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Tuesday, July 27, 2004

Dog beds: the lap of luxury  [Zongoo Daily News] I confess: our dogs get their own furniture in every room...

Shar-Pei owner gets misdemeanor charge for leaving dog in hot car... SD (The dog died). Why do people leave their dogs in cars, anyway. The poor dog was in the car for 12-16 hours... During most of the year, the equation to remember for pets is: locked car = death During winter, dogs can freeze to death in locked cars. Car = coffin

Pet respirators added to firefighters' arsenal of life-saving equipment IN ' instead of mouth to muzzle, firefighters will use the pet respirator. ... the tubing would be connected to an oxygen bottle just like it would for a human oxygen mask. Smaller animals, like birds, will be able to totally fit inside the respirator. For larger animals, like dogs, they will remove the black rubber seal around the respirator so the dog's snout will be able to fully fit inside the plastic bell...'  Check out the photo. [Newslink Indiana] (at $35 per respirator, it's a bargain to save a pet. I want one for our fire department.)

Pit bulls fans celebrate dog breed's good traits PA [Patriot News] 

'Pit bulls in a way are a lot like women's wrestling. You hear so many things and you don't know what to believe. A lot of times you get just the negative. I believe pit bulls are a great dog [breed]...' Toccara Montgomery, member, first U.S. Olympic women's wrestling team [Mountain News]

Busted: American Sporting Dog Journal publishers indicted by Pennsylvania grand jury for promoting dog fighting... [Newsday]

Porcupine + inquisitive dog =  big vet bill AK ... funny story about a relatively tame porcupine and a too inquisitive pet dog... [Frontiersman]

Australia: feral dog packs stalk national park visitors AU In Kosciuszko National Park, packs of wild dogs have been sighted as they stalked park visitors. The threat from wild dog packs may be increasing, but the expense of adding trappers to capture the dogs is considered too high... [News.com.au]

Arizona: Bobcats threaten pet dogs AZ Two Tucson dogs were probably carried off from their yards by hungry bobcats, according to local wildlife experts... [Arizona Daily Star]

Dog park danger: Jack Russell trampled, killed CA You would think that two happy dogs running free in a dedicated dog park would have a carefree day, but a small Jack Russell did not survive an accidental collision with a large dog during their friendly romp in a dog park. It may have been a freak accident, but it was not unexpected, according to an activist who campaigned for a separate dog play area for small breeds... [Daily Review Online]