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		<title>Can This Dog Read?</title>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/11/04/can-this-dog-read/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dog Lady</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior and Psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human or Doggy Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to an article in the October 12th issue of People magazine,Â  a 12-year old English terrier mix has been taught to read!
To win a bet with a friend, Manhattan dog trainer Lyssa Howells worked with Willow for 6 weeks, and got the dog to react appropriated to commands written on posterboard.Â  The dog can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Training your dog with a clicker</title>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/07/05/training-your-dog-with-a-clicker/</link>
		<comments>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/07/05/training-your-dog-with-a-clicker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dog Lady</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were watching &#8220;It&#8217;s Me or the Dog&#8221; on Animal Planet this morning, and Victoria was demonstrating the use of a clicker to train a dog.Â  If you&#8217;re not familiar with it, the idea is to use a clicker to signal the dog that he is doing something right.Â  Here is a short video showing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power company hosts search &amp; rescue dog event</title>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/07/03/power-company-hosts-search-rescue-dog-event/</link>
		<comments>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/07/03/power-company-hosts-search-rescue-dog-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dog Lady</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate to brag, but I have to say again how proud I am of my day-job employer, American Electric Power.Â  The company&#8217;s Appalachian Power subsidiary recently hosted the K-9 teams from the Virginia State Police at their Smith Mountain Dam for a training exercise.
Jack, pictured, and his buddies needed a space to practice searching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Government Program Pairs Assistance Dogs with Injured Soldiers</title>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/29/new-government-program-pairs-assistance-dogs-with-injured-soldiers/</link>
		<comments>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/29/new-government-program-pairs-assistance-dogs-with-injured-soldiers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dog Lady</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dog News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assistance dogs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://doggies.com/blog/?p=2101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
The Associated Press reports today that a new program from the Veterans Administration takes dogs from animal shelters, trains them, and sends them home with soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan to help them in their recovery.
For example, Harper, a Golden Retriever was recently matched with Army specialist Cameron Briggs who received a traumatic brain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angel Service Dogs</title>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/25/angel-service-dogs/</link>
		<comments>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/25/angel-service-dogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dog Lady</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Have you heard about Angel Service Dogs?Â  There was an article in People Magazine about the founders, Brett &#38; Sherry Mers of Monument, CO.
Their daughter, Riley, is terribly allergic to peanuts, to the point where she cannot enter a room where there is any possible source of contact with a peanut product.Â  Her mom [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Emergency Medical Care for your Dog</title>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/04/emergency-medical-care-for-your-dog/</link>
		<comments>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/04/emergency-medical-care-for-your-dog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dog Lady</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
This is CPR awareness week &#8211; do you have a plan for how to manage your dog&#8217;s emergency care?Â  I have a couple of recommendations.
Take the Red Cross&#8217; first aid class for pets.Â  It&#8217;s been awhile since I took it, so I can&#8217;t remember if it includes CPR or not, but it did include a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DockDogs Competition</title>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/01/dockdogs-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/01/dockdogs-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dog Lady</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dog Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog Shows]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Welcome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dock jumping]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent some of the weekend getting sunburned at the Dock Diving competition at Clay&#8217;s Park, in Canal Fulton, Ohio.  Sponsored by Cabela&#8217;s, Stihl, Time Warner Cable, and DockDogs , it was so much fun! We had a jam-packed weekend, so we didn&#8217;t get to stay as long as I would have liked, but we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations to the dog graduates!</title>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/05/28/congratulations-to-the-dog-graduates/</link>
		<comments>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/05/28/congratulations-to-the-dog-graduates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 22:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dog Lady</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dog News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assistance dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canton OH]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My local paper had a nice piece today about service dogs. There is an organization here in Canton named Canines Helping Independent People (CHIP) that trains assistance dogs, and they just graduated a new class of dogs yesterday.
Brenda Mosley, herself disabled, is the executive director of the program which seeks to help in three areas:

Selecting, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday Survey:  Aggressive Dogs</title>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/05/23/saturday-survey-aggressive-dogs/</link>
		<comments>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/05/23/saturday-survey-aggressive-dogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 22:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dog Lady</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior and Psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human or Doggy Nature]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aggression]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://doggies.com/blog/?p=1921</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With Michael Vick being released from prison this week, it made me think about aggressive dogs.Â  So, I&#8217;ve designed a VERY short survey to see how you would rate your dogs as far as aggression.
Click here to take the survey.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday&#8217;s Top Ten:  Dog Sports</title>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/05/05/tuesdays-top-ten-dog-sports/</link>
		<comments>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/05/05/tuesdays-top-ten-dog-sports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 21:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dog Lady</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We carry a few articles in our doggies den about various sports you can enjoy with your dog, or at least enjoy watching him enjoy them.Â  Here&#8217;s my list of the best damn sports period.

10.Â  Chasing / retrieving a tennis ball.Â  The best part is the fake-out throw!
9.Â  Agility.Â  An obstacle course to test your [...]]]></description>
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