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December 12, 2018 The Skanner Portland & Seattle Page 9 News he holidays are a time to gather closer to the ones we love. For many people, pets play an in- tegral role in making their house a home. For others, pets may be the only family they have left. This season, while you are making new memories and sharing in the old, I implore you to include your pet. I’ve taken the liberty to share a few holiday traditions my pets enjoy that yours may too. T Holiday Decorating and Crafts Decorating and crafts takes on a whole new feel when pets get included. Some animals lay peace- fully by the fire as tran- quil as a Thomas Kinkade painting while others ex- hibit traits more in line with the Grinch. If your pet behaves, let them join you outside while you string lights or decorate the tree. Try including them in the family card or making a pet stocking with a painted paw print. Guarantee, it will make your holiday experience more enjoyable and your pets will appreciate it too. Gift Shopping and Errands If you have a light shop- ping day and want some company, bring your Dr. Jasmine Shanelle Streeter Veterinarian pet. Many stores are pet friendly and will wel- come you and your fur baby with open arms. If they have a Santa, even better, that is a great time to get a picture you and your little one will be proud of. Opening Gifts As an only child, for many years I received all the Christmas gifts. After getting my dog and cat, that all changed. With no children at home, my holidays are now spent wrapping stuffed ani- mal toys and kitty treats. Watching there little nubs and tails wiggle back and forth as they wait for me to pass them their gifts makes it all worth it. I am a witness to the joy pets can expe- rience when they are in- cluded in the gift giving. Explore Outside Winter weather brings a beauty all its own. This time of year I love walk- ing through my neigh- borhood after dinner and admiring the beau- tiful light displays. To protect your pet against the wintry elements, I Dr. Jasmine says decorating and crafts takes on a whole new feel when pets get included. recommend purchasing a doggy jacket or protec- tive booties. Make sure your pet is visible in inclement weather and at night by fitting them with reflective gear or light up collars. Holiday Movie Night Grab some milk and cookies and a few pet treats and you will be ready for movie night. The holidays are the per- fect time to catch up on your favorite seasonal movies and comedies. This season save money on your electric bill and get all the love by cud- dling with your pet for a movie marathon or hol- iday classic. For me, the Grinch and Friday After Next will be on repeat. Wishing you and yours a relaxing holiday and a Happy New Year! Email Dr. Jasmine your pet question to drjas- mine@theskanner.com. Guns cont’d from pg 8 TYLER LARIVIERE/CHICAGO SUN-TIMES VIA AP, FILE 5 Holiday Traditions to Share With Your Pet Black,” said the Rev. Kenn Blanchard, a Second Amendment activist and host of the YouTube program “Black Man With a Gun TV,” a gun advo- cacy show. “We still have racism. ... We still scare people. The In this Nov. 8, 2018, file photo, a woman holds up a sign with Jemel psychology of fear, it’s Roberson’s image at his funeral in Chicago. Roberson, who was bigger than the Sec- working security at a bar, was killed on Nov. 11 while holding at ond Amendment.” gunpoint a man involved in a shooting in the barroom in Robbins, Ill. The recent shootings The recent shootings of Emantic Bradford Jr. and Roberson amplified of Jemel Roberson and long-held worries that bad things can happen when a black man is Emantic Bradford Jr. seen with a gun. amplified long-held up some of the same questions about fears that bad things can happen when a Black man is seen racist assumptions and subconscious fears that were asked after the kill- with a gun. Roberson was working security at ings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, a Robbins, Illinois, bar when he was Missouri, and Trayvon Martin in San- killed Nov. 11 while holding at gun- ford, Florida. Trevor Noah, host of “The Daily point a man involved in a shooting. Witnesses said the officer ordered the Show,” lamented Bradford’s death. “That’s what they always say, right? 26-year-old Roberson to drop his gun ‘The good guy with a gun stops the before opening fire. But witnesses also reportedly shout- crime,’” Noah said. “But then if the ed that Roberson, who had a firearms good guy with a gun turns out to be a permit, was a guard. And a fellow black good guy with a gun, they don’t guard said Roberson was wearing a get any of the benefits.” In some other cases involving black knit hat and sweatshirt that were em- men killed by police: Philando Castile blazoned “Security.” Bradford, 21, was killed Thanksgiv- was shot in a car in 2016 in Minnesota, ing night by an officer responding to seconds after informing the officer he a report of gunfire at a shopping mall had a gun. The officer was acquitted of in Hoover, Alabama. Police initially manslaughter. And John Crawford III identified Bradford as the gunman was shot in a Walmart in Ohio in 2014 but later backtracked and arrested while holding a BB gun he had picked up in the sporting goods section. Se- another suspect. Ben Crump, a lawyer for the dead curity footage showed he never point- man’s family, said witnesses claimed ed it at anyone. According to the advocacy group Bradford was trying to wave peo- ple away from the shooting. 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