When people buy, rescue, or otherwise acquire a dog from unscrupulous breeders or amateur rescue groups, they are making a decision with… — 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.… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Dog rescue remains a gamble, of course. For all the good will, hard work, and noble motivation, nobody can really predict with… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
It's easy to see why dog rescue is a mushrooming culture. Turning a troubled person's life around is difficult, but rescuers with… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
A good breeder or experienced rescue agency wants you to prove that you'll be a capable caretaker. The interrogation and screening can… — 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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
“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
“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
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
“That, even with imperfect masters, the canine soul is pure, loyal, and dependable.” — Jon Katz Copy Share
Lifetime dogs intersect with our lives with particular impact; they're dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable, ways. — Jon Katz Copy Share
I owe my dogs much - more than I can say - but they are not my 'companions' - as if we voluntarily chose… — Jon Katz Copy Share
