Read Part 1 here. When Gina Mackinnon, sole proprietor and employee of the New Haven Pet Sitting Company, visits with (more…)
Tag Archives: cats
Creatures’ Comfort
What could be cuter than a pile of puppies? Just two weeks old, this litter of eight—mostly black with little brown snouts and paws—are trying to sleep. (more…)
Friends Forever
In a back room of the Robin I. Kroogman New Haven Animal Shelter, Dottie the pit bull terrier is trying to hop out of a bath tub. Her breath is coming in huffs; the chain attached to the wall is rattling; her toenails are clicking against the smooth, white basin. Then Anna Schildroth speaks to […]
Close to Home
At North Haven cat and dog rescue The Animal Haven, workers and volunteers do what they can to help the residents feel at home. On occasion, the animals have taken that hospitality a little too far. (more…)
Purr Persons
Cats sleep on scratching posts and atop a filing cabinet. They climb over crates and leap elegantly from desk to floor. They paw at toys on the ground and traipse over to take a curious sniff of my boots. It’s a tiny little place, but they look at home. “You can call me crazy, and […]
Next to Dogliness
After work on a Wednesday, I snapped a leash on Wiensy, my chubby little long-haired dachshund. We were off to the groomer, an experience we both typically dread, though this time we simply padded out the front door and into a big white vehicle: The Dogfather Mobile Grooming van. We pet owners are down with convenience. […]
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