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		<title>Loss of a Hero</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Berea, Ohio:  K-9 officer Ciro was put to sleep Saturday, two weeks after receiving a devastating diagnosis of cancer.  He was just five years old.  Swollen lymph nodes were found during a routine vet visit, and tests revealed a very aggressive form of lymphatic cancer.

As the parent of a fox hound who died this way, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2008/07/08/loss-of-a-hero/</link>
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		<title>Hey, Mister, Can I Pet Your Dog?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How many times have kids come up to you when you are walking your dog, and asked if they can pet him?  You may have no problem with it, but what if your dog does?  Would you know whether or not your dog was feeling stressed about it?

Whether you tell the kids to hold out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2008/07/04/hey-mister-can-i-pet-your-dog/</link>
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		<title>Day Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Picture courtesy Dogtopia.)
Thinking about taking your dog to day care, but worried about the price?  The Wall Street Journal recently did some research on the topic and quoted average prices.

The average across the five day cares tested was $20 - $35, with different facilities offering different add-ons.
In New York, the Happy Paws Pet Resort will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2008/07/04/day-care/</link>
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		<title>Top Dog Parks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I promised yesterday, below is the list of the runners up for Dog Fancy Magazine&#8217;s Best Dog Parks of 2008.

Bow Wow Beach - Stow, Ohio:  features a 3-acre swimming pool!
Broemmelsiek Park Off-Leash Dog Area - St. Charles, MO:  so popular they had to hire security!
Frankfort Bark Park - Frankfort, Ill
Hammel Woods Forest Preserve Dog [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2008/07/03/top-dog-parks/</link>
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		<title>Better Than a Microchip?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ (Photo from the Garmin website.)
Some of you wrote to me with strong feelings one way or the other when I posted about microchipping last month.  See what you think of this idea.
First the disclaimer:  I have four dogs, and the kids insist on letting them loose about once a day, so anything that helps them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2008/07/03/better-than-a-microchip/</link>
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		<title>The Upside of Dog Cloning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Picture of James Symington &#38; Trakr from the NY Times.)
Whether or not you think dog cloning is a good idea, this is kind of a neat story.  Remember the contest run by BioArts International, a biotech company in Northern California?  They offered to clone dogs for free for the highest auction bidders, but they also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2008/07/03/the-upside-of-dog-cloning/</link>
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		<title>Conservation Hits the Dog Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jackass Acres K-9 Korral in New River, Arizona, has been picked by Dog Fancy Magazine as the best dog park of 2008.  Part of the reason it was picked?  It&#8217;s green!

No, I don&#8217;t mean green like the color you wear on St. Paddy&#8217;s Day.  Green, as in good for the environment.  The dog-washing station is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2008/07/02/conservation-hits-the-dog-park/</link>
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		<title>Lucky&#8217;s Funeral</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The death of my brother&#8217;s dog, Lucky, introduced us to a new family tradition.  This is the same brother (and sister-in-law) who live with Chance and think that the dogs are actually children.  In case you couldn&#8217;t guess, they have no 2-legged children.

When Lucky finally got so old he had to be put down, Jim [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2008/07/02/luckys-funeral/</link>
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		<title>What Kind of Dog is That?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you own a mutt, as I do, you may have spent some time wondering what breeds went into his making.  Thanks to a new test from BioPetVetLab.com, it doesn&#8217;t have to cost you an arm and a leg to find out.

The technology to distinguish between breeds has been available for a short while, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2008/06/30/what-kind-of-dog-is-that/</link>
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		<title>Puppy Property Laws</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If I like it, it&#8217;s mine.
If I can take it from you, it&#8217;s mine.
If it&#8217;s in my mouth, it&#8217;s mine.
If I had it a little while ago, it&#8217;s mine.
If it&#8217;s mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way.
If  toys are out, all of them are mine.
If it looks just like mine, it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doggies.com/blog/2008/06/29/puppy-property-laws/</link>
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