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Farmer’s Market Goes to The Dogs
Most Saturday mornings, Friends of the Palo Alto Animal Shelter set up a table across from While normal Farmer’s Market hours are from 8 am to noon, you can find us between 9-11 am. We provide a safe spot for…
Bagel & Cookie
Bagel and Cookie are not related, but they are deeply bonded. Cookie is a Pocket Beagle measuring only 12 inches and weighing 15 lbs. She is delicate and frightened as she leans against Bagel. The two beagles were surrendered at Palo Alto…
Aging Gracefully With Daisy
Daisy has always been eccentric. The first time I saw her scrimmaging with her littermates, she was pushy and aggressive, and I couldn’t resist her. Upon arrival at her new home she quickly laid down the ground rules for Barclay,…
Star Crossed Lovers
Sophie and Jasper are best friends and live next door to each other. Sophie is an outside cat; Jasper is an indoor cat. Every day Sophie walks over to Jasper’s house and gazes at him through his window. Jasper settles…
Dog Days of Summer
Friends visiting a beach in Florida observed a small terrier racing into the water to retrieve a ball and return it to his owner, over and over again. What made this remarkable were the swim goggles the dog was wearing.…
Your Dog’s Paw
I noticed the dog ahead of me on the Bay Trail, lagging behind his master as he ran, limping, his tongue lolling out of his mouth, clearly in distress. So I stopped my bike ahead of them and let them…
Jumpin’ Jack Flash!
We don’t know what his story is, or where he came from. We do know one day shortly before last Christmas, he was brought as a stray to an animal shelter in a Northern California county. How far had he…
Mourning the Loss of a Pet
A member of our family has just put to rest their magnificent 12 year old Golden Retriever Rudy. Their dog was born on 9/11 and so they named him after the Mayor of New York. Rudy was a vital member…