by tucsondog | Nov 1, 2021 | Special Feature 3
Story by Rebecca West, Photos by PACC How do you relieve a shelter dog’s stress levels? The answer is actually quite simple: through canine foster programs and things like weekend or holiday sleepovers. As it turns out, removing animals from noisy shelters and...
by tucsondog | Sep 1, 2021 | Special Feature 3
Story by Rebecca West, Photos by Friends of PACC Saturday, November 20, 2021, Friends of PACC supporters will be saddling up to partake in the 38th El Tour de Tucson to help raise funds for the group’s work acting as a support arm for Pima Animal Care Center. If...
by tucsondog | Jul 1, 2021 | Kids and Animals, Special Feature 3
Story by Bella Wexler, Photos Courtesy of Melody Albright It’s hard to find a kid who doesn’t care deeply about their pets. In the Hawkins’ house, Archer and Rowan prove that their love for animals isn’t even limited by how many they can count. When asked how many...
by tucsondog | Apr 27, 2021 | Special Feature 3
SUMMER HAS ARRIVED, and we are celebrating a wonderful season of energy and growth for the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. We are compassionately serving pets and the people who love them in ways both time-tested and brand new. You have enabled the pets and people...
by tucsondog | Feb 27, 2021 | Special Feature 3
Story and photos by Emily Dieckman Down a dirt road, in Northern Tucson – almost in Marana – lies Tucson’s first no-kill shelter. The fact that it’s a little bit out of the way has a poeticism to it: It parallels how far out of the way the HOPE staff members are...
by tucsondog | Dec 31, 2020 | Special Feature 3
Oral hygiene is just as important for pets as it is for people. In fact, 50% of dogs and cats over three years have gum (periodontal) disease, making it the most common disease suffered by small pets. Periodontal disease develops when plaque builds up on teeth and...