What's in the News Today

I dream of being a reporter.  Like a journalist - a dog who can roam and write and tell all of the companion animals and their guardians what is up from a pet's point of view.  Since the world won't let me roam free (it would if I could find my way home, stay our of harm's way, and not get distracted), I'll have to practice journalism via commenting on what people have ot say about pets.  Here's a recent story for me to comment on: "Katrina Pet Rescue Ends Up in Court."  Can you believe this?  There was a terrible, terrible hurricane in New Orleans, Louisiana last fall - in 2005.  A lot of us pets had to be left behind in our homes.  Of course we were scared.  If I hear thunder and lightening when I'm with my people I'm scared, so imagine hearing it all by yourself, alone in a dark house.  Plus, us dogs are generally very keen to sense danger.  We sense it in the weather and through people.  We know when people are scared and that just makes most dogs more scared.  I'll have to give some of my friends credit - they can really take care of scared people but me, I just get more scared.  So, anyway, long story short here - after the storm passed and many pets were left hungry and without their people and facing rising water, some really kind people put a lot of volunteer time into helping rescue the stranded pets that were left behind in the storm.  Two female dogs were rescued and taken care of by a shelter group, but their people did not pick them up by the deadline, so they stayed at the shelter and now their people are sueing the shelter.  I think that's right - I don't know many of the details, but if you ask me - if a pet in need has a person that wants to give them the right care and quality of life that the pet needs, then by all means - let the pet be a dependent of the people (given the pet likes the people of course).  However, the real question is: what is the right care?  What is the optimal quality of life for a pet?  How do people know if their pet really likes them or if their pet is faking it to get food and shelter that they could not otherwise find?  All you chattypet's out there - what do you want?  I can tell you what I want, but if I'm ever going to be a reporter, I need something besides me to report on.  Let me know what you think.  Until then - I'll happily stretch out as long as I can make myself stretch and take a nice nap on a full-sized human bed with a ramp going up to it.  Oh, and of course I have my own pillow! [wink!] 

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