Tax deductible donations in December mean you get a tax break in April! Tax time is around the corner and if you are looking for a place to donate your hard-earned money, why not make one of your donation recipients Pets On Wheels, in your area, or in mine: Montgomery County, Maryland.
Thanks to everyone who donated so far! So far, this year, Pets on Wheels in Montgomery County, Maryland, has extended its reach into 68 medical and day-care centers for seniors and disabled citizens. Our County was hit hard by the sniper case this fall; many non-profits are stretched to breaking in Montgomery County... Our dog (pictured here) visits dozens of friends almost every week...
Guide dog saves family and blind owner from burning home AU A guide dog who woke an entire family, alerted her blind owner to a burning ceiling and saved them from certain death is now hailed as a 'miracle dog...'[Gulf Daily News]
Retrieved from thieves, pink dog is welcomed home CA With the help of a private investigator, a woman was re-united with her now pink Chihuahua-corgi mix, dyed in an unsuccessful attempt to disguise her... [San Francisco Chronicle]
Barber guilty in barbaric tail-docking case NY [Newsday] (Let him stick to hair cuts... )
Off-duty officer shoots dog attacking his daughter CA [NBC News]
Caught on videotape: smart dog persists in getting in the driver's seat, all by herself, opening a car door... [WAFF Station News] Somebody please adopt this dog... she's unclaimed, but has a car... [or will have, if left to her own devices]
Collie owner forms support group Montana When you adopt an abused dog, sometimes you need help with getting its trust back in the human race. 'Camp Collie' succeeded; hundreds of collies have found new homes and the people who adopted them formed support groups... [Great Falls Tribune]
Smiling... in the aftermath of a child's mauling by 100 lb dog... A family's harrowing journey back to normalcy, in the wake of a near-fatal dog attack:
'It [the attack] was a living nightmare... I knew that if someone didn't help me, I would lose my son...' [New York Daily News]
'People can turn any dog bad', people blamed in fatal attack... CO In the aftermath of a fatal dog mauling by 3 pit bulls of a woman on Sunday, many predict a public outcry of anger and revulsion against the breed. However, an experienced trainer cautions that people, not dogs, are more likely to blame for the dogs' viciousness:
'You can make anything violent or dangerous. I don't care if it's a (Yorkshire terrier) or a big wolf cross-breed, in the hands of an irresponsible owner - it's totally ridiculous...' Experts agree: 'It's the owner-animal combination, rather than the animal alone, that creates the danger...' [Rocky Mountain News]
Potentially aggressive breeds attract precisely the worst kind of owners: some people want mean dogs and will seek a pliable breed to manipulate: drug runners and illegal fighting rings target the pit bull, an intelligent and sensitive breed, because of its powerful jaws, its strength and its tenacity. On the other hand, some people purchase intimidating dogs, just for their cachet. Without training, affectionate leadership, and supervision these dogs may also end up aggressive: tied up in yards for hours, with unmet medical issues which destroy their temperments, or bored to aggression...
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