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I am professor of animal behavior at a major state university....I teach about this stuff. In defense of the alligator- it was just being an alligator and going after "prey". Unfortunately, because it has now attacked a human, this increases the likelihood of it doing this again- thus it must be...

The elephant in the room, so to speak, is the stigma of mental illness. The mother was a person who seemed to care very much about what others thought of her and her family. Unlike cancer, many people judge mental illness is a disease that is "bad" and that you "choose to get" or shows a...

Try being a widow. Or having your dad die and having to deal with father events at school. This is the life of MY kids and me. No way to "have dad come even if parents are divorced". It is just me and the kids. Going on three years now, and it doesn't get any easier- we are getting used to it...

I am so sorry for your loss. I will keep your sister and her children in my family's prayers. We, too, lost our husband/father 15 mos ago. My kids were a little older at the time (22, 18, 14 and 12) but the loss of a father and husband is so difficult, no matter what your age. Please, please...

Dearest Deb, please accept my condolences, my prayers, and my deepest, deepest heartfelt hugs to you. I, too, lost my husband suddenly 15 months ago (to a sudden heart attack). This is such a difficult time for you. If you are even remotely interested, there is a discussion group for young...

I just had the surgery on 12/20 for a badly torn/destroyed/all gone meniscus. I have severe osteo-arthritis (dog gone bad genes!)....and guess what, I got taken out by dogs, too- only they were MY dogs and I should have known better. Lesson learned: if a pack of Australian Shepherds (read...

I am no saint (ask my kids), but definitely afraid of karma. Besides, when my mom was dying and I was in the midwest while she was on the west coast, many people came around helped me out, so I guess I owed a few favors. MIL cracked me up....after I had to put her in the nursing home because...

My MIL was this way to me for 20 years, then she developed dementia. The first few years with dementia were worse. Then, as she forgot who we were, I became the only one who could calm her down. My DH died suddenly in Oct. 2010. He was an only child. By this time she was no longer even able to...

I work with a rescue group and we are seeing a massive spike in relinquishments and abandonments in the last month....all ages too. We are to the point that we may have to turn away dogs because we are out of room. It is heartbreakng! We also don't adopt out until after the holidays. We get too...

Puppy food and large breed dogs is a bit of a controversy. I have a golden, and work with a Australian Shepherd rescue group. My personal vet, and our rescue vet both suggest NOT feeding a large breed puppy puppy food as it can cause the pup to "grow too fast", resulting in poor bone formation...

I am a faculty member at this university. It was NOT a student, nor anyone associated directly with the university. The dorm (err, "residence hall") where it happened is undergoing some renovation. The sidewalk is closed off (boxed in, like you see in cities). The scaffolding starts above the...

My DD14 was 5 when she got her first pair of hearing aids. On the way out of the audiologist's office she stopped in her tracks and looked at me very funny and asked "what is that sound?" She had never heard traffic before. The first time she flushed the toilet it scared the holy be-jabbers out...

I am a college professor who runs a research lab AND teaches (one of those all in one universities), mom to 4 kids ages 14-24 (in fairness, oldest 2 are either in or finished with college), AND I am a recent widow (12 days to my "sadiversary") with no family in town. It has been one H-E-double...

Last October my DH came in from moving the sprinkler and collapsed. My DS15 and I did CPR on him until the paramedics came, and they worked on him another 45 minutes....but he was gone. I knew it when I went to him, but you just keep trying. Thankfully DD13 was not home at the time, and DD19 and...

Ugh! I just stocked up for school starting....all 5 1 lb tubes of my ground turkey are in the recall.....back to the store I go.

Our Aussie Rescue charges $250 to adopt a dog. BUT, that includes up-to-date vaccinations, spay/neuter, and a collar and leash. We also offer behavioral consultation services after the adoption....so all in all, not a bad price. Those of us who foster spend an awful lot of our own money...

I raise Australian Shepherds and am highly involved in with an Aussie rescue group- it looks Aussie, at least in part, to me. Docking the tail is often done in mixes to make them look more purebred, so that isn't all that unusual. I would check his hearing, as there is a tendency with Aussies...

My DD13 is BOTH special education and "gifted". She is hearing impaired, wears hearing aids, needs speech therapy, but is a straight A student in advanced classes. The teachers don't quite know what to do....technically, in our district she CAN'T be both spec. ed and gifted....like kids fit into...

We were a 2 income couple- both professors and 4 kids ages 13-23. Now I am a widow with 2 kids still at home, so suddenly just one income. Our lifestyle has changed dramatically, but we are doing okay. I am stuck at my job for 7 more years. Wouldn't have chosen this job, but needed to help...

Prayers and hugs to you. My DH52 also was at great risk, but he ignored his symptoms and refused to take his meds regularly.....he died of a massive heart attack on 10/10/10, leaving me and 4 kids behind. I am SO glad your husband is listening to the doctors. Preventative care and intervention...