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		<title>Saturday Survey:  Is Your Dog Micro-Chipped?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working on an article for our doggies den about micro-chipping, and I just wonder how many of you have inserted a micro-chip into your dogs.  Or if you&#8217;re considering it.


Is your dog micro-chipped?(surveys)

Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
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		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/11/07/saturday-survey-is-your-dog-micro-chipped/</link>
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		<title>Friday Funny:  Cooper Loses a Cat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I was sitting in my La-Z-Boy writing an article, and Twiggy (one of the cats at my house) jumped up into my lap, which is the normal resting place for my Vizsla, Cooper. Even though he was perfectly comfortable on the bed, he had to come chase Twiggy off of my lap, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/11/06/friday-funny-cooper-loses-a-cat/</link>
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		<title>2 Ohio Labs Need a Home Together</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Received this in my e-mail today from a friend.   C&#8217;mon all you lab lovers &#8211; can&#8217;t someone help her out?

 
 
We are moving overseas in just 2 weeks. Unfortunately, I have still not been able to find a good home for Cookie and Coco . We&#8217;re not able to take our beloved doggies with us and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/11/05/2-ohio-labs-need-a-home-together/</link>
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		<title>Al Franken: comedian, Senator, and now dog admirer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people say the economy is the most pressing problem facing the country today, but Al Franken took the time to introduce a bill in Congress to help our country&#8217;s veterans heal from their war wounds by matching them with service dogs.

The VA is going to be receiving about $5 million in funding under the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/11/05/al-franken-comedian-senator-and-now-dog-admirer/</link>
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		<title>Can This Dog Read?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to an article in the October 12th issue of People magazine,  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.  The dog can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/11/04/can-this-dog-read/</link>
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		<title>Tuesday Top Ten: Ways to Show Your Dog You Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you didn&#8217;t love your dog, chances are you wouldn&#8217;t be reading a dog blog, but how do you show your love? The list below is adapted from one published by the Humane Society of the United States.
10. License your dog and attach ID tags to his or her collar. Taking these simple and inexpensive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/11/03/tuesday-top-ten-ways-to-show-your-dog-you-care/</link>
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		<title>Dogs on the Reservation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steven Sable has designed a photography exhibit called &#8220;The Rez Dog Biographies&#8221; to highlight the plight of desert strays.  What got Sable interested in the topic?  On a landscape photography trip in the desert Southwest, he stopped to take a picture of a deserted highway in Arizona.  Along came a stray to see him, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/11/02/dogs-on-the-reservation/</link>
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		<title>Now, that&#8217;s one loyal dog!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happening upon a stray running the highway in Tennessee, Kathy Wilkes-Myers coaxed the emaciated Rottweiler into her car.  Kathy, a member of Love Me Tender Animal Rescue, didn&#8217;t think the dog acted like a typical stray, so she set about trying to find her family.
She remembered seeing a bad one-car wreck along the same stretch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/11/01/now-thats-one-loyal-dog/</link>
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		<title>Canine Breast Cancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we end October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I thought this story from WEWS in Cleveland was appropriate.  (No, it doesn&#8217;t involve NFL players wearing pink shoes &#8211; have you ever seen anything more ridiculous?)
 The recent 3-day walk for a cure in Cleveland had a team with a dog mascot named Muffin.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/10/31/canine-breast-cancer/</link>
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		<title>Saturday Survey:  Is Your Dog A Hero?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you didn&#8217;t notice, most of the posts this week have revolved around the theme of dogs doing something out of the ordinary, many times helping their families out of a jam.  Which begs the question, has your dog ever done anything heroic?

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		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2009/10/31/saturday-survey-is-your-dog-a-hero/</link>
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