set Friday, September 30, as …

How do we make sure places like puppy mills are abolished?  By being proactive.  By making your voice heard.  Today, we are thrilled to share some good news! This is a big step in protecting our companion animals in Quebec! Earlier this summer,  Quebecers were encouraged to participate in a letter-writing campaign to make changes to new proposed regulations regarding animal …

48 hours ago this dog was found in the Mercier area. He was found by a good samaritan. His story (as told by his ‘rescuers’) is below. (thank you to Petluck.ca for the English translation, French follows).   Here is the story of Survivor, a little dog that we found abandoned in the district of Mercier in Montreal on September …

 Some time has passed since the last Stanley update and as the weeks pass his fur gets a little longer and his bones a little less visible. While Stanley still has a good amount of weight to put on he has officially reach the 50 pound mark! Hard to imagine now that he ever could have weighed a mere …