Consider it a Christmas miracle of sorts. Just in time for the holidays, the dog stranded for weeks on a Harrison, Michigan lake has found her "furever" home.
Results from the additional testing facilitated by the MDARD and completed by the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (MSU VDL) have revealed the illness impacting dogs in Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula to be canine parvovirus.
12 states in the U.S. have official state dog breeds although Michigan is not among them. A 2021 bill by Padma Kupp of Troy, MI hopes to designate shelter animals as the official state pet.
Michigan's winter can be frigid and unforgiving. If your pet lives outside, you need to keep them warm and safe. Be sure to follow these winter weather rules.