April 2011
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Temporary Care for Soldiers' Dogs
theleafchronicle.com has an article about an organization called “Guardian Angels for Soldier’s Pet” which cares for pets of soldiers who are deployed overseas and need someone to care for their dogs:
The memories were like a living scrapbook when Fort Campbell Army Sgt. Dave Harrell showed up on the doorstep of a Memphis family last week to collect the 83-pound German...
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Evidence of Centuries-Old Canine-Human Bond →
An archaeologist named Paul Langenwalter recently presented evidence that dogs and humans shared deep ties to each other as far back as the 18th Century:
The close, personal bonds between humans and their dogs date back centuries in California, according to new archaeological research that illuminates the relationship between the state’s Central Valley Indian tribes and their dogs.
The...
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World Record Dog Walk?
Tomorrow, April 2nd, in Texas is the Texas Hearing and Service Dogs’ “13th Annual Mighty Texas Dog Walk & Festival.” According to the website, one of the goals is to be recognized by the folks at the Guinness World’s Records as the largest dog walk in the world. Texas Hearing and Service Dogs is “a non-profit organization that trains Service Dogs and Hearing Dogs...
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Dog Rescued at Sea 3 Weeks After Tsunami →
Here’s an amazing story of survival from Japan. Three weeks after the tsunami in Japan, rescuers found a dog alive on the roof of a house that had been swept away. The montreal gazette explains:
Local television showed an aerial view of a brown medium-sized dog trotting around the roof of the house — the only part of it floating above water — before disappearing inside through a broken...
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Dog Cameras
Swedish/Edmonds Hospital has a Therapy Pups program in which dogs visit patients in order to cheer them up. In order to further observe the positive affects of such dog visits, the hospital strapped tiny video cameras to the dogs, as hearldnet.com explains:
Science tells us that animals can reduce stress, lower blood pressure and promote healing in humans. Deconstructing the phenomenon,...
March 2011
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Make-A-Wish Dog Show →
A special dog show was held at a hospice in Massachusetts in response to a request from one of the hospice residents. The patriotledger.com explains:
The show was held through the Care Alternatives Hospice as a sort of “Make-A-Wish” event to grant her final wish. Other residents also were brought in to enjoy the festivities.
“Albina wished for a dog show, so her guardian set it up with Care...
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Pit Bull Therapy Dogs
Despite some controversy over pit bulls and whether or not the breed is inherently vicious, an organization called The Pit Crew has a program where they train pit bulls to be therapy dogs. This article from kxan.com explains:
Type “pit bull attacks” into Google and you’ll be deluged with over 2,000,000 hits. Pit bull owner Lydia Zaidman begs to differ.
“They love...
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The Acting Dog
A lab mix named Sandy was rescued from an animal shelter and will soon appear in a Virginia school’s stage production of “Annie.” You can read all about it at hamptonroads.com:
Life wasn’t always so heady for Sandy.
Several months ago, she was up for adoption at the Virginia Beach Animal Care and Adoption Center.
When Kellam drama teacher Tammy Smith announced that...
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Third Annual Coulee Chase →
For those of you in the Wisconsin area, there will be a dog walk for charity this coming Saturday, March 26th. theracquet.net explains further:
March 26 marks the third annual Coulee Chase. It is a 5k Fun Run and 3k Family and Dog walk that is organized by the Coulee Region Humane Society, the UW-La Crosse Athletic Training Association and their affiliation, the National Athletic Training...
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Dog Discovered Alive One Month After Fire →
A dachshund named Lola was believed to have run away after a fire gutted a house in February. However, when the owner returned after one month, Lola was still in the house! This article from boston.com says:
Terisa Acevedo initially thought that Lola, her year-old long-haired dachshund, escaped the blaze and was wandering through the neighborhood. In the days after the fire, the 24-year-old...
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Canine Survivors
A family in Japan was forced to leave their two dogs, a sheltie named Towa and a golden retriever named Melody, behind when they fled the tsunami. The dogs were tied to a shed in the yard. The daughter tried to go back for the dogs, but the police did not let her back into the tsunami area. They feared for the worse as the tsunami hit…but then a miracle happened:
But Towa and Melody had...
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Rescued Dog Becomes the Rescuer
Pearl was a homeless dog who was rescued from a shelter. She later became a rescue dog through the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation. Now, she is helping with the rescue efforts in Japan. Pearl’s story was made into a book called “A New Job for Pearl.” Proceeds from the sale of the book go to help the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation to train a new rescue dog. ...
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Check Out Dog from Library →
Yale Law School is apparently going to start a program for its students to check out a border terrier mix named Monty for 30 minute periods from its law library. The article from nymag.com includes the memo sent from the law school describing the program:
The law library intends to run a three day pilot program starting on March 28, 2011 during which students will be able to “check out” our ...
