All dog care now falls to me. I’ve started to enjoy bookending my day with walks.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Adrift after a breakup, I’m thinking about my grandmother
Lois Fleming did not wallow. So although I’m sad, at least this time around, I’m in my own home, where everyone is older, wiser and now completely housebroken.
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Posted inAnimals, Business, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Roses are red, cockroaches go crunch: Waterville pet store ‘turns your ex into lunch’
Fish Tails Pet Emporium is cashing in on a nationwide trend: For a small fee on the week around Valentine’s Day, customers can name a cockroach after an ex-partner and feed it to the store’s 30-inch Savannah monitor lizard, Brutus.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: My rescue dog, myself
My experience with Janey serves as proof that even the weird, scared and temperamental strays are worth a chance.
Posted inLocal & State, News
More pet owners giving up animals for adoption amid housing shortage
Finding apartments that accept pets is especially difficult in the current tight market, forcing owners to make hard choices.
Posted inLocal & State, Word on the Street
Central Maine’s Pickles Mcbutterpants The Muffins Slayer takes top whacky pet name prize
The Nationwide insurance company says it looked at more than 1 million of their insured pets and put up 10 names for people to vote for as their favorite crazy name, with the Gardiner cat receiving the most votes in its pet category.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News
New $6 million animal shelter gets greenlight for former farmland in Augusta
The Kennebec Valley Humane Society shelter will be built off Leighton Road.
Posted inLocal & State, Uncategorized
Missy the cat survives mystery injury and brings cheer to Winslow family
Whitman family could not cover the $5,000 bill for emergency surgery for Missy, but the goodwill of others allowed a more-affordable solution.
Posted inBusiness
You know it’s bad when pandemic shortages affect the family pet
Pet owners are having trouble finding canned food. Supermarkets are having trouble stocking it. And guess who is most displeased about the situation? Yup, your finicky cat.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Janey gets lessons in how to canine
A former stray dog becomes part of a happy pack, with all the stick fetching and cat chasing that implies.