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Marcy Schaaf: Founder and executive director, SaveABunny

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

How did you get involved with bunny rescue? I found a rabbit while walking my dog. I knew virtually nothing about rabbits except that this particular rabbit was not a wild rabbit (... Read More
Pets

Always keep your nose to the ground

By Walden Majer

I completely understand why the world is so enamored with the beauty of San Francisco and especially our neighborhood. Whenever I ride with mom and dad over the Golden Gate Bridge ... Read More
Cathouse

Five tips for making the perfect cat video

By John Zipperer

Last year, something called the Internet Cat Video Festival drew 13,000 people to the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand. Before you make some snarky comment about how that’s al... Read More
The Adventures of Skylar Grey

Chapter 12: Beach baby

Jazzy never had any interest in fetching unless I threw her toy in the ocean. She swam like a champ, using her tail as a rudder to keep her big butt from sinking below the surface. People were always amused: "I didn't think pit bulls liked to swim," they'd say. ... Read More
Sky’s Buys

Hear Doggy ultrasonic toys

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

I must admit I was skeptical when Steve and I came upon Hear Doggy ultrasonic toys at Pet Food Express — until I squeezed one from behind my back and Skylar and Blue started cock... Read More
Political Animal

Homeless dogs of Golden Gate Park: A tragedy waiting to happen

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

On Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 at 10:40 p.m., San Francisco police responded to a 911 call about a dog attack in progress at 25th Avenue and Lincoln Way at a homeless encampment near Go... Read More
Cathouse

A cavalcade of famous cat fanciers

By Ernest Beyl

OK, so what do Ernest Hemingway, Marlon Brando, and Pablo Picasso have in common? Yes, all were highly creative, outsized personalities and internationally famous, but that’s not... Read More
Sky’s Buys

Water-friendly collars and tags

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Somewhere deep in Skylar’s DNA there must be a champion Labrador retriever, because she can’t get enough of the water. Most of her collars — some leather, some with crystals,... Read More
The Adventures of Skylar Grey

Chapter 11: A bed for Little Blockhead

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Hold on, to me as we go As we roll down this unfamiliar road And although this wave is stringing us along Just know you’re not alone Cause I’m going to make this place your hom... Read More
Yapping

Sherri Franklin: Founder and Executive Director, Muttville Senior Dog Rescue

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

How long have you been involved with animal rescue? 20 years. How did you get involved with rescue? I started volunteering at the SF/SPCA in the 1990s as a dog behavior volunteer, ... Read More
Sky’s Buys

Ask the Meatman: smoked beef bones, shanks and tendons

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

If your dog loves treats with a smoky flavor like Skylar does, it won’t be able to resist these. Ask the Meatman owner Craig Meyer uses only bones, shanks, and tendons from beef ... Read More
Mews Briefs

Mews Briefs: Frankenmutts, walking dead, and throwaway dogs

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

LABRADOODLE INVENTOR REGRETS CREATING FRANKENMUTT CRAZE While working as the puppy-breeding manager at the Royal Guide Dog Association of Australia during the late 1980s, Wally Con... Read More
Cathouse

Your cat questions answered

By John Zipperer

This month, in re-sponse to numerous requests, we answer your cat behavioral questions. Luckily for cat owners, the answer is usually the same. Dear Cathouse: My cat, Fooshes, lik... Read More
Pit of the Month

Adopt an angel

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Angel’s name says it all — she’s truly a sweetheart of a dog. She is 1 year, 7 months old, a mix of Staffordshire terrier and possibly border collie (which would make a lot o... Read More
Yapping

Janet Song: California Pit Bull Rescue

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

How did you get involved with rescue and how long have you been doing it? I accidentally became a pit bull guardian and realized that all of the myths I had believed were untrue. I... Read More

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