by Lorraine Monfils In the early morning hours of Saturday, Feb. 4, a car pulls up to a very remote area near Town Line Road. A car door opens and someone drops off four black kittens approximately three months old. They drive away leaving the kittens to fend for themselves in below zero weather.
Contributed photo Volunteers of the Halfway Home Pet Rescue agree, Peaches is one very adorable and loving 8-month-old spayed female. She is clean about her environment, a very contented pet that would be good for any home environment that wanted a lot of love. Volunteers also say that Peaches likes to sleep by your neck […]
Dogs get spring fever too By Christine Cowett Robinson Special to the Star-Herald This has been a long winter; and with the recent “tease” of spring, many pets are wanting out more than ever. So to keep my pups happy, I have tried to get them snowshoeing and take them with us sliding whenever […]
Canine Good Manners class set for March The Central Aroostook Kennel Club will be starting its Canine Good Manners Class on March 12, using the clicker training method. What is clicker training? Clicker training is a gentle, reward-based dog- and owner-friendly teaching method. It is based on using positive reinforcement to train behaviors and results in a […]
by Cathy Davis Have you ever watched the TV program Hoarders? Let’s have a show of hands, how many of you think these people live somewhere else and there’s nobody like that living on your street? Many of us would be surprised if we knew how many hoarders there are right here in beautiful Houlton, […]
Contributed photo Cassie Westman of Caribou celebrated her 9th birthday by asking friends to bring gifts for the animals of the Halfway Home Pet Rescue (HHPR) instead of for her. Cassie and her parents, Jon and Dawn Westman, brought the presents to the rescue and spent time loving each homeless cat. Cassie has volunteered at […]
by Cathy Davis Words cannot begin to describe the pain and agony that someone goes through when they have experienced a tragedy. I will not make an attempt here to paint a mental picture for you because I have never been through this so I cannot even imagine the sadness or despair, I will just […]
Celebrate World Spay Day By Christine Cowett Robinson Special to the Star-Herald World Spay Day is coming up soon, the last Tuesday in February. In celebration, the Central Aroostook Humane Society has offered a half-price sale on all altered animals at our shelter for the month of February.
Pooh Bear, our miracle dog This week, Christine Cowett Robinson, president, Central Aroostook Humane Society Board of Directors, shares a letter from Bob and Anna Saucier, of Presque Isle, about their experience with their adopted and much-loved dog, Pooh Bear, who taught them with faith and perseverance, miracles are possible.
by Cathy Davis A standing ovation, wonderful positive comments, a time to be whisked off to another world, even if just for a little over an hour – what an afternoon we had Saturday. The audience included 11-week-old babies and 90-year-old Saints and everybody there walked out amazed and stunned at the performance they had […]
