If you are a dog owner in New York City, you better make certain you pick up after your pooch…every time. The Department of Sanitation has more than doubled the amount of tickets handed out for not curbing your dog. Don’t waste your money on these tickets. Do the right thing, be a responsible dog owner & pick up after your dog.
A 72 year old woman in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia was attacked by a 26 year old man over her dog’s excessive barking. The man was visiting his friend who was a neighbor of the woman and her dog. He made threats to kill the dog and threw a potted plant at the dog before he jumped the fence and pushed the woman to the ground. He’s been charged with one count of serious assault on an elderly person.
The Los Angeles Department of Animal Services is under fire because it was revealed after an audit that they have only issued 123,000 licenses when the dog population is estimated at 400,000 - 800,000.
Collecting on licenses is the largest source of revenue for the agency with licenses for dogs that have been ‘fixed’ fetching $15 and dogs that haven’t at $100. Because they haven’t collected on roughly 75 to 80 percent, there is a resulting loss of about $2 million on dog licenses.
Ironically, the city doesn’t do anything to collect the money it’s owed. The department sends out one notice of delinquency and then doesn’t approach it again.
The department could be losing nearly $11 million a year by not enforcing penalties against people who fail to license their animals.
This latest news paints L.A. as a city of irresponsible dog owners. Responsible dog owners license their dogs.
The best performance by a dog at the Cannes Film Festival was won by Lucy - a retriever mix who appears with Michelle Williams in the film “Wendy and Lucy.” Lucy won the “Palm Dog” award, a diamante dog collar that is given to the first winner of the award eight years ago. The first winner, in 2001, was Otis, who appeared in Jennifer Jason Leigh’s directorial debut, “The Anniversary Party.”
Owning a dog is a big responsibility. And part of being a responsible dog owner is training. Here are the top 10 dog training tips.
1. Research your breed
Before your canine companion puts a paw across the threshold, you need to research the most suitable breed for your family and lifestyle. People often choose a pooch…continue here.
South Korea is on the forefront of cloning animals. Not long ago they cloned two drug sniffing dogs & bred them to have puppies. Now they are cloning a black labrador named Marine who is touted as having a world top cancer-sniffing ability in hopes of passing on her sniffing ability to her cloned offspring. By making her clones, they want to promote studies into cancer-sniffing dogs.
This will be the world’s first cloning of a cancer-sniffing dog.
Speaking of Cloned Dogs…
A California bio-tech firm has partnered with the same South Korean cloning firm & is opening an auction next month allowing bids on 5 cloned dogs. If you want your pooch cloned, all you have to do pony up is $100,000 to start the bidding.
The dog cloning project is called “Best Friends Again.” Read more about it…
A Sydney, Australia man who faced 7 charges of robbery showed up in court hobbling on crutches with a cast on his foot. The reason? A police dog ‘held’ the suspect when he took off running from the scene of a crime.
When it comes to police dogs, crime doesn’t pay! Ouch! 
In the dog loving city of Seattle, WA, more and more people are finding themselves too busy to deal with the every day responsibility of dog ownership. But they are finding that they have their pick of dog walkers. With so many dog walkers, they are having to find a gimmick to stand out.
Enter “Hot Chicks Dog Walking Company.” The gimmick is having an attractive, fashion conscious young woman walk your pooch. Or how about “Seattle Green Dogs,” an environmentally friendly service that features a biodiesel van, biodegradable waste bags, natural-fiber leashes and organic treats. And “Jogs For Dogs,” a service for the larger or active breeds that need a lot of exercise. It features college students taking your dog on a 45 minute run.
As more and more people work longer hours, the need for all services related to dog care will continue to grow. How much do you want to bet that the gimmicky walking services cost more?
Due to the mishandling of pets in the baggage compartments of airplanes, baggage handlers of major airlines have been trying to renew confidence of traveling pet owners. So, when a pet carrier containing a dead dog arrived at one airport, the baggage department decided to take matters into their own hands. They immediately replaced the dead dog with a live one from a nearby shelter that resembled it perfectly. They placed the dog tags on the new dog and sent it to the passenger. When the passenger received her dog, she complained that this was not her dog. The manager asked how she knew. She replied, “My dog is dead!” D’oh!
The dog rental services springing up in the U.S. are causing concern in the U.K. because they believe that passing a dog from one home to another could traumatize to the animal, leaving it with no routine. I don’t know about you but I want my OWN dog, not a community one.
Read the full story…Rent A Dog A Good Idea?
