Lagans provide a sanctuary for pet farm animals
Kaitie and Greg Lagan left suburban West Des Moines to raise their family in rural Norwalk. The acreage included room for a pasture, and Kaitie thought a few goats would [...]
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Posted July 05, 2023in People & Pets
Posted May 31, 2023in People & Pets
Brandi Munch finds cats and dogs therapeutic
Some people might declare they are either a cat person or a dog lover. Brandi Munch likes both. Brandi had dogs as a youth and as an adult. After her [...]
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Posted May 03, 2023in People & Pets
Toby and Sophia
A beloved childhood horse is now in its golden years of life. When Laura Kersey got her horse, Toby, at age 10, she never imagined him getting as old as [...]
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Posted April 05, 2023in People & Pets
Amanda Nuzum and Shelly, the tortoise
As a teenager, Amanda Nuzum loved her sulcata tortoise, Daisy. After high school, she kept Daisy, but she was busy, working three jobs. To her dismay, she had to give [...]
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Posted March 01, 2023in People & Pets
Award-winning corgis
Walking into Shirley Harder’s home, friendly corgis clamor for attention, almost saying, “Look at me! See how wonderful I am? Here’s my toy — when can we play?” Meanwhile, two [...]
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Posted February 01, 2023in People & Pets
Kernel comforts
Zac Fox and his wife, Lindsay, have fostered dozens of rescue dogs the past 10 years, dutifully finding them forever homes. But after a decade, they needed a break, as [...]
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Posted January 04, 2023in People & Pets
Trio of dogs
An abandoned street dog, a dog with two broken legs, and another dog weighing only 7 pounds all found love and healing with their new owners. Sarah Jennings and Kristen [...]
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Posted November 30, 2022in People & Pets
Brian Connolly and his axolotls
When Brian Connolly was a young boy, his parents raised exotic animals, including a monkey, an ostrich and an emu. So it was only fitting he has axolotls as pets. [...]
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Posted November 02, 2022in People & Pets
Flash for mental health
The Flash is a sci-fi superhero who is a courageous character in comic book life. Flash is also a German shepherd owned by Eleanor Vestal — and he is her [...]
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Posted October 05, 2022in People & Pets
Cuteness overload
One Thursday evening at the Valley Junction farmers market in West Des Moines, people of all ages circled around two balls of curly fur with wagging tails. As I clamored [...]
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