Wag the Dog

Even though dogs and cats are both popular pets, they have vastly different characteristics that require owners to deal with them in different ways. For example, cats and dogs have tails. Even though they have tails, they use them in different ways. Cats use their tails for balance. They also use their tails to communicate with other living things. Dogs use their tails to show emotion. If dogs are scared they will tuck their tails under their legs. When dogs are happy they will wag their tails…

A ferocious barking woke me up from a dead sleep, momentarily confused, I got my wits about me and realized it was Yukon. Now, anyone who has dogs knows they have different barks for different reasons. Well, this was Yukon's serious "I mean business!" bark, Mira joined in, though I'm pretty sure she was just barking to bark (she loves barking). I had talked to a couple people that mentioned seeing bears around the campground so while I couldn't see anything outside the Jeep, I'm assuming a…

During my excursion to the Animal Rescue League of Boston, I quickly realized many of the emotional connections that humans and their canine pets share. Prior to visiting with the dogs, I made my way around the cat shelter area. After observing the cats, it became evident that their many of their “cute” behaviors were aimed solely at attracting the attention of potential human companions. For instance, a white cat named Sirocco made a distinctive pawing motion whenever I passed her cage, as if…

supervisor asked over the walkie-talkie as I finished bringing in fifteen excited dogs from group play. By this point I had already walked more than a dozen dogs, fed half the kennel, and taken out over a hundred dogs for one of their daily outings. I was exhausted and now I had to pick up a field full of dog feces. “Yep can do,”I said, with genuine enthusiasm. I headed to the fenced-in grass field, where feces from sixty dogs was scattered across the massive yard. Sweat seeped through my…

Dog is man’s best friend; they are kind, they are loyal, and they never laugh when they see you practicing your new dance moves. Dog owners across this country, however, deem it fair to have their “best friends” undergo unnecessary, painful surgeries. Ear cropping and tail docking, the process of cutting off the ears and tails of dogs to look a certain way, is wrong and cruel to our pets. Tail docking, when done by a veterinarian, is a procedure in which a puppy, only a few days old at the time,…

Dogs are lying in the streets all over rundown and gang parts of big cities, fighting for their lives because they were hurt and abandoned. The dog lost in a dogfight, his owner lost $25,000, so he beat his dog and left him in the street to die. Dogfighting is a huge problem, and needs to be considered animal cruelty. Dogfighting should be considered animal cruelty because dogs are forced to fight, no matter the condition if their health, they are used as a profit, and they are abused, neglected…

have to do,” she said quietly to herself. Laura walked uneasily toward the door. The scratching continued in a frenzy. She cautiously grabbed the door knob and gently turned it, only opening the door a small crack. Much to her surprise, it was a dog, a large dog, yet still only a…

and the end result is a domesticated fox. However, the temperament has not been the only thing to have changed in these animals, some have developed different markings, floppy ears, curled tails and the ability to wag their tails. These domesticated foxes are now much more similar to dogs than they are to their…

when anyone reads The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime written by Mark Haddon. In this book the main protagonist and narrator is, Christopher an autistic child who struggles with social interaction and trust throughout this book. This novel started as a mystery novel quickly turn into a heart-breaking story about Christopher conflicts with trusting the people in his life and social acceptance from others. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Haddon presents animals in…

The Dogs and Cats There are two dogs and cats at home. Two dogs are in the yard, and two cats are in the house. One dog named Baobao, and the other one is Leo who is a German Shepherd. Every time I go to the yard, Baobao will come to me, and her fluffy tail will wags like a windmill. As I walk towards her, her white eyebrow is more obvious among the dark hair of her whole body. As Baobao came to my side, Leo will rush to me also and has a fight with Baobao. That is their everyday action when I…