On November 6th, 2011 we will be having our second annual 2 Million Dogs 2 Miles Puppy Up Walk in Washington State, in Auburn, Washington at Roegner Park, 601 Oravetz Road. This walk has a special meaning this year because of Murphy’s fight and bravery in the face of this terrible disease. We will raise money and awareness in his memory as we walk...

Submitted by his mom, Jo Ann Loux Odie is a pit bull who was found in November 2008 wandering the streets of San Antonio. He was malnourished, heart-worm positive and had numerous puncture wounds on his body. Thanks to the kindness of the volunteers at the Converse Animal Shelter ,  he was rescued and nursed back to health. After spending time with a wonderful...

Special thanks to Sue Smith for contributing this blog on their Puppy Up! Walk in New Mexico. When: Sunday, September 25, 2011 Time:  11:00AM to 4:00PM Mountain Time Where: Rotary Park, Bernalillo, New Mexico Our walk will take place at Rotary Park in Bernalillo, NM from 11 AM to 4 PM. The park is conveniently located between Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, and Santa Fe so...

The 4th annual 2 Million Dogs “Cancer Can’t Keep a Good Dog Down” Calendar Contest has begun! Please note that we’ve changed the deadline. The contest runs  through midnight CDT, Saturday,  October 1st. The calendar is in honor of and a memorial to our beloved companions touched by cancer, and a tribute to their unfaltering spirit, undaunted courage, and the unshakable loyalty they have given...

When: Sunday, November 6, 2011 Time:  1:00PM to 5:00PM Central time Where: Yettie Polk Park, Belton, Texas Tisha Beauchamp Cotham, Organizer Thanks to Tisha Beauchamp Cotham for this blog on the Puppy Up! Walk in Belton, Texas on Sunday, November 6, 2011.  This walk will take place at Yettie Polk Park from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Central Time. To learn more about the...

By Marissa Heflin (Portions of this article are reprinted from the website Veterinary Practice News.) The U.S. Department of Agriculture has conditionally licensed a vaccine to treat canine oral melanoma—the first approved therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of cancer in either animals or humans, according to the company that produces it, Merial. The vaccine is indicated for the treatment of dogs with stage II or...

When the Man waked up he said, ‘What is Wild Dog doing here?’ And the Woman said, ‘His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always.'” — Rudyard Kipling It is with great sorrow that I must tell you that our dear friend Murphy was given rest Wednesday evening, June...

by Luke Robinson Republished from the 2 Dogs 2000 Miles blog And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything. I love this passage from Will Shakespeare’s As You Like It and for this Father’s Day, I couldn’t find one more appropriate. It speaks to the fascination and beauty found...

“And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks, Sermons in stones and good in everything.” I love this passage from Will Shakespeare’s As You Like It and for this Father’s Day, I couldn’t find one more appropriate. It speaks to the fascination and beauty found in the simple wonderment of nature. It’s reminiscent of my father...