Tag: Jul/Aug 2022
by Mary Green
CPDT-KA: Certified Professional Dog Trainer Knowledge Assessed, CDBC: Certified Dog Behavior Counselor
CNWI: Certified Nose Work Instructor K9 Manners & More, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Summertime in Oklahoma hit early and hard. We struggle to find enough exercises to keep ourselves
and our pups active in summer without the dire consequences...
by Karen Dugan Holman, B.S., B.S.E., M.S.
Visiting my in-laws in Arkansas was often an educational and entertaining pastime. While driving at dusk, I learned that the large splats on my windshield, resembling an Oklahoma hailstorm with ice as large as baseballs, were just the “skeeters.”
On one occasion, relaxing in...
by Rowena Mills
Photos courtesy of OSU-Tulsa
Communicative Sciences and Disorders Department
“What’s his name?”
It’s a simple thing, right? Just a person asking the name of a dog in a forthright three-word sentence. No big deal.
But for someone who has aphasia, it can be challenging or almost impossible to get words out....
by Kim Doner
Whenever a roadrunner is mentioned, most of us immediately think of the Looney Tunes character Road Runner and his nemesis, Wile E. Coyote. The next response is to reply, “Beep, beep!” Then the more juvenile of us (OK, present company included) make the “Bliddle-iddle-iddle” sound that the...
by Ashley Villines, Northern Oklahoma Humane Society
For a little more than a year, the Northern Oklahoma Humane Society
has worked closely with the Animal Control unit of the Ponca City Police Department to develop a no-kill program for the community. The effort is an adjunct to the highly successful efforts...
by Rowena Mills
Did you know animals compete for acting awards in movies and television just like people do? The Picture Animal Top Star of the Year (PATSY) Award is the animal equivalent of the Oscar, and Orangey is the only cat to have won it twice.
Orangey appeared in numerous...
by Kelsey Warren-Bryant
I used to live in a house that belonged to my parents, a two-story home in the middle of Oklahoma woods. Trees surrounded every
side of the home, and with them, wildlife. I had my fair share of experience with wild animals while living there — deer grazing...
by Heide Brandes | Photos courtesy of Johnny Perkins
For Johnny Perkins of Edmond, Ziggy Stardust was not just a beloved pet but
almost like his child. For five years, Perkins and the orange tabby cat were buddies and constant companions through sadness, happiness, moves, and life changes. “When I first...
by Nancy Gallimore
Irecently had a visit to the doctor’s office.
Nothing specific, just checking my annual
physical off the old to-do list. All part of my attempt to be a somewhat responsible, healthy adult.
As nurses and doctors tend to do, they had a list of questions surrounding my personal health habits...
by Jennie Lloyd | Photo by Cindy Alvarez
First thing in the morning, Dugal “is a wagging tail and a toy in his mouth,”
says Brian Hughes, owner of Queenies restaurant in Utica Square. Hughes is also Dugal’s dog dad. Every day, Dugal wakes up at 5 a.m., grabs a toy,...
