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Dying Shelter Dog Found Vomiting Trash Goes Home On Thanksgiving Eve Dying Shelter Dog Found Vomiting Trash Goes Home On Thanksgiving Eve
Dying Shelter Dog Found Vomiting Trash Goes Home On Thanksgiving Eve When Ingrid Santucci lost her 10-year-old Great Dane last spring, another dog just miles away was beginning her own fight. Piper, an elderly Cane Corso mix, had been brought to the Bergen County Animal Shelter after she was found in Englewood vomiting up trash. Veterinarians discovered staples in her stomach, and staff said the masses and calluses on her body suggested years spent living on concrete. She had survived, but she hadn’t lived. In the months that followed, Piper needed time to recover. And Santucci, grieving the loss of her Great Dane, needed time too. She even visited the shel…

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by Cecilia Levine
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These Are Key Factors In Making Big Decisions, Survey Finds These Are Key Factors In Making Big Decisions, Survey Finds
These Are Key Factors In Making Big Decisions, Survey Finds A new national survey shows Americans rely on more than spreadsheets when making big life choices. The survey was conducted by Talker Research on behalf of Life Happens for Life Insurance Awareness Month. The poll of 2,000 US adults, evenly split by generation, finds seven in 10 base major decisions on nontraditional cues such as intuition (36 percent), prayer (29 percent), and general vibes (19 percent).  Most stand by those calls: 71 percent reported no regrets tied to choices made this way. Those signals are steering concrete moves.  Respondents said they used them to choose…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Woman Who Euthanized Dog Shocked To Discover He's Still Alive — And She Isn't Getting Him Back Woman Who Euthanized Dog Shocked To Discover He's Still Alive — And She Isn't Getting Him Back
Woman Who Euthanized Dog Shocked To Discover He's Still Alive — And She Isn't Getting Him Back A former Maryland resident who made the difficult decision to put her puppy down due to unrelenting health conditions has learned that he is healthy and still alive — and she won't be getting him back. Kristie Pereira, 32, who recently moved to San Antonio, TX from of Laurel, MD, adopted Amos Hart from Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation in Falls Church, VA in December 2022. She renamed him Beau, and Pereira says the two were "happy as can be." That is, up until February 2023, when Pereira noticed Beau was exhibiting strange behavior.  "He'd be pacing around and at times I'd lo…

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by Cecilia Levine