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Dog Daycare Center Under Investigation Following Video Of Abuse

We worry enough about our dogs when we drop them off at daycare. Do they miss us? Are they scared? Are they getting enough food? Enough play time? Our dogs are our babies after all, and even these little things can get in your head. So stories about animal day care employees mistreating the animals in their care hit extra hard. SCRAPS (Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Services) began an investigation into a daycare in Spokane Valley, Washington this week. … Read more

N.Y. Dog Walkers Take The Most Epic “Pack” Photos

Walking dogs professionally can be a fun and rewarding job on its own. Still, a dog walking company in Saratoga Springs, upstate New York found a way to make even more fun for themselves and their canine clients daily: amazing pack photographs. Tim Pink and his assistant Erin Prevost typically walk around 50 dogs in a week. They don’t have any breed restrictions, but walking packs are divided by size. These often-photographed afternoon walks are part of Saratoga Dog Walkers‘ … Read more

Photo Shows Pittie Extremely Grateful For His Adopter

You might roll your eyes at the “a picture is worth a thousand words” saying, but that’s just because you’re not seeing the right picture. When you get a look at a rescue Pit Bull leaning on his adoptive mom, you’ll more than get it. His name is Russ, and by the look on his face in this photo he’s never been happier to be out of a shelter and in a family at last. 22-year-old Kayla Filoon is a volunteer … Read more

Dog Walker Watch Programs Are Helping Keep An Eye On Crime

There are more than 75 million people who own dogs in the United States, according to the Humane Society of the United States and the ASPCA. Most of those people walk their dogs on a regular basis. Therefore, they probably know their neighborhoods better than most and are more apt to notice when something – or someone – is out of place and potentially causing a problem. That’s the idea behind Dog Walker Watch programs that are springing up around … Read more

Study Finds That Pet Care Professionals Will Be More In Demand Than Teachers In The Next Decade

A report by New York-based business research organization, The Conference Board on the changing composition of consumer demand in the upcoming decade predicts that the amount of money Americans spend on pet care services like dog walking will be on the rise – making it a great time to follow that dream of working with dogs and cats! On the other hand, the number of school-age children will be low, affecting jobs in the education sector. The study essentially broke … Read more

Hidden Camera Captures Dog Walker Scamming Her Clients

When one couple hired a dog walker to take their two rescue Yorkies out during the day, they were shocked to discover she’d totally betrayed their trust. The couple from South Tampa, Florida, both work full-time, so they hired someone to walk the two pups and allow them to relieve themselves in the middle of the day. But when their dogs started having more and more accidents, they realized that something wasn’t right and set up a hidden camera. Take … Read more