Hands to Paws

11/17/2025

09/20/2025

Beautifully said

“Force is the surrender of wisdom.”

When I first heard the phrase “Violence is the surrender of intellect,” I realized how deeply it applies to the way we treat dogs. In medicine, in breeding, in daily care — whenever we resort to force, it often means we’ve abandoned the patient work of understanding.

Drugs are stacked to silence symptoms instead of asking why the body is crying out. Steroids, antibiotics, and chemicals are poured in like weapons, until the very terrain they were meant to protect is scorched. Breeding shortcuts are taken, pairing fragile with fragile, masking weakness with tests and protocols, while ignoring the generational cost. Even in everyday choices, we default to convenience products that override nature rather than walking in rhythm with it.

Force is what we reach for when we no longer have answers. It is the white coat declaring “terminal” without asking what built the disease. It is the culture that would rather medicate than nourish, patch rather than rebuild, silence rather than listen.

But wisdom asks us to pause. To see the symptom as a messenger, not a mistake. To see the body as intelligent, not defective. To see our role not as conquerors of disease, but as stewards of health.

Without that shift, there is no true healing — only the brutality of force dressed up as care.

The way forward is not more domination of the body, but more reverence for its design. To reclaim the wisdom that nature wrote into every cell, and to remember: dogs were never meant to just survive our interventions. They were meant to thrive. ❤️🐾❤️

01/25/2024

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06/21/2022

I talk about this all the time!

06/01/2022

Update : Happy to report that Buddy has been adopted ❤️❤️ Photo to come!

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16-years-old 🥺

Every time we see Buddy’s face perk up when a family walks by his kennel, it breaks our hearts 💔 Sadly, he’s had no takers yet, but we’re hopeful his day will come very soon 😌 Buddy came to the shelter recently when his owner went into a nursing home and no other family members could take him. Buddy is a gentle old man who likes going for leisurely walks around our campus or just snoozing in a comfy bed 🥰 Buddy has been around other dogs and cats and could possibly share his new home with some friends who are mellow and respectful like him 🐾 Since Buddy is a bit older and may have trouble seeing and hearing sometimes, he’d do best with bigger, dog-savvy kids 🙂

Do you have room in your heart and home for a senior sweetheart like Buddy? If so, stop in during our walk-in adoption hours and meet him ❤️ Visit our website to learn more: bit.ly/3l9EtmZ