Alexis Escalera, pictured, has been arrested for beating a relative's dog to death with a baseball bat. Apparently Escalera, his wife and daughter were temporarily moving into his mother-in-law's house, when the dog who belonged to his mother-in-law's son, nipped Escalera's daughter who did not … [Read more...]

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Interested in reading about someone who has been doing something positive for animals, read today's article in the Reading Eagle about Keith Claytor. Keith has been an outstanding advocate for the Reading Police K-9 Unit. He is the vice-president of the Friends of the Reading Police K-9 Unit. He and … [Read more...]

Our good ole' buddy, Derbe "Skip" Eckhart, has managed to have another hearing scheduled for tomorrow in Dictrict Justice Donna Butler's courtroom, continued.... again! I was smarter this time around with our good ole' buddy. I had traveled to the Lehigh Valley Courthouse last month to see Eckhart … [Read more...]

Yes, you read that correctly! Next Saturday, the 8th, the "Michel Vick Community Celebration" is "intended to give the city a chance to enjoy and embrace Vick. What? Has everyone gone mad? Ok, so I know some say we need to forigve Vick. I do have the capacity to forgive. But isn't it tradition for … [Read more...]

It never ceases to amaze the lengths people will go to abuse their own pet. Oreo (pictured) was the cruel victim of her owner throwing her off the sixth story roof where her owner, Fabian Henderson, 19, lives in New York. Astoundingly, this tough girl survived! That is a miracle itself. Poor Oreo … [Read more...]

This sad face belongs to a dog who has been missing for nine years in Australia. Meet Muffy. Muffy was a puppy when she ran away from the Lampard home in Brisbane. Muffy was given to Chloe Rushby, the now 17 yr. old daughter who has never forgotten about Muffy, on her eighth birthday. Muffy … [Read more...]

This week has been a reminder to me of the devastating effects Lyme disease can have on our pets. A friend and his wife had to make the heart-wrenching decision to euthanize their nine year old chocolate Lab due to the horrible effects this disease imposed on their beloved member of the family. It … [Read more...]

The three new dogs for the Reading K-9 will begin training next Monday, August 3rd! And I have also heard from a good source that Officer Josh Faust (pictured below) and his dog Rocky have kept their positions with the Reading K-9 Unit as well. Although I elated over this outcome, I feel, along … [Read more...]

Lyme disease has hit many dogs is quite prevalent here in Berks County. If you ask a dog owner, he/she probably has either experienced this disease with their own dog or knows a friend's or relative's dog with Lyme. What is Lyme disease? According to … [Read more...]