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The news posted to-date are :
1. Dog saved woman from watery death
2. Dog find its way to owner’s funeral
3. Concerns on a Brand of Dog Food
4. Unlikely Pair - Dog & Sheep
5. Dog comes to the rescue of a baby kangaroo
6. US Soldier and Iraqi Dog Bond for Life
7. American Kennel Club Cautions Owners: Pet Theft on the Rise
8. How often should pets be vaccinated?
9. Pet Tip: Keep animals from hazardous lawn products
10. Battered beagle unites neighbourhood
11. Family Dog Survives Wild Ride
12. Nursing home residents fall for beagle
13. Bedbug detectives
14. FDA Requests Seizure of Animal Food Products at PETCO Distribution Center
15. Dog, Cat and Rat
David
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Dog, Cat and Rat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D85yrIgA4Nk
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FDA Requests Seizure of Animal Food Products at PETCO Distribution Center
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01854.html
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Bedbug detectives
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080603/NEWS/806030321
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Nursing home residents fall for beagle
http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=345462
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Family Dog Survives Wild Ride
http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/19298834.html
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Battered beagle unites neighbourhood
By SARAH ELIZABETH BROWN
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Usually when Basil wants to go outside to do his business, Ray Bostrom waits at the door to let the beagle back inside.
But on Mother‘s Day evening the family was in the middle of dessert, so Bostrom hooked Basil to his line in the yard and went back inside.
Meanwhile, the four-legged Houdini shook off his leash.
The doorbell rang. Six worried people stood on Bostrom‘s doorstep.
One was a driver apologizing profusely for hitting eight-month-old Basil. The others were concerned neighbours who‘d seen the handsome young charmer run off after he was hit.
While the Bostroms were upset about their missing pet, the events that followed restored their faith in the goodness of people, said Marg Bostrom.
Sometimes, people get pessimistic and can only see the bad things like graffiti, she said. While neighbours say hello to each other, they‘re usually in their own homes.
“Then you see people so caring and concerned,” she said Wednesday. “It was really, really touching, the whole thing.”
What happened is that close to the whole neighbourhood searched for Basil.
“Everybody just sort of fanned out in all directions,” said Ray. “I was driving around the neighbourhood looking and I‘d see some people: ’Have you seen a beagle? No, we‘re looking for him.‘ The whole neighbourhood knew about it already.”
Neighbours passed the word as they searched. Someone climbed the fence by the Expressway and looked in ditches.
Bostrom estimates close to 50 people were in on the hunt for Basil.
“We were imagining him bleeding to death somewhere,” he said.
Karen Thomson heard about it through her mother, who lives in the neighbourhood. She headed right over to help.
“Everybody was out,” she said. “I went home at 10 p.m. and people were still out.”
A beagle owner herself, she said she hoped people would do the same for her if her own dog – who likes to “tree” kids in corners – vanished.
“That really struck my heart,” she said about hearing a beagle was missing.
That night, neither Ray nor Marg slept. Several neighbours told them they didn‘t sleep either, worrying about Basil.
By 5 a.m., Marg was out again in the Fairbanks Crescent area across the Expressway – where a beagle had been spotted.
Ray had looked there the night before and ran into more strangers looking for Basil.
That morning, Marg heard a beagle‘s distinctive baying in response to her calls.
She ran into a man on Fairbanks who said he had her dog.
Basil had wandered into the man‘s yard the night before and wedged himself behind the garage, refusing to come out. The homeowner had been about to start looking for people missing a dog.
The Bostroms have given him a card and a bottle of wine, said Marg, adding she‘s grateful to everyone who helped.
As for Basil, his chin is cut and a bit infected from where it hit the pavement, he bit through his tongue, he‘s lost a tooth and cracked another. He‘s scheduled for surgery to remove the last of the broken tooth. But otherwise, he‘s OK, said Marg.
“The vet said he‘s so lucky.”
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Pet Tip: Keep animals from hazardous lawn products
RRSTAR.COM
Posted Apr 08, 2008 @ 04:13 PM
The snow has finally melted and it is time to start tending to our lawns and flower beds. If you have pets that access these areas, there are some important things for you to know.
Be sure to read the labels on lawn and garden products and follow instructions. Keep your animals off the lawn and out of flower beds while the products are drying for the designated amount of time stated on the package. Make sure the treated lawn is completely dry after the allotted time.
If your pet runs onto a recently treated lawn, or is accidentally sprayed with the product, immediately wash him with a mild dish soap and contact your veterinarian. Store all fertilizers, insecticides and herbicides in areas that your pet cannot access.
If you notice your pet acting strangely — stumbling, salivating, vomiting or having seizures — and you have recently applied a lawn care product, contact your veterinarian or ASPCA National Animal Poison Control at 888-426-4435.
Have the product’s label handy so you can relay the active ingredient to which your pet has been exposed.
Rose care formulas containing disyston or disulfoton organophosphates and snail baits containing metaldehyde are especially dangerous to pets if ingested. Keep pets away from areas treated with these products.
Do not use cocoa bean mulch if you have dogs, horses or livestock; it contains caffeine and theobromine and can be toxic when ingested.
When planting your garden, avoid plants like iris, rhubarb, oleander and foxglove, which can be poisonous to pets. For a complete list of hazardous plants, you can use the Cornell University Poisonous Plant Informational Database at ansci.cornell.edu/plants/.
— Dr. Katie Racek-Peters, sponsored by the Greater Rockford Veterinary Medical Association
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How often should pets be vaccinated?
http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20080403/NEWS/804030329/1011
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American Kennel Club Cautions Owners: Pet Theft on the Rise
–> Dog Owners and Breeders Advised to Keep Dogs Safe at Home and on the Road
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US Marine rescued an Iraqi Dog
They spent months in anIraqi war zone, cementing a special bond.
Marine Major Brian Dennis and Nubs, the dog, were then separated, as the American soldier sent it over to San Diego in February, a month before his tour of duty ended.
But, even with the month apart, the dog appeared to have a long memory of his Iraqi pal, reported San Diego Union Tribune.
The two-year-old dog, named for his two nubby ears, drenched Major Dennis’ face with doggie kisses, as the duo were reunited at San Diego’s Camp Pendelton in March.
Major Dennis, an F-18 pilot stationed at Miramar Marine Corp Air Station, was among about 150 Marines to return home after seven months in Iraq.
Nubs, a German shepherd/border collie mix, came to San Diego a month earlier after friends, family and strangers raised US$3,500 (S$4,773) for the dog’s trip out of the border region between Iraq and Syria.
“It’s almost like ‘Lassie Come Home’ in Iraq,” said Major Dennis’ mother, Marsha Cargo, who anxiously waited for the unit’s arrival in the wee hours of the morning.
Major Dennis met Nubs in Al-Anbar province, where the dog ran wild at an Iraqi border fort. When Nubs was a puppy, an Iraqi sliced off most of his ears in an attempt to make the dog tough and more alert.
Hence, the name Nubs.
Another time, Nubs was stabbed with a screwdriver, and Major Dennis nursed him back to health.
When his unit, the Border Transition Team, moved camp 112km away, Nubs somehow tracked them to their new place two days later.
It was against the rules to keep the dog in camp, and friends jumped in to bring Nubs to San Diego.
“Once he found us there, it seemed like this was supposed to have happened,” Major Dennis said.
“After he walked all that distance, it seemed like he was supposed to end up in San Diego.”
For the past month, Eric Sjoberg, one of Major Dennis’ Marine buddies, has been caring for Nubs along with his other dog, Bogey.
Nubs has also been learning new tricks and how to adjust in a different environment with some help from a dog trainer.
“After running two years out in the desert, he’s got a personality on him,” Mr Sjoberg said.
Major Dennis said his first outing with Nubs will be a jog on the beach.
“It will consummate the whole journey,” he said, “going from the sand of Iraq to the sand of San Diego”.
