Tails From the Field

This blog was originally written 6/28/09, however, every summer we still respond to hundreds of calls for dogs in vehicles! The news stations are already reporting about dogs being found in vehicles at a certain Mall in our area. And we have also al...

DISCLAIMER: This weblog, Tails From The Field, is intended to share true stories that have happened to me personally, that I have close personal knowledge of and information that I have researched, studied and have personal experience in. The opinio...

I've written two stories about cats up in trees, so this is a first. Got a call during my swing shift for a Sheriff Assist. Minimal details given to me were that the Sheriff got a call about a dog that chased a man up a tree. Whereabouts of the...

Recently there has been a lot of press regarding the currant administration re-opening or allowing Horse Slaughter to be once again operational in the US. And with this comes the controversy if it should be allowed at all. Despite if the US has slaug...

Pit bulls get a lot of press. Some good but mostly bad. Are they really the evil dogs that they are perceived to be? This ACO thinks not. One of the many questions that I get asked as an ACO is, "Aren't you afraid of pit bulls?" First of all, if any...

With all the technological advances in the past decade along came a little thing in the pet world called the Microchip or "chip". This little device is only about the size of a grain of rice, yet it could mean the difference between having your lost...

Last night I received a call that was reported as an injured cat attacked by neighbors pit bulls. The dispatcher relayed that the stray cat was still in the CPs (Calling Party) backyard, injured and unable to move.So I get there and and make contact wi...

~ BEAR~ EOW 02/02/12 For anyone who has ever had the pleasure of having an animal touch their heart knows that love can be instantaneous, that love doesn't know time. And every now and then one will have a connection to your soul. Bear touched my so...

My niece, Megan, recently asked me a very good question. "We all see feral cats all the time.but have you ever come across literal feral dogs? If so how does that happen? That dogs become feral? 　 Yes, there are feral dogs. Here in the United St...

Back in June I got that sometimes dreaded letter from the Superior Court that I was being summoned for DUN DUN DUN!!!! Jury Duty! I was scheduled for mid August but that was a bad time because my son was graduating from Army Basic training, so I postpo...