Category Archives: Dog News

Tragic! Seven Dogs Die After American Airlines Flight

Tuesday was not a good day to be a dog aboard American Airlines flight 851 from Tulsa to Chicago. This was a connecting flight for 14 dogs, and when the airport workers began moving their kennels from flight 851 to their connections, they noticed the dogs appeared to be sluggish. Workers tried to cool the dogs and took them all to a local veterinarian, but half of the dogs expired.

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Wednesday’s Wild, Wacky World of Dog News

You may have seen the television show about hoarding, but lately I’ve been hearing a lot about pet hoarding, too.  (In fact, the name “Dog Lady” came from a running joke we have about a friend who has nine cats – we always said when she died the headline would say something about her being a Cat Lady.)

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Pit Bulls in the News Again: Vicious Dogs or Merely News Fodder?

It’s not wild, wacky Wednesday, but there were several news stories I wanted to comment on today.  I have a news feed that comes into my e-mail, just to keep me updated on what’s going on in the world.  For some reason, today there was nothing but bad news about Pit Bulls.

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Wednesday’s Wild and Wacky World of Dog News: Three Lucky Chihuahuas

You’ve heard the expression, “living the life of Riley”?  I don’t know who Riley is, but I’m thinking I would rather be living the life of Conchita, Lucia, and April Marie.  As the four-legged children of Gail Posner, they got used to living in a luxurious $8.3 million mansion on Sunset Island near Miami. 

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Wednesday’s Wild, Wacky World of Dog News

First the wacky news: From the Associated Press: Sales Manager Jeff Colucy of Columbus, Ohio got quite a shock when he took his dog outside for a morning constitutional Wednesday morning. Colucy is one of those fortunate people who gets to bring his dog to work at Buckeye Caseworks.

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