We were recently car shopping and were pleasantly surprised to see how pet friendly car companies have become. This led us to check information at the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and The Center for Pet Safety (CPS).
Our animal family is very much a cast of characters.
Recently, I experienced the loss of my 18-year-old dog, Rosie. For nearly two decades, she was woven into the rhythm of my daily life — present through ordinary days, major milestones, moments of joy, and periods of hardship.
Maple is the inspiration behind my children’s book, Small Dog, Big City, which follows her adventure on a walk through the streets of the West Village.
Rupert Pupkin and Lulu Bean both hail from the great state of Texas, arriving one year apart via a rescue group called Peyton’s Safe Haven. They’re Heelers born to herd, manage, supervise, and occasionally micromanage ─ and they take this responsibility very, very seriously.
My boyfriend, being a big fan of the 1993 Hocus Pocus film, named her Thackery Binx. Well…she did bear the name Suba for the first couple weeks as she was first found in a Subaru, but why keep the trauma all her life?
In December 2001, when my husband, John, and I brought a pair of black-headed caiques into our lives, we had no experience as bird owners.
Beth, who works at Greenwich Village Animal Hospital’s front desk, recommended we write about this family which has two rescue dogs with unusual stories. Thank you Greenwich Village Animal Hospital!
Abyssinians are often called the “dogs of the cat world,” and our two-year-old cat, Busy, has certainly lived up to that description. She is smart, loyal, and always on the move, with an impressive amount of energy for a small cat.
One early morning, I passed a man walking his dog on Christopher Street, picking up trash on the sidewalk and throwing it in the trash bins. It seemed they were street cleaning together. I thanked him for doing this for our community and he said, “Why not take care of where we live?” I was touched and thought our community should know more about Elliott and Grover. Here’s what he had to say. —Joy Pape
