If you're going to love animals and have a life with them, the odds are you're going to lose them. It's helpful when you get a dog to accept the fact that this dog is not going to be with… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
It is possible to take something beautiful and lasting out of the heart-wrenching experience of seeing the animal you love move inexorably toward death. — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
My beloved dog defied treatment from the best and most expensive veterinarians, holistic practitioners, trainers, and animal communicators. He was simply beyond my ability… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
When people buy, rescue, or otherwise acquire a dog from unscrupulous breeders or amateur rescue groups, they are making a decision with ethical consequences.… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
If you're going to love animals and have a life with them, the odds are you're going to lose them. It's helpful when you… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Personally, I don't want to own a dog that inspires fear. I choose my dogs carefully, have their temperaments observed and evaluated, train and… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Politics are ugly, religion is struggling,… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
“I am not mad here, but clear and calm. I am not transformed, but allowed to be wholly myself.I am isolated, but have never… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
It's natural canine behavior to chew on all sorts of things, roll in other animals' droppings, hump and fight other dogs, menace anything that… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Actual evil probably requires much more creativity, passion, and political ideology than anyone at or near the top of Microsoft seems to possess. — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
It's important to remember that the animals are not grieving with us. They're very accepting. They're not lying there thinking 'How could you do… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
“It inspires a bit of awe to see working dogs really do their jobs, to see thousands of years of history, instinct, and breeding… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
“I am no theologian, and do not have the answers to these questions, and one of the reasons I enjoy the animals on the… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Some rescue groups are highly organized, experienced, well-funded, nearly professional. Others are small amateur operations run out of garages and back yards. Their members… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
