The Hounds Grounds

10/06/2026

Repost Dr. Judy Morgan’s Naturally Healthy Pets

💉 Vaccine titers should be a standard part of veterinary care, in my opinion. ⁠
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🩸 A simple blood test can tell you if your pet is protected and prevent the overuse of vaccines.⁠
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✖️We know that protection from core vaccines can last much longer than what’s stated on the reminder card from the vet, yet “annual shots” is the norm. ⁠
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✅ If your vet doesn’t offer vaccine titers, or they quote exorbitant fees, here are some affordable locations for titer testing.⁠
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➡️ For a full rundown of what titers are, why I recommend considering titer testing, what the results mean, and so much more, read my latest blog post “Titer Testing for Dogs and Cats” on DrJudyMorgan.com

10/02/2026

Repost from Seal Beach Animal Care Center
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Who are these adorable boys?!?! Meet Mack (left) and Tonka💚💙 These brothers were dumped at a park at 8 weeks old, to fend for themselves. Luckily a good samaritan stepped in and kept them from going to a high kill shelter.

Now the boys are about 10 weeks old, and we believe to be Staffordshire Terrier mixes. We expect them to be medium to large sized boys when all grown up, but we cannot guarantee a weight range.

If you’re looking to liven up your home with some puppy energy, please fill out our FULL APPLICATION in order to make an appointment to come and meet these boys.💚💙

10/01/2026

10/01/2026

Another tribute to our loved pets.

Still need to clean the ring up after adding a gorgeous blue behind the ashes.

I am working on lockets, pendants, dog tags, rings and items that can be hung on a review mirror etc.

What we can create is endless. If you have something special in mind, I’d love to help you create it. ❤️

10/01/2026

I’ve been working on a passion project. Since my dog passed I have been learning 3D CAD design to create jewelry that will hold the love of our pets, a piece of them to wear daily.

I just finished setting ashes under this gorgeous citrine hexagon stone in this beautiful 24k gold ring.

I will be posting more pieces as I design and create them. If you are interest you can reach out to me here while I am building my collections and website.

I can also create custom pieces if you have a vision of your own. A story you would like to tell in a gorgeous one of a kind piece.
Casting in: silver, yellow gold, white gold and rose gold.

09/15/2026

274 days and my heart hurts like you left today, yet it feels like forever since I’ve kissed your big head! 💔

Miss you boy!!!! 💔💙

09/05/2026

If you care about dogs, the people that love them, both human and animal rights — you need to read this.

This week Austin American-Statesman broke a story that took the animal welfare community by storm.

This isn’t new to some of us. We’ve seen it before, and it keeps happening in Austin — dogs paying with their lives under a policy that ignores the facts, while regular people are often left to litigate life-or-death cases without a lawyer.

Sometimes advocacy work is quiet and behind the scenes. But at some point, the need to get loud happens.

This is one of those times.

It’s time to take *reasonable* action to help support further change for Austin dogs.

We implore you to read the post in full and use your own voice and your own words to request that:

1. AAS Animal Protection engage its legal counsel to enter into an agreement with Mr. Lilly to release Major back to him under reasonable conditions and to take whatever legal action necessary to vacate the lower court’s order of euthanasia and approve the conditional release.
2. AAS shelter director to personally review how SBI determinations are being made under her Animal Protection’s oversight, including exactly what instructions are being given to the City and County Attorney’s office about when euthanasia is sought, and to ask whether that practice reflects the discretion the statute actually provides.

Contact emails:

Shelter Director:
[email protected]

Austin City Assistant Manager (that oversees AAS):
[email protected]

Travis County Commissioners (Travis county partially funds Austin Animal Protection):
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

If you’re an Austin resident, look up what district you’re in and also email your district council member.

This isn’t just about one dog. It’s about your dogs, our dogs, all dogs in Austin.

But for today, we fight for Major.

The city *can* do the right thing, if they so choose. The ball is squarely in their court now.



** No AI was used in the making of this post and we are happy to cite our sources and provide any receipts. 🧾

08/13/2026

A day in the life of Sammy’s diet ❤️❤️
Only the best for my SamBam 🐕‍🦺