With the economy taking a downturn and more and more people losing their homes, their dogs are suffering the consequences. I watch my local morning news and the dogs they bring on to be adopted are increasingly dog victims of foreclosure. These dogs are generally older, had been loved but are being sacrificed. Not only are the dogs coming from homes but they are coming from pet stores that have gone out of business. A lot of the problem is that when people have to move (& many times they are moving into apartments), dogs aren’t allowed. So the dogs have to go.
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March 12, 2009 - 10:02 am
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Cynthia
Martha Stewart, the queen of domesticity lost one of her beloved Chows in a deadly propane blast at a kennel in Pennsylvania. Seventeen dogs were killed when a propane tank exploded during a delivery this past Friday.
See Martha’s tribute to the dog here…
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March 9, 2009 - 2:41 pm
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Cynthia
Max the dog wasn’t acting like his old self & kept sniffing his owners breath & nudging her breast & backing away unhappy. So his owner went to the doctor. Turns out she had breast cancer. Thanks to Max, the cancer was removed.
Watch Max here…
Max isn’t unusual. Many dogs can detect diseases in humans. A friends dog kept biting at her stomach & it turned out that she had a tumor right where her dog was biting. The tumor was successfully removed.
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March 4, 2009 - 11:34 am
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Cynthia
In the state of Maryland, officials are cracking down on puppy mills & dog breeders. The House Bill 495 would limit the number of breeder dogs an owner could have to 50, would make it mandatory for the dogs to get at least 2 hours of exercise a day, and expand the size of the cages the dogs are kept in. Most dogs in puppy mills are breed continuously, and never get let out of their small, cramped cages. The measure calls for each violation to have a penalty of up to $1,000.
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February 16, 2009 - 3:39 pm
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Cynthia
Owners of barking dogs in Riverside county in Southern California must stop their dogs from nuisance barking or face a fine of up to $500. Owners will receive a warning the first time the police or animal control officers have to come out. But if another complaint is made within a year of the first, the dog owner must go to a hearing & plead their case. The hearing is to determine if the dog is in fact a nuisance.
If the dog is found to be a nuisance barker, the owner has 10 days to do something about it. That could include training, putting it somewhere it can’t be heard or even debarking. If the owner fails to comply, the first violation is $100, a second violation within a year is $200 & any subsequent ones are $500 each!
With today’s economy people are reluctant to pay these kinds of fines. Some are even giving their dogs up. Don’t do that to your best friend. That’s why it’s so important to learn how to stop your dog from barking. Get “The Ultimate Guide to Stop Your Dog From Barking…FAST!”
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February 9, 2009 - 1:16 pm
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Cynthia
Dress your dog up, get fined. How’s that for the ultimate insult? I’m not an advocate of treating my dogs like little children…they are dogs first & foremost. I think people like Paris Hilton who dress their dogs are treating their dogs as extensions of themselves. But people don’t realize (or don’t think) that dressing a dog up in clothes is putting a dual layer on it & your dog could overheat & die. Animal welfare group, the RSPCA are putting out a warning.
Read more about it …
Are You Guilty Of Dressing Your Dog In This?
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January 29, 2009 - 2:05 pm
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Cynthia
A dog that weighed in at nearly 62 pounds/28kg was so fat that it couldn’t walk because his legs could not support his weight. So it had to be helped around via a specially made harness. The owner passed away at Christmas & the dog is now living in an animal shelter. The hope is to get the dog down to…>>>>
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January 22, 2009 - 9:51 pm
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Cynthia
President-Elect Barack Obama has narrowed down his choice for first dog. It’ll either be a Portuguese Water Dog or a Labradoodle. Both hypo-allergenic dogs…or the dogs that will cause the least allergies because they don’t shed.
See his choices here…
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January 18, 2009 - 10:50 pm
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Cynthia
Throwing a stick when you are playing fetch with your dog could be quite dangerous. Not only are sticks sharp, but they are dirty too. And vets say that sticks cause some of the most frustrating kinds of injuries because they can range from minor to life threatening.
Read the rest of the story here…
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December 31, 2008 - 7:55 pm
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Cynthia
Animal rights activists seem to have pressured Joe Biden to adopt a shelter dog as a companion to the German Shepherd puppy he bought from a Pennsylvania breeder a couple of weeks ago. Could the activists actually have persuaded Biden to adopt a “pound puppy” or had he always planned to?
Read the story here…
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December 27, 2008 - 5:32 pm
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Cynthia
