News & Announcements

If there’s there another culture in the world that adores, indulges and pampers pets more than ours I don’t know of it. We Americans consider our pets as friends, playmates and part of the family. They act as confidants, commiserators and often co-conspirators. They tolerate our moods, rejoice in our attention and even appreciate our children.

We’d like to share with the community to congratulate our community pet heroes, the Robert Potter League for Animals, in their new facility, the Gold LEED certification for a sustainable design and construction, and for the many volunteers that make the place a wonderful place to give back.

“Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”
George Eliot

If you are not one of the 57% of all Americans who have a pet, you may want to consider it. Science is backing what many of us have long felt. Pets are good for us in more ways than one.

Research shows that caring for an animal can improve your mental and physical well-being-with a few caveats.

By Karen Springen
Newsweek Web Exclusive Jan 11, 2008

Sure, pets provide companionship and unconditional love. But research has shown that they can also help reduce stress and blood pressure in owners, increase longevity in those who’ve had heart attacks, and even relax and improve the appetites of Alzheimer’s patients. “Any disease condition that has a stress-related component to it, we believe pets could ameliorate stress and moderate the situation,” says biologist Erika Friedmann, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
Click for more.

“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.”
Mark Twain

From our March issue of Community Connections Newsletter

For information about what to do when you have lost a best friend pet, contact the funeral home, we have products for pet memorials, urns, and advice about creating a special tribute.