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Tag Archives: Montreal

Is this ridiculous?

Marche Jean-Talon, who has not been to this touristic landmark of Montreal? I enjoyed walking and seeing the flowers, the market stands, and because I am an animal lover, I enjoyed looking at all the dogs parading with their owners doing their shopping. Recently I went back and noticed something was missing. The aromas, the flowers, the people were there; …

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Ask A Trainer: My dog jumps on people – can you help?

Hi, my name is Amy, and I have a darling Husky named Diamond that I adopted two years ago.  She is 5 years old, and is a complete angel!  She knows her ‘sit, stay and come’ very well, but she has just one problem that I can’t seem to get rid of.  Whenever she greets people, she almost always jumps …

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And I fell in love with Romeo…

11 Days before his birthday

“ Please Lilly, he will kill Romeo! Please tell me he can stay with you.” I had no idea who Romeo was. At first I thought she was speaking of a person, and then I realized she was talking about a dog when she added, “ Romeo bit the nose of his daughter! He wants to kill Romeo!”

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Rescue News!

The Rescue News section is headed up by our newest blogger Liliana Danel and will focus on finding good dogs, good homes. Liliana Danel has lived in Mexico City, Texas – and Montreal for the past 8 years. She and her husband share their home with with a 4 year old rescued Jack Russell Terrier named Romeo (aka Nanners) and …

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Ask A Trainer: Help! My Bernese Mountain Dog pees on people!

My 90 lb bernese mountain dog is a real sweetheart. He loves everyone – dog and human alike and is very gentle. The problem is, I live in an area with a number of tourists. When they come up to say hello to him (as he attracts a lot of attention), he will be very nice…EXCEPT..sometimes he will PEE ON …

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Q & A with a Montreal SPCA volunteer

When Kimberly Kotar isn’t running marathons, she’s running from cage to cage at the Montreal SPCA where she has been volunteering for the past 7 years. She is a self-proclaimed “jack of all trades” for the organization having done it all from adoption counseling and fostering to cleaning kennels, assisting vets and administering medication. All of that, in addition to …

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“Green” store helps pets

Every now and then, it’s nice to mention people who do good things for animals in their everyday lives, no matter how big or how small. Ecocentrik Apparel is a Montreal-based webstore that offers urban eco-ethical fashions for men, women and children.  The clothing is made from sustainable materials and produced in facilities that employ fair labour practices.  They also …

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Missing Montreal pets get website

When a beloved pet goes missing, it is an agonizing experience – the searching, the waiting, the wondering.  We’ve all seen posters taped up in our neighbourhoods of missing animals.  Do they ever come home?  Are their owners still searching for them?  Are they hungry, hurt, homesick? Last May, a concerned Montrealer noticed an influx of missing pet posters in …

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