OkcPets Magazine January 2024

6 OKC Pets • January / February 2024 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS January / February 2024 FEATURES 8 Focus on Felines A hard day’s weekend: John Lennon connected with cats even on tour 11 Pets and Their People The best dogs ever: The Geisters love their canine clan 14 A Day To Revisit Prediction: Groundhogs get it right 16 Best Boy Boxer wins awards for agility skills 20 Caring for Those in Need Oklahoma Primate Sanctuary celebrates 25 years 24 Halo, the Miracle Dog Turnpike rescue starts canine on a new path 26 Leave It to Beavers Nature’s engineers benefit humans too 30 Caring for Cats and Dogs Nexus adds pet rescue to aid local shelters 32 Undoing the Damage after Undoing the Chain Dalmatian pup heals in body and mind DEPARTMENTS 36 Pets About Town 37 Directory Products, services, and friends of pets 11 20 16 26 30 Rowena Mills Anne Wimberly 14 Cynthia Armstrong David Gallant Victoria Stephens Inger Giuffrida Kim Doner Nancy Gallimore Karen Holman