by Greg Markelz | Oct 3, 2019 | Animals, Author, Greg Markelz, Nonprofit organizations, Not For Profit News
Deeply Inspired by…our pets? by Greg Markelz Inspired, my favorite definition: to influence, move, or guide by divine or supernatural inspiration. For the millions of us that won’t live without a pet by our side, our pets DO inspire us, influence us and...
by Greg Markelz | Sep 26, 2019 | Animals, Author, Greg Markelz, News, Outdoors
DOGS CAN DO SO MANY JOBS! by Greg Markelz Our pets do so many things for us it is no surprise that 68% of all US households own one. Dog-only households are 33% of all households and another 17% have a dog and at least one other pet. However, today I want to focus...
by Greg Markelz | Sep 13, 2019 | Animals, Author, Greg Markelz, News, Success Stories
This week as many of us blogged, posted, tweeted and read about the tragedy of September 11, 2001, I saw several stories about one hero from that terrible event who had recently passed away. Bretagne (pronounced Brittany) was a search and rescue dog from Texas, and...
by Greg Markelz | Aug 26, 2019 | Animals, Author, Greg Markelz, News
This is my 9th Blog post and It is time to get real! Here is a real story of an Animal Rescue experience. Thanks to Robin Carroll and Tom Van Winkle of the Hinsdale Humane Society for submitting this story: A Mother’s Love This is the story of Shadow and her baby girl...
by Greg Markelz | Jul 26, 2019 | Animals, Author, Greg Markelz, News
ANIMAL RESCUE VOLUNTEERS, AND FUEL by Greg Markelz We all know how valuable volunteers are to any charitable cause. These are the people who have the passion, the time, and the energy to help advance their favorite causes. For each animal rescue site, this is no...
by Greg Markelz | Jul 12, 2019 | Animals, Author, Greg Markelz
Cool findings about Pets, particularly Dogs: Top Pets by Population DOGS over 76 million CATS over 58 million BIRDS over 7.5 million HORSES over 1.9 million (wondering if these are all actually pets or if this number includes work horses and...
