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Wednesday, January 29, 2003
Court verdict on poop dispute...  NJ In a landmark decision, a judge's rule 'prohibits dogs from defecating on borough sidewalks and streets, and conditionally bars them from using the narrow strips of grass in between...'
'This means dogs will have to wear diapers or we'll have to teach them to use a toilet...' [CBS News New York] Related: Paris fights the good fight... in the war on dog poop
'I have so completely fallen in love with my dog that I take her with me almost everywhere...I have turned into an old lady with a little white dog, but I don't care...' Jeanie Buss, LA Lakers For some in sport, Dogs are Favorites [USA Today] (me too... our chow chow resembles a large goofy bear, however...  )
"My dog died on 9/11 and so, needless to say, I didn't get any support. It took me a year to get over Spike's death. I've got a new dog now called Max - Dr Max Rosenberg - because my mother always wanted me to marry a Jewish doctor..." Joan Rivers [Sydney Morning Herald]
Choking chihuahua saved by 911 call MN A distraught Wisconsin woman called 911 when her chihuahua, Gizmo, started choking and foaming at the mouth. A 911 dispatcher stepped Gizmo's owner through instructions on reviving a baby. Gizmo responded to the life saving technique and upchucked a toy:. a tiny toy had lodged in Gizmo's throat... no more toy gizmos  for Gizmo... [Minneapolis Star Tribune] (Toy and chews are sometimes lethal for dogs: If you give your dog a chew, learn first aid and supervise the dog. Last year, our dog almost choked to death on a rawhide chew.)