I remember it well. Shortly after moving to our two acres in Westhaven from LA, Michael said “Look at all that blackberry! We should get a couple of goats.” We had a barn and a pen and lots of overgrown yard, so it seemed a good idea. After calling around, off he went in his truck and brought home an Alpine d...

My sweet rescue dog was incorrigible. A born troublemaker. I had jury duty, so I took Penny back to the school where, after adoption, she’d completed three weeks “basic training.” They’d deemed her a classic Beagle with a hound mentality — an independent thinker, stubborn, willful and ADD besides. On this day...

Anyone who has spent time with animals of any kind knows that there is something so honest, so nurturing and calming about them. That’s why we have therapy dogs and horses, and emotional support animals of all species— animals have a healing spirit. In fact, researchers find that being with animals increases ...

“Happiness is a warm puppy.” —Charles Schulz Charles Schulz knew a thing or two about dogs. After all, he created “Peanuts,” one of the most enduring and popular comic strips, in which a beagle is depicted with the same intellectual depth as his human counterparts.

Over the last 38 years or so, we have shared our home and life with six dogs. From Eddie the timid golden retriever in Ohio in 1988 to Stella the black Lab mix, who joined the household from underneath a Fieldbrook trailer in 2013, these are the dogs of our lives. They have all been rescue dogs in the sense t...

For many older adults, pets are more than companions — they are family, providing comfort during difficult days, purpose through daily routines and unconditional love that helps ease loneliness and isolation. Thanks to the support of generous donors, volunteers and community partners, Humboldt Senior Resource...

Humboldt Senior Resource Center’s (HSRC) Nutrition & Activities program has been awarded a three-year $1.2 million federal Administration for Community Living grant to lead Whole Health: Integrating Behavioral Health into Senior Nutrition Programs, a statewide initiative that will bring together partners acro...

Meals on Wheels Redwood Coast at Humboldt Senior Resource Center thanks Les Schwab Tire Center in Eureka for its recent tire donation through the Schwab Tires for Purpose program.