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Category Archives: Dog News
Iditarod Sled Dog Trail Race starts Saturday!
We’ll dedicate several blogs this month to the upcoming race, one of the biggest sports events in the dog world. The 37th annual Iditarod starts Saturday, March 7th at 10 am in the south central Alaskan city of Anchorage. 1150 miles and 10 – 17 days later, it ends in Nome, on the Western Bering Sea coast.
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How can your dog protect your child?
We’d all like to think we’ve got a great watchdog, but not all dogs will really protect your children from an intruder, much less from other dangers. How about this one from MSNBC? Continue reading How can your dog protect your child?
Fire at Dog Rescue Shelter
Received this today from Cynthia Sharpley about a fire at a rescue home in Mississippi. Sure sounds like they could use our help!
Is the Economy Making It Hard To Keep Your Dog?
According to some sources, 10,000 homes are being foreclosed upon per DAY, and new foreclosure proceedings start every 30 seconds.
We have many victims of the economy who are losing their jobs and/or need help feeding their pets. Some just need pet friendly housing or security deposit help to keep their pets.
Can you help? Be a virtual or local volunteer and Help foreclosure/economy pets with their families or be placed safely! We have a whole new group of pet owners looking to place their pets who do not know the dangers that we know of!
Craigslist and Freecycle pets need us!
Help educate people on the statistics of owner surrenders in shelter/pounds.
Help raise awareness to the problems we face outside of our network.
Join ForeclosurePetRescue: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ForeclosurePetRescue
Also http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Peace4Pets/ Group for owner surrenders for any reason. This group was created to help foreclosure pets and economy victims find rescue or foster and to avoid shelters and pounds. We are here to help the silent victims and to help educate and raise awareness to this problem. We need to let people know there are dangers AND options.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
New Internet Dog Scam
Have you heard about the latest Internet scam, preying on your sympathy towards abandoned animals for the scammer to make money? Saw this article recently in the Hamilton Journal News. Continue reading New Internet Dog Scam
Mya, Family Dog Starved to Death in PA
To all of our friends in Pennsylvania: if you have time, please support the Humane Society of the United States in its quest to make sure Mya’s killer is fully prosecuted. Link to the news story about Mya.
Westminster Winner: The Rest of the Story
For those of you who thought Stump was only an ordinary Sussex Spaniel, doggies.com presents the rest of the story…
(picture credit: WestminsterKennelClub.org)
Final Results from Westminster Dog Show
Continuing on from yesterday, here are the final three group winners, followed by the Best in Show.
In the sporting group:
4th Place: Ch Beechcroft Study’s Top Secret Breed: Retriever (Labrador)
3rd Place: Ch Chebaco Blames It On Trabeiz Breed: Setter (English)
2nd Place: Ch Toasty’s Treasure Island Breed: Retriever (Golden)
1st Place: Ch Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee Breed: Spaniel (Sussex)
In the working group:
4th Place: Ch Drakyi Gold Standard Breed: Tibetan Mastiff
3rd Place: Ch Nanuke’s Still The One Breed: Alaskan Malamute
2nd Place: Ch Winfall Brookwood Styled Dream Breed: Boxer
1st Place: Ch Galilee’s Pure Of Spirit Breed: Giant Schnauzer
And in the toy group:
4th Place: Ch Velocity’s Shake Ur Bon Bon Breed: Pomeranian
3rd Place: Ch Pequest Match Point Breed: Pekingese
2nd Place: Ch Tupelo Shoboat Tu China Tu Breed: Pug
1st Place: Ch Cilleine Masquerade Breed: Brussels Griffon
So the best in show contestants were:
From the hound group: Ch Gayleward’s Tiger Woods Breed: Scottish Deerhound
From the terrier group: Ch Roundtown Mercedes Of Maryscot Breed: Scottish Terrier
From the non-sporting group: Ch Randenn Tristar Affirmation Breed: Poodle (Standard)
From the herding group: Ch Cordmaker Field Of Dreams Breed: Puli
From the sporting group: Ch Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee Breed: Spaniel (Sussex)
From the working group: Ch Galilee’s Pure Of Spirit Breed: Giant Schnauzer
From the working group: Ch Galilee’s Pure Of Spirit Breed: Giant Schnauzer
From the toy group: Ch Cilleine Masquerade Breed: Brussels Griffon
And now (drumroll please!), the 2009 Best in Show: Ch Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee Breed: Spaniel (Sussex)
Congratulations and a wag of the doggies.com tail to all of the contestants!
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Survey Saturday: How Much Would You Pay for a Dog?
Have you seen the story out of Boca Raton, FL yet? Seems a couple (who already have 9 dogs) wanted a clone of one of their dogs who had recently passed away. (And BTW, this reminds me a lot of the lady in California who had six kids at home & underwent artificial insemination to have octuplets).
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