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MACDONALD: Help Cosmo Get the Surgery He Needs [Update 5]

March 5, 2026 Steve MacDonald

Originally published January 28, 2026 – Please scroll down for all updates. Personal: My dog, Cosmo, needs surgery, and we have started a GiveSendGo donation page (no fees) to help cover the costs of procedures, tests, and treatment. The GoFundMe page is still there, but we are not directing donors to it (too many fees) … Read more

MACDONALD: We Love Our Pets, But are Corporations Wrecking Veterinary Care?

October 9, 2025October 8, 2025 Steve MacDonald

My Yellow lab has had his moments—everything from leg issues as a puppy to lump removals as he got older. Cosmo is almost ten now and still very much a lab. Puppyish, loving, cuddly, and energetic, but pet care costs are getting out of hand. The last quote I got for some minor superficial surgery … Read more

NH Bill Would Protect “Parental” Right To Raccoons and Squirrels As Pets

January 14, 2025January 14, 2025 Steve MacDonald

We don’t have a hearing date yet, but New Hampshire’s Bill to protect raccoons and squirrels as pets has language we can read. If you missed it, we covered the story back in November when the legislative service request popped up in the wake of a raid in New York State, resulting in the euthanization … Read more

Dog playing Image by Katrin B. from Pixabay

Irony Alert: CDC To Restrict Dogs Entering US Because They Might Have Diseases…

July 21, 2024 Steve MacDonald

America had effectively irradicated a wide range of diseases more common in the second and third world, at least until the age of Barry Obama. He used his phone and pen to flood the United States with “refugees,” the opposition of which was deemed xenophobic or racist. The Caravans came, Barry built cages for children, … Read more

Dog driving Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay

Prohibiting the Operation of Motor Vehicles by Drivers with Animals on Their Laps

January 21, 2023 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire House Bill 260 might have a few folks steamed. It will fine operators 100.00 if they are driving with a pet in their lap. Is this a bridge too far, or do you think it is a good idea?

Mental health anxiety depression Image by Josh Clifford from Pixabay

Updated: “Misgendering a Pet Can Result in Serious Microsubconscious Distress”

December 8, 2022December 7, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Update: Busted. I got taken by a parody tweet. It happens. You are in a hurry, and you need content but skip the step where you dig into the source to verify, and boom. But?

The Left’s All-Out Political War on Your Pets and Livestock (Including Here in NH)

January 24, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The Left is at war with America on many fronts, but one that has until now gone under the radar involves animals. Pets, working animals, livestock, you name it, the Democrat party is bringing the regulatory state to your door.

Introducing Democrat Katherine Rogers “No Dog Left Outside” Bill

December 15, 2019December 15, 2019 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire Katherine Rogers is best known for hitting political opponents and anti-self-defense legislation. But she’s branching out. This session, her meddling includes a slew of so-called animal protection bills like regulating dogs outdoors.

Weed Nation – How about Legalizing Medical Marijuana for Pets?

May 25, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The Weed lobby got big, fast. It has cash, influence, and momentum. So, why get off the dance floor now when you’ve just got your groove? People are buying and buying in so hey, what about pot for pets?

Winning: You Helped Kill New Hampshire’s Wretched Unnecessary Pet-Czar Bill (HB688)

January 18, 2025March 16, 2019 Steve MacDonald

I think congratulations are in order. In February we reported on a bill to create what I called the Pet Czar. A law granting regulatory authority to an agency that would cost millions annually to boss pet owners and hobby breeders around. A gross act of overreach. An absurd abuse of power. A law that, “would create … Read more

The New Feminism: Give Pets Gender Neutral Names to Avoid Misgendering Them

December 5, 2018July 15, 2017 Steve MacDonald

If you thought the trans nutty femineurotic left had jumped all the sharks you’d be wrong. The feminazi webazinette Medusa Magazine, the same publication that thinks white abortion is the solution to the problem of white supremacy, has published a plea to all pet owners. Don’t Gender your Pets. Sex and gender are separate things and are in no … Read more

A song honoring the Democrat majority in NH from 2007 through 2010…

September 26, 2018March 29, 2012 Steve MacDonald

Yes, this is the way the majority Democrats legislated—converted to an artistic, musical rendition—a veritable ode to what they did in New Hampshire from 2007 through 2010: [jwplayer mediaid=”20289″]

Picture of the Day 4-3-11

September 26, 2018April 3, 2011 Steve MacDonald