This blog title was so simple to type, much simpler than the process of bringing this planned move into fruition! ~And maybe 50 people read the rescue's blogs, it's certainly not a big audience, but still: even if one person reads it, and it helps that person and/or their pet, then it's worth it. Why The Move (broken down into 3 categories): 1.) For approximately 4 years I worked at Miami Dade Animal Services when I lived in Miami Beach the first time around (circa 2010), mostly via an ASPCA-grant-funded-position which was aimed at increasing our live release rate… which I did quite well, but boy it was a lot of work! Because of my time working in animal welfare while in Miami, I have some great rescue contacts there. And I’ve always wanted to get Paw and Feather Plan ‘rooted’ in South Florida… where the idea for this rescue was born. I know several individuals in and around Miami that could serve as temporary or permanent pet caregivers- a
Unless you want to put it at direct risk of dying prematurely of heart failure. Yep, you read it right. There are no 'ifs, ands or buts' about it: Feeding Dogs a Strictly Grain Free Diet puts them at non-hereditary risk of dilated cardiomyopathy. Thankfully, Janine, a PAFP foster and adopter, enlightened me to this fact. Once Janine's 3rd whippet had late stage symptoms of advanced heart disease, she had reached her wits' end. Her first two whippets had succumbed to heart disease too. -And she just didn't get it: her dogs enjoyed top shelf dog food, Acana, had plenty of daily exercise, and regular vet visits. That was it : beloved dog number 3 was going to a veterinarian-cardiologist. -Enough with unexplained heart disease for Janine's dogs... and heartbreak for Janine! Janine's foster, June, that almost was fed grain-free It's the food- straight from the good cardiologist's mouth. This doctor ex