dogs

Discourteous hunter’s mess sickened our dog

Nov 25, 2020

Late in the afternoon of Nov. 17 a deer hunter threw off deer remains (guts and hide) just below our driveway on the hill off 310th Avenue. Our dog found that mess, ate some of it and dragged the hide onto our house yard. Our dog is housed in our house garage and was sick overnight, vomiting and...

Shelter pets brighten shelter in place

Apr 15, 2020

A Lake City family was featured on a national news broadcast as part of a story on pet adoptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dana Jacobson interviewed Asia Zmuda about her family’s newest addition, an adopted four-month-old puppy named Gomer, for a report that aired on “CBS This Morning.” Zmuda’...

Letter: Leash your dog

Oct 16, 2019

To the editor: Keep dogs on their leash. Show some respect for your neighbors. Ken Lyons Lake City

Therapy dogs visit high school

Jan 30, 2019

“We do a little bit of everything,” Ugly Dog Therapy owner Jenny Langness said of her pudelpointer therapy dogs, Albert, and Earl.The dogs are used for preschoolers to senior citizens, from learning to read to memory care.“When people say: What can they do?,” she said. “What can’t they do?”Twice a...

City Council may tighten leash law

Dec 13, 2018

More restrictive rules for dogs and their people could be on the way for Lake City. On Monday, Dec. 10, the city council waived a first reading of an ordinance that would require dogs within the city limits to be leashed when off the premises of its owner. Current city ordinance allows dogs to be...

Letter: Daisee lives, thanks to alert drivers

Oct 18, 2018

To the editor: Our little rescue dog, Daisee, escaped in an incident involving a stray cat. If not for some alert and kind motorists, she would not have survived one crossing of N. Park Street and two runs across Hwy. 61 with us in pursuit! We owe special appreciation to the woman in the light...

Halvorson: On walkers, pets, and having it all

Jul 25, 2018

I love sitting by my window overlooking the beach and river walk. The first walkers start about 5 a.m. Actually they aren’t all walkers. There are runners, joggers, strollers, even people with walkers. Some are so regular you could set your watch. I can always tell the weather by their mode of...

5K-9 is Saturday, May 12

May 9, 2018

The Lake City 5K-9 run to raise money for the Hiawatha Animal Humane Society will be Saturday, May 12. The 5K run begins and ends at Anytime Fitness, 1205 N. 7th Street, Lake City. Registration for dogs and their people (people without dogs are welcome too) begins at 6:30 a.m. Start time is 7 a.m...

Non-profit outfits K-9 Melee

May 3, 2018

Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Melee has received a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K-9s. The vest is embroidered with the sentiment “In memory of K-9 Diezel, Umass Amherst Police Department”. Vested Interest in...

Hiawatha Animal Humane Society - Pet of the Week

Nov 15, 2017

This short haired adult black and white cat has very unusual (and attractive) facial markings. He recently was brought to the Hiawatha Animal Humane Society after being picked up as a stray. He is exceptionally friendly and loves to show affection so he will be an ideal feline companion for some...