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Monday, July 01, 2002Boing Boing, a directory of wonderful things, recently recommended Dog News to readers. We just learned that Cory Doctorow, the reviewer, got mugged in San Francisco on June 30. Here's another reason to get a dog, Cory. A dog like ours, a chow, will protect you; our chow is friendly, but muggers and robbers don't know that and they're not about to find out. (The funny thing is that I worry about protecting our dog when we go out, not the other way around.)
Comforting video for the dog left home alone Florida A specially created 45 minute video designed for dogs "depicts the ideal day for any dog. Its footage accompanied by specially scored, soothing music, helps entice dogs to relax. Comfort for Dogs ($19.95) is available on VHS and DVD at www.comfortfordogs.com "
Cool. Our dog could use this. Although he's not destructive, we know he cries when we leave [how do we know? well, we taped him, just to find out what he did when we left the house. oh my, we were so wracked with guilt, we then decided to start taking him to doggy daycare, so he wouldn't be alone and lonely. It's rare occasion to leave him alone for long.] He likes to watch TV too.Nestle Purina PetCare Helps Pets Affected by Wildfires Arizona Purina's Flagstaff pet food plant has donated more than six tons of Purina brand products in assistance to the Arizona Humane Society to help the four-legged victims of the wildfires raging in that state. In addition to pet food, Nestle Purina PetCare will donate $5,000 to the Arizona Humane Society Wildfire Rescue Fund to help them with other costs. An estimated 30,000 residents of Arizona communities have been evacuated from their homes. The Arizona wildfires continue to spread over 417,000 acres of land.
Dog challenges Katherine Harris in Florida - CNN - "...Charter boat captain Wayne Genthner of Sarasota, Florida, said on Monday he planned to enter the name of his dog Percy as a write-in candidate for the Republican primary ahead of the November ... "
Gee, this story is hitting the big time. We picked it up at about 2pm ET today from newsisfree.com, but Yahoo had it at 7 am ET this morning and now CNN has picked it up 32 minutes ago. From Percy's campaign manager:
His official campaign bio describes 'Percy as a compassionate conservative who takes a hard-line with social parasites, particularly fleas and worms. His past is free of sex scandals, due to "timely neutering." ' Too bad: Percy isn't going to get invited to any cocktail parties, if CNN's analysis is correct. According to CNN (or was it Foxnews? I can't remember which), if you're smeared by a sex-scandal, you get invited to the hot parties, so people can say they met you. Well, I'd rather invite Percy than his opponent. He won't make a poopy mess of the election like some politicians would.Most people don't use tick prevention The alarming increase in tick-born disease in humans and dogs has US physicians worried. Most people don't bother to use insect repellants or check for ticks when they leave a tick infested area. Cases of tick born disease-- Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted fever and ehrlichiosis -- are on the rise... [Dog owners are cautioned never remove ticks from their dogs with their bare hands; the American Journal of Preventive Medicine]
Missing dogs remain a mystery Texas A cautionary tale about the woes of owners when their dogs go missing. The dogs are always purebred and it's always near the end of the month when the reports of missing dogs peak... [related: microchips, the high tech dog has advantages...]
Guide dogs: the guides who train them Wisconsin Behind every successful matching of a dog to a sight-deprived owner is a story of hard work and love. "Her title is "Puppy Dog Counselor" and on this day Maggie Weir, raiser of Leader Dogs for the Blind, is counseling a somewhat uncooperative black Labrador named Kassie on the fine art of picture-posing..."
Protecting your pets 'The "dog days of summer" can be especially hard on your furry friends. But a little prevention goes a long way toward keeping pets safe and healthy this season, area veterinarians say. Here’s what you can do to head off some serious situations...' [via alltheweb.com]
Dog breeder guilty of deception Florida "Calling himself a sleazy con man, Fort White dog breeder Robert Earl explained to the Columbia County Code Enforcement Board that he has been deceiving them about where he placed the waste coming from his American terrier dogs and puppies." [okay, where exactly did he dispose of that waste? we really need to know ...]
The board determined that Mr. Earl had used his mobile home as a kennel and was selling dogs from the home. One of his customers attended the hearing and presented her American terrier dog, Gizmo, saying he was "dehydrated, with cuts, bruises, lice and worms..."Miracle dog loses eye, loses leg, drags itself home Tasmania "Brandy is a miracle dog who survived 10 days in the Tasmanian bush with a broken leg, fractured skull and one eye torn out... "
Dog meat hot among trendy young Asians "The food fad in China & Korea is fuelled in part by a desire to rebel against Western criticism of dog-meat consumption..." [via Newsisfree.com from AsiaOne] Bummer.
Hmm, Dog News has international appeal: back to Intertran (free translation between 676 language pairs on your desktop) again, so we'll know what they said...[Hundeblog]. " Dog News: Weird, inspiring dog tales ist ein Radio-Blog nur über Hundegeschichten." [Boing Boing Blog] Wuff! Wuff! Der Schockwellenreiter has great taste in software too; the blog uses Radioland software . Nice site too.
Microchips: the hightech dog has advantages Losing a dog to theft is a real possibility these days, especially if your dog is valuable. We microchipped our dog (a two second procedure which requires no anesthesia) and although we've never lost our dog, we feel better knowing that he can quickly be identified and reunited with us because of the information stored on his microchip. There are other advantages in microchipping as well...
State Farm dog sniffs for arson Sirius, a friendly labrador ,- named after a bomb-sniffing police dog that died in the World Trade Center attacks - is part of a regional team that investigates suspicious fires." Sirius cost $25,000 to train, a drop in the bucket, compared to State Farm's, a nationwide insurance program, annual payout of $2 billion a year in fraud and arson fires...
Prince, the dog, howls to his namesake's hits "A German Shepherd called Prince likes 'singing' along to the hits of his namesake." [via Newsisfree.com from Anova Quirkies]
Dog Runs for Office in Florida "The newest candidate challenging Secretary of State Katherine Harris in her bid for Congress is truly an underdog: a border collie mix." [via Newsisfree.com from Yahoo! News: Strange News - AP]
Man's best friend or dangerous dog? UK In Britain, last year 3,400 people were hospitalised after dog attacks - a 25 % rise over the last five years. "Last month ten-year-old Nicki Hughes lay on an operating table for two hours having her face stitched together and a lump of flesh the size of a tennis ball cut from her arm which had been infected by bacteria from a dog's mouth."
Alice Beer, the author of the article, attributes the rise in dog bites to the number of people adopting so called dangerous dog breeds. What is interesting is her admission that the law designed to banned dangerous dog breeds (passed in 1991) has not been effective because it is impossible to enforce. She has missed the obvious about so-called dangerous dogs and that is that dogs are dangerous when they are trained to attack (as many pitbulls are). Dogs are more dangerous when they are allowed to roam freely unsupervised and untrained. Dogs are dangerous when they are neglected and abused and not taught to respect people.
Ms. Beer infers that people are too nonchalant about dogs. 'Doggy' is probably high up there in the first ten words spoken. So why are they suddenly and unpredictably turning on children like prey?' She absolutely hits the nail on the head with that quote. We should never forget that dogs are dogs; dogs are not people and they never will be. Dogs are more visceral in their emotions and actions than people; a dog mauling a child may have the intention of 'herding and putting the child under its domination', not killing it, but the end result IS the same. A dog must be trained, because an untrained dog can, in effect, be as lethal and deadly as a loaded gun.Permalink:
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Ramen noodles goes to dogs The worldwide phenomena of pampering dogs has taken a new twist in Japan. Japanese can now share their noodles with their dogs thanks to a specially designed noodle for dogs. Although people may like noodles, it took research to create a noodle dish that dogs go for: "A 5-year-old male miniature dachshund named Choko-kun was invited to partake a bowl of Wanko-men. Although raised on dry dog food and completely unfamiliar with this new dish, he tore into a bowl and polished it off in 30 seconds flat." Well, that's a no-brainer. Dogs like warm food, especially people food. Our dog begs for noodles of any kind (which compels us to occasionally give him one [noodle]). But then, our dog has also been known to eat lint... [news via alltheweb.com]
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