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	<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Dogs raise $45K by surfing!</title>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/07/03/dogs-raise-45k-by-surfing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dog Lady</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you ever watch NBC&#8217;s Nightly News, you know that Brian Williams features a segment on &#8220;Making a Difference&#8221; each night, showing what everyday people are doing to help those less fortunate.  Usually, it&#8217;s people who work at a soup kitchen, or people who have founded a charity or something pretty conventional.  However, the other [...]]]></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>

		<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></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.  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>

		<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[military]]></category>

		<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>Sunday Survey:  What to do with unwanted puppies?</title>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/28/sunday-surveypuppies/</link>
		<comments>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/28/sunday-surveypuppies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dog Lady</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Puppies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re shaking up your weekend a bit here because Saturday was just a crazy day for me, but here is your survey for this week.
Let&#8217;s say your dog unexpectedly turned up pregnant.  After you got over that sick feeling in the pit of your belly, what would you do with the puppies?  I&#8217;m assuming here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Funny:  Mass for a dog</title>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/26/friday-funny-mass-for-a-dog/</link>
		<comments>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/26/friday-funny-mass-for-a-dog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dog Lady</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Dog Humor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Muldoon lived alone in the Irish countryside with only a pet dog for company. One day, the dog died, and Muldoon went to the parish priest and said, &#8220;Father, my dog is dead. Could ya&#8217; be sayin&#8217; a mass for the poor creature?&#8221;
Father Patrick replied, &#8220;I&#8217;m afraid not. We cannot have services for an animal [...]]]></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>

		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[service dogs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://doggies.com/blog/?p=2095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Have you heard about Angel Service Dogs?  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.  Her mom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just A Dog</title>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/24/just-a-dog/</link>
		<comments>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/24/just-a-dog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dog Lady</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[commitment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not sure where this came from, so if you can identify the author, please let me know.  Thanks to friend-of-the-blogger, Wendy, for sending this to me.
From time to time, people tell me &#8220;Lighten up, it&#8217;s just a dog,&#8221; or &#8220;That&#8217;s a lot o money for just a dog.&#8221;  They don&#8217;t understand the distance traveled, time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Only one dog for the Chinese</title>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/22/only-one-dog-for-the-chinese/</link>
		<comments>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/22/only-one-dog-for-the-chinese/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dog Lady</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Dog News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dog]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[laws]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://doggies.com/blog/?p=2086</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The city of Guangzhou, China (formerly known as Canton) has a new regulation set to take effect on July 1st.  This law will allow each family to have only one dog, regardless of how many they now have.

Supposedly, this will reduce the number of stray dogs wandering the streets of Guangzhou, but most people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday Survey:  Reporting Dog Abuse</title>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/20/saturday-survey-reporting-dog-abuse/</link>
		<comments>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/20/saturday-survey-reporting-dog-abuse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dog Lady</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[abuse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://doggies.com/blog/?p=2083</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t you hate it when you drive around your town and see a dog tied to a doghouse in all sorts of weather?  Or a dog that looks like he has never been played with in his life?  Got me thinking about how hard it is for most of us to get involved, to stand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So, is it ok to clone a dog as long as he is a hero?</title>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/18/so-is-it-ok-to-clone-a-dog-as-long-as-he-is-a-hero/</link>
		<comments>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/18/so-is-it-ok-to-clone-a-dog-as-long-as-he-is-a-hero/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dog Lady</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Dog News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cloning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What do you think, readers?  I know many people are vehemently opposed to cloning, but I wonder if it&#8217;s situational or absolute.  What if the clonee is a hero?  Here&#8217;s the scoop, according to the NY Daily News.
Trackr, a German Shepherd hailed for heroism for his efforts at serching through the World Trade Center rubble [...]]]></description>
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