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Editor’s Note

ALL CREATURES WAS LAUNCHED in the spring of 2016. Our hope was to attract new readers to the Guideposts family through a magazine featuring inspiring stories about the animals who share our lives and our love for them. We have been blessed to have you as our partners in All Creatures. Your letters, stories, emails and back cover colorings have been a joy to receive. Notes like “My granddaughter loves to look through the pages of each issue” and “I just had to send you a photo of my beloved dog” confirmed that so many of us connect with God’s creatures in ways that fill our hearts and souls. Sadly, the realities of magazine publishing make it unsustainable for us to continue to publish All Creatures. This will be our final issue.…

unexpected friends Dodger and His Rats

Ever since Brandi Winkleman’s Lab mix, Dodger, was a puppy, he’s had a fascination with the smaller pets in their home. “He loves playing with our rats when they roam freely,” says Brandi. Shy and nervous around people, Dodger is playful with other dogs and gets along well with the family cat and foster kittens. But he has a special fondness for the rats Brandi and her family have adopted. Particularly the late Ike (above), who had his own game he would play with Dodger. “Ike would run up to the toy Dodger was playing with and act like he was going to take it. Dodger would almost let him, then nudge him away.” Now, at six years old and with six new rats in the house, Dodger has not…

unexpected friends Dodger and His Rats

Nothing Can Stop Them!

Timber Born with a neurological condition that affects her motor skills, Timber doesn’t let that get in the way of enjoying long walks and playing in sprinklers. Her owner, Christina Powell of Alberta, Canada, advocates for animals with special needs. “Timber can fall down 30 times a day, but she always gets back up,” she says. Bruce This kea parrot was brought to the Willowbank Wildlife Reserve in Christchurch, New Zealand, missing the upper half of his beak. But Bruce lives perfectly well without it. “He picks up stones and uses them to preen himself,” says researcher Patrick Wood. “It shows us the resilience and creativity animals have.” Uno Bonnie Schual of Ontario, California, was running errands when she found a sick kitten. Now, she and Uno are inseparable. “She gets around…

Nothing Can Stop Them!

FROM COLLEGE CAMPUSES to hospitals, schools and nursing homes, miniature therapy horses Jasper and Oliver lift the mood in any room. The animals’ gentle approach invites people of all ages to connect with them. “You simply won’t find a better icebreaker,” says Andra Ebert, who founded Heartland Mini Hoofs, an Illinois-based nonprofit, in 2015. “Everyone is drawn to the horses.” Andra still recalls the gentleman in a Central Illinois nursing home who reached out to the horses as if he’d always known them. “Turns out, he served in the cavalry during World War II in North Africa and Italy, where he helped care for the horses that were used to move equipment and tanks,” she says. “I learned a history lesson that day.” In another elder care facility, a resident of four…

I’ll never forget you

MY HUSBAND AND I adored Brooks, the abandoned golden retriever we adopted at age 11. We had him only a year and were devastated by his death. Still, loving an older dog put a mission in our hearts to rescue senior gold-ens who need forever homes. We adopted nine-year-old Ike, then nine-year-old Ernest. We named our doggy retirement home BrooksHaven, in Brooks’s honor. Recently, Cuddle Clones, a company that makes lifelike plush pets, heard about what we are doing. They have a heart for helping dogs too—a portion of their profits goes toward providing shelters with food, toys and funds for medical care. They graciously sent us a Cuddle Clone that looks just like Brooks, right down to his short furry ears and bushy tail. When I hug the plush pet,…

I’ll never forget you

the call of home

‘‘Ready for another animal, Anita?” my brother-in-law asked me, setting down a cardboard box inside my doorway. “This baby raccoon needs a mama.” I pulled back the flap and looked inside. A tiny masked face peered out. “She was wandering around the brickyard,” he said. “She didn’t even fight when I picked her up.” I lifted the raccoon out of the box and held her. “Poor little baby.” “I’ve been calling her Margaret,” my brother-in-law said. “Margaret…” I cooed to her. Since girlhood I’d taken in animals—cats, dogs, an orphaned lamb, even injured chickens. But this was my first wild animal. The timing was perfect. I had no one to take care of. My husband, Merle, worked all day, and I was on summer break from my job as a school secretary. My daughter…

the call of home

With more than 5,500 dives under his belt, marine biologist and photographer Flip Nicklin has given us awe-inspiring glimpses into the world of whales. He fell in love with ocean life at age 14, when he began helping his father, an underwater cinematographer, teach people how to dive off the coast of Southern California. Now Flip migrates with the humpbacks, spending summers in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska and winters in Hawaii, capturing stunning images of these magnificent creatures. FLIP NICKLIN/MINDEN PICTURES, PHOTOOBTAINED UNDER NMFS PERMIT 0753-1599. RALPH PACE/MINDEN PICTURES,PHOTO OBTAINED UNDER NMFSPERMIT 13846. FLIP NICKLIN/MINDEN PICTURES,PHOTO OBTAINED UNDER NMFSPERMIT 987…

A Friend in the Pews

It was noon on a Tuesday, and I was in church for the first time in a decade. A friend of mine was sick with cancer, and I wanted to pray for him. But as a lapsed Catholic, I felt self-conscious and out of place praying in the midst of other parishioners. So I’d waited until off-hours, when the church was bound to be empty. Now I was sitting alone in a pew, the rays of sunlight streaming through the stained-glass windows. I bowed my head, closed my eyes and made the sign of the cross. God, I know it’s been a while, but my friend is sick. If you could help him… I felt something brush against my ankle. My eyes flew open. I looked down to see a flash of…

A Friend in the Pews

helping America’s animals MARIA DEL CASTILHO Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center, New York

Who she is Lifelong animal lover Maria Del Castilho firmly believes in animal rescue. So much so that she became a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in 2020. She has volunteered at a veterinarian’s office in the past and currently has two rescue dogs and two rescue cats. When she’s not working at her full-time job running a skin care business, you’re likely to find her hiking or helping animals. What she does Maria volunteers at the Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center in Hunter, New York. Their mission is to rehabilitate and release wild animals. They work with any animal found in New York State, except for rabies vector species such as skunks, raccoons and bats. Their motto is “Let wild be wild.” Why she does it While driving one day, Maria swerved to…

helping America’s animals MARIA DEL CASTILHO Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center, New York

Their Mysterious Ways

WHEN MY BELOVED dog Shadow passed, I was heartbroken. The night after he died, I had a peculiar dream. In it, 14-year-old Shadow was young again, his fur shiny and tongue lolling. He was in a wide-open, grassy field dotted with yellow flowers and flooded with light. He was chasing after Max, my dog who had passed when Shadow was still a puppy. Then, a third dog appeared. I didn’t recognize him, but I knew the breed—German shorthaired pointer. His brown ears were floppy, his coat an intricate patchwork of brown and white. I watched the three dogs play happily. The dream stuck with me. It was so comforting and seemed so real. But who was that third dog? A few days later, I met up with my daughter-in-law, Lori. I told her…

Their Mysterious Ways

“Show Me Your Chickens”

I checked my phone again. Still nothing from my 13-year-old granddaughter, Noelle. Why won’t she return my text messages? I wondered. Noelle—I called her Noe—was my youngest grandchild. From the moment I laid eyes on her as a newborn and she gazed back at me, Noe captured my heart. For years, Noe and her family lived close by, and she and I spent a lot of time together. It made my day to see Noe’s face light up whenever I arrived. She parted her long blonde hair straight down the middle. A perfect frame for her adorable grin. Then my husband and I moved to a different part of the San Francisco Bay Area. Mileage-wise, it wasn’t an impossible distance. But with traffic it now took up to two hours to drive to Noe’s…

“Show Me Your Chickens”

‘‘I’m back!” my husband, Lynn, announced, shuffling into the kitchen that afternoon in September with his arms full of groceries. “Sooner than I expected,” I said, without looking up from my computer screen. I’d finally hit my stride paying some bills and catching up on email, and here he was, back home already! “No hero’s welcome?” he asked, unloading the groceries on the counter right next to where I was working. “Sorry. Just trying to get some things done.” “I won’t interrupt,” he promised, putting away the cans and boxes in the kitchen cabinets. Then, as always, he left the doors wide open. “Could you please close the cupboard doors?” I could hear the edge in my voice. “Sure,” Lynn said, not looking at me as he banged the doors shut. Then he began loading the…

Is This for Real?

You know it’s a match when the bride and groom agree on an all-animal wedding party. It all began in 2011, when Ryan Phillips switched to a vegan lifestyle to improve his health and developed a passion for ending the suffering of animals farmed as food. Then a family asked if he could take in a breeder pig, and he couldn’t say no, despite living on the second floor of a Williamsburg, Virginia, condo with a no-pets policy. Within a few years, Ryan was caring for pigs Pumpkin, Charlotte and Millie; Tesla the rabbit; Emmie the Yorkie; and Beatrice the chicken—all in the condo. Fast forward to October 2018, when Ryan bought land 10 minutes down the road and established Life With Pigs Farm Animal Sanctuary. He saved his first dairy cow…

Is This for Real?

10 tips for every pet parent

How can we give our cats and dogs their best lives? The answer goes beyond simply providing for their physical needs. Here are my top tips for establishing a happy, healthy relationship with your pet. 1 Embrace the commitment. Before bringing home that adorable puppy or playful kitten, ask yourself if it is the right fit for your family. Do you have the time and resources to feed, walk, groom, clean up after, play with and enjoy a dog or cat? Promise to commit to your pet for its lifetime—which could be 10, 12, 20 years or more. 2 Just say no to puppy mills. Did you know that the dogs at most pet shops come from puppy mills? Never buy a dog from a puppy mill—a high-volume breeding facility with inhumane conditions. A…

10 tips for every pet parent

I WAS WATCHING THE MORNING NEWS and a bit worried about the world when I first saw it from my living room window. I reached for my remote, turned off the TV and went outside to get a better look. A spider had built a stunning web between our two rocking chairs on my front porch. I’m not a fan of spiders, and it was quite large—its body as big as a dime. But its web was a glorious spectacle glowing in the rising sun. The wind blew gently, and the chairs rocked back and forth. The spider stayed still and centered. Throughout the day, I found myself checking on it. A few times the web was bare and I feared the worst, but then I would spot one of its many…

FUN FACTS: Though sometimes seen during the day, raccoons are nocturnal. They live alone, except for mothers who stay with their young. Raccoons can run as fast as 15 miles per hour and survive a fall from a tree. Known for being expert climbers, raccoons are also exceptional swimmers, which broadens their hunting opportunities (think fish, frogs and crayfish). Their hands are loaded with sensory receptors that communicate with their brains. Whether living in woods, cities or suburbs, raccoons use multiple dens at a time.…

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