http://www.stopyourbarking.com/dogblog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:36:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No offense but it has to be an incredibly slooow news day for this story to make the news (I saw it on the national news)! But hey, I'm talking about it too... In today's economy, throwing a $10,000 "Bark" Mitzvah bash for your dog may seem a little extravagant. Not ... http://www.stopyourbarking.com/dogblog/stopdogbarking/the-10000-dog-party/ Marjorie Knoller, the San Francisco lawyer who allowed the 2 vicious 100+ pound Presa Canario dogs she was caring for to kill her neighbor Dianne Whipple in 2001 - may be going back to prison. Knoller served 16 months of a 4 year sentence in prison before she was paroled ... http://www.stopyourbarking.com/dogblog/stopdogbarking/infamous-irresponsible-dog-owner-heading-back-to-prison/ In Buenos Aires, Argentina, an 8 year old dog named China found a young baby only a few hours old in a field & rescued it by carrying it 50 meters & placing it with her own litter of six newborn puppies. China's owner heard the baby crying & found ... http://www.stopyourbarking.com/dogblog/stopdogbarking/stray-dog-rescues-abandoned-baby/ Bernann McKinney, who paid over $50,000 to have her beloved pit bull Booger cloned by the South Korean biotech firm RNL Bio, now has 5 Booger Jr's. She is also now the subject of controversy. Questions were being asked if McKinney was in fact Joyce McKinney, a former Hollywood beauty ... http://www.stopyourbarking.com/dogblog/stopdogbarking/scandal-follows-first-privately-cloned-dog/ Ellen Degeneres has one, & now the daytime cooking talks show hostess Rachel Ray has one. What do they each have? Their own lines of dog food. Rachael Ray has launched a new line of super premium dog food and treats called "Rachael Ray Nutrish." Proceeds from each sale will be ... http://www.stopyourbarking.com/dogblog/stopdogbarking/celebs-and-dog-food/ People love dogs...and purebred dogs are a favorite. Thieves are no different. Dognappings are on the rise with the economic downturn. In the first five months of 2008, the American Kennel Club noted three times as many dog thefts as the year before. Purebred or designer pups can cost thousands of ... http://www.stopyourbarking.com/dogblog/stopdogbarking/dognappings-on-the-rise-in-bad-economy/ Sam Diesel, the 2 year old German Shepherd police dog died from the heat after he was found in a police cruiser. The dog was routinely kept in the police cruiser with the air conditioning on. But on this day, the air conditioner failed and the dog died from the ... http://www.stopyourbarking.com/dogblog/stopdogbarking/police-dog-dies-in-hot-car/ Over 200 people were bitten by dogs in one day in Ahmedabad, India! In 2007, there were around 80,000 dog bite cases reported by hospitals in Ahmedabad. Stray dogs have over-run many cities in India, so much so that a law was passed last year to sterilize the thousands of ... http://www.stopyourbarking.com/dogblog/stopdogbarking/daily-dog-bites-causing-india-to-push-for-dog-sterilization/ An elderly woman near Sydney, Australia is lucky to be alive. She was attacked by a large male kangaroo (over 6 feet tall & over 200lbs) when she was walking on her farm. The kangaroo mauled her face, back & hands & she suffered a concussion before her son's dog ... http://www.stopyourbarking.com/dogblog/stopdogbarking/dog-saves-woman-from-killer-kangaroo/ A Forrest County, Mississippi man tried to rob a home when he was confronted by the owner's dog. The dog attacked the intruder. The man pulled out his gun & shot himself in the leg instead of shooting the dog he was aiming for. Sadly for the burglar, his leg ... http://www.stopyourbarking.com/dogblog/stopdogbarking/stupid-burglar-shoots-himself-instead-of-dog/