Classical music soothes dogs, reduces barking Northern Ireland Dogs have a discerning taste for music by type, according to Belfast, Northern Ireland, researchers who discovered dogs bark less and were more sociable when they listened to classical music. Heavy metal music encouraged more barking, longer barking and more agitation in the canine aficionados. Human voices and pop music had no discernible effect (neither relaxing nor agitating)....
Mozart has a fan club [Belfast Telegraph] Related:
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Buoy, a canine 'angel', rescues woman from river WA Buoy, a Labrador, got dressed up for a Halloween party as an angel, complete with wings and a halo and proved that he really was a guardian angel. The dog, when let out for a doggie necessity break, ran to a path near the Columbia river and would not leave a woman who had fallen into the river and crawled out... Buoy's owner helped take her to a hospital where she recovered; she would have died in the 20 degree weather... [Seattle Post Intelligencer]
Fate of first canine cosmonaut revealed UK 'Laika, the first dog in space, died after a few hours in orbit, according to new research by a Russian space expert. The Siberian husky mix, rounded up as a stray and trained as the planet's first cosmonaut, probably died from overheating on November 3 1957 when Soviet ground engineers failed to notice the problem.' Laika became the most famous 'space dog' or 'muttnick', despite the fact that she was incinerated along with the Russian space capsule on re-entry to the earth's atmosphere.
Fate of first canine cosmonaut revealed (Her name ended up on a name brand cigarette in Russia.)... [UK Guardian Unlimited]
Dog survives off-shore fight with Cape Town bull seal South Africa Disney, a bull terrier with an attitude, tried a second time to duke it out with a bull seal just off shore in Cape Town. This time, she was rescued by a horse-riding instructor who bravely pulled her away from the giant bull seal, but not before the dog had received gashes which required 45 stitches and the near loss of her tail. Her owner excused the dog saying, 'Disney is impossible. She just runs around on the beach looking for seals'... Cape dog bites off more than she can chew [Independent Online] (here's where a leash can save the owner a lot of money and the dog a lot of pain... )
Animal Lovers Howling Over Skydiving Dog 'The parachuting Dachshund known as Brutus the Skydiving Dog is scheduled to perform at this weekend's Air and Space Show at Vandenberg Air Force Base...' The dog wears special goggles to protect his eyes and his owner attaches the dog to his own jump with a special pouch.
Some activists say it's still animal cruelty but his owner says 'Brutus is totally up for it'...
Activists Protest Skydiving Dog [ABC News]
Related: Skydiving dog to grab spotlight at California air and space show,
Fans Howl for Skydiving Dog,
Animal Lovers Howling Over Skydiving Dog
Dog picks new investments in stock ... NJ 'Private investigator Joseph Giannattasio of Cape May Court House decided it was time to give his dog, Columbo, another shot at picking a few winners...' He does this by having Columbo drool on newspapers spread out on the floor. The dog's natural talent lies in the fact that he 'drools anyway.'
Dog picks new investments in stock [Press of Atlantic City]
Dog may bid on Andy Warhol's former factory NY Ivana Trump, Henry Kissinger, and a dog named Gunther are among those coveting the late Andy Warhol's former Factory building at 158 ...
Dog may bid on Warhol factory [New York Post]
Kansas greyhound exposed to West Nile Virus KS 'An Abilene canine has been verified as the first dog to be exposed to West Nile virus in Kansas... the greyhound originally displayed neurological signs of convulsions, poor coordination and lethargy -- symptoms associated with West Nile virus. Researchers could not confirm that the dog's neurological disorder was the result of West Nile virus. The cold weather in the past month has killed off many mosquitoes and consequently, few cases are expected until next summer, when mosquitoes come out of hibernation... [Kansas State Collegian]
In Texas, the politics of dog TX 'For a candidate, a dog is a shorthand way of saying, 'My mama raised me right. You know, I could be your neighbor. And if I was, I'd be a good one.' Politicians know that voters don't always look at the voting record and policy stance of a candidate; it's easier to check out his/her dog. If the dog's big, that's good in Texas. In other states, a small dog is okay too, but not in Texas...
"Republicans in Texas want big dogs. A hunting dog is especially good, because it sends a subliminal message to the voters," Mr. Allyn said. "Liberal Democrats in California can have little dogs." How to fetch votes? Try a dog [Dallas Morning News]
Courtney Love's dog dies from eating her breast implant 'Her beloved Pomeranian pooch fell over dead after eating one of her breast implants.' Courtney is disconsolate. 'She had the implants removed some years ago, but kept them as souvenirs. She's not sure what was in them, because 'they were bootleg implants from Mexico.' '
Implant proves fatal for singer's dog [The Montreal Gazette]
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