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Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Leave a message from the grave ... on the internet Canada If pets can have virtual memorials, guest books and wills on the internet, why not people...

Private Matters allows a person to leave instructions for their funeral, for their possessions and to compose private e-mail messages for loved ones to be sent out up to a year after they die. [.. have] the final say on every detail about your life. You can choose to write your own obituary, leave instructions on who should act as pallbearers and explain what type of food your pet dog likes to eat... [CNEWS] ($69 seems a small price to pay to annoy relatives from the afterlife... )

Fur flies over alleged mismanagement of Montgomery County Humane Society's Animal  Shelter MD 'Critics are calling on the county to take a closer look at the Montgomery County Humane Society's management of the county's animal shelter in Rockville...' Some of the problems divulged so far:

  • unresponsiveness of management to issues raised by volunteers and citizens. Volunteers get 'fired', when raising issues...
  • donated money is delayed or withheld from targeted projects and does not aid animals
  •  'poor customer service, specifically inconsistencies and delays that cause some people to leave without adopting an animal...'

Citizens at the meeting with the Humane Society Board on Thursday also questioned the management of funds set aside for building a no-kill shelter... More meetings with Doug Duncan and County officials are planned... [Gazette Regional News, Ivan Socher]

Chows are smarter than some writers who attempt to rate the intelligence of dog breeds

' ...Just for the record, the bottom 11 in descending order are: bull terrier, chihuahua, bull mastiff, basset hound, beagle, pekinese, bloodhound, chowchow, bulldog, basenji - and dumbest of all is the Densa mascot, the Afghan...' [The Star]

'What is pathetic is that dogs look upon us as god-like geniuses...'  James Clark

Repeating a prejudice does not make it truth... We have two chows who learn quickly and demonstrate their intelligence in surprising ways. Chows are so smart and perceptive that they would rather not repeat boring tasks, ie stupid, pet tricks...  Related: what those barks mean