Friends, faithful dog, help man stricken with cancer 'Paul Glass and his registered therapy dog, Chelsea, began visiting sick children and senior citizens seven years ago. Now others are helping him after he was recently diagnosed with renal cell cancer...' Glass has been given about six months to live and his dog seems to understand the seriousness of his illness.... [Macomb Daily] (must see photo of Paul Glass and his devoted dog accompanies the article. Friends have started a fundraiser for him and you can help...
link)
'Scooby Doo' searches for family's missing dog IL 'An Illinois man has been searching for his missing dog while dressed as Scooby Doo. Rick Arbizzani, from Florence, also waves posters at passing motorists, pleading 'Please help us find our dog' and 'Honk if you love dogs'... ' [Ananova Quirkies via
Dutch Furs] (His dog jumped out of his truck last month and disappeared... )
Dogs On Fatty Diet May Give Clues To Human Disease Development 'The first study in dogs to assess the effects of oxidized lipids on growth, antioxidant status, bone development and immune function...' demonstrated that even a moderate amount of oxidized fats (most commonly found in fried foods)...
'decreased immune function and less vitamin E, an antioxidant that helps counteract the effects of free radicals. In addition, bone formation rate was reduced.' [Purdue University]
Loss of pet can hit seniors especially hard IA Sixty-one percent of American households include pets.
'For many of those households, that pet becomes a member of the family, and when the pet dies, it's like losing a part of the family... 'You start losing your friends, and the loss of a pet just adds another loss that an older person is experiencing... [WFC Courier]
Jeff Cheney posted a note back to Dog News:
'Thank you for your kind words. I do not work for UserLand, but I wouldn't mind if I did! Unfortunately I can't take credit for the dog leg humping story I simply quoted the genius of Alwin Hawkins...' Darn, why didn't Radioland hire him; I thought they did. Speaking of referers, one of today's visitors was searching google for 'rat cull' ... and got referred here... hmmm... hope that's not an informal review by
Google...
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My father died four years ago today... He was survived by an identical twin brother... who died today, exactly four years later... they were so much alike: in mannerisms, in personality, in everything... (both would have been total geeks if they had been of this generation)... they were the geeks of their time... A friend who knew both said: 'It was as if one person were split into two, with two separate lives...' Yet somehow they were inextricably joined on a deeper level... in spite of their desire to maintain separate identities ... they were clones of nature's making, somehow
When location is everything... GPS for your dog [NY Times]
We've microchipped our dog ( a little chip inserted under the skin on his shoulder contains all the information needed to locate us). If you want to absolutely find your dog at all times, why not use a global positioning device...
Little pet shop of horrors ...shut down but off the hook... NV 'The district attorney's case against Meadows Pets, which many customers have accused of knowingly selling sick pets, is dead...' dismissed on a technicality. Meanwhile, outraged customers are getting ready to sue... over very sick pets and huge veterinary bills... [Las Vegas Mercury]
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Friday, January 17, 2003
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