This corner features pets of animal lovers every week. We hope new owners and those thinking of getting a pet will be encouraged to be responsible “furparents” through these features. We also hope more people will be moved to be kind to animals when they read about the great relationship that can be created between humans and animals.
For contributions, please email to daycarlos28@yahoo.com and put My Furry Bestie as subject.
PRINCE is a “rescue” dog, says owner Linda Caedo Lupton.
“Not in the ordinary sense in that we did not find him in a shelter but we bought him. My husband passed away and the house would have seemed much lonelier had we not bought him and brought him home, “ Linda says.
“He served as such a comfort in those early months and was a much beloved companion to me and my family for the next 13.5 years until his death last July, “ adds Linda.
Linda adds: “He was plagued with various ailments and our house looked like a mini hospital with a nebulizer, oxygen tank and medicines that exceeded the cost of my maintenance meds. We think of him often and losing him was really like losing a beloved member of our family. “
“We didn't rescue him. He rescued us,” Linda says.
Editor's note: These stories were compiled by admin Miks Lim of Save Animals of Love and Light (Save ALL), a SEC-registered animal welfare group that helps animals in need, and encourages and promotes responsible pet ownership, adoption of rescued dogs and cats from fosters, shelters and pounds, and spaying and neutering of pets to control animal population in the country, among others.