The Baltimore Sun is reporting that one of the dog’s seized from Michael Vick’s dog fighting business has gone to California and is working with cancer patients as a therapy dog. The oncology director, Paula Reed, says, “He is wonderful, and all the patients love Leo. They really love his eyes and gentleness.”
What do you get for the dog who has everything? Some suggestions from The Arizona Republic include everything from massage to slumber parties.
For the 7th year in a row, Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and East Central Ohio will sponsor an Applause for Working Paws Dog Walk on June 21st from 11:00 – 2:00 pm. Although we won’t be able to attend this year, it has been a lot of fun in years past.
Leona Helmsley’s dog, Trouble has had his cut of Leona’s estate cut from $12 million to $2 million. How is a 9-year old Maltese supposed to live on just a measly $2 million?
Helmsley, known as the “Queen of Mean” after her tax evasion conviction, died last August. Her will specified that Trouble was to receive a $12 million trust fund to allow the general manager of Helmsley’s Sandcastle Hotel to keep Trouble in the manner to which he’d become accustomed.
Helmsley cut most of her family out of the will, leaving the bulk of her fortune to her charitable foundation. The $10 million cut from Trouble’s trust fund will revert to the charity.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
If you’re reading this, you are likely a dog lover and already know that our dogs are so much more than pets. Below are some recent news stories that prove that some dogs are downright heroes! Whether preventing an abduction, helping a person with seizures, or chasing away a bear, these three wonder dogs deserve our thanks!
My friend, Wendy, reports that sleeping in is an impossibility at her house. Between the hours of 5:30 and 6:00 am, every morning, Jake decides it is time for the household to be awake. He doesn’t lick Wendy’s face or bark or jump on the bed; he rips the covers off the bed and drags them out of the room.
I have a similar problem with my Golden, Maggie. She is also hungry at about 5:30 in the morning and will do just about anything to get me up to feed her. She hasn’t stolen my covers yet, but she does all of the other things – licks my face, jumps and lands all of her 70 pounds smack on top of me, barks incessantly, and paws at me. I always have bruises up and down my arms where she claws at me to get me out of bed.
Why is it we have to leave sleeping dogs lie, but they’re allowed to get us up whenever they want to?
Write and tell me your dog wake-up stories at [email protected].
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
The Associated Press is reporting that street-sweeping truck cleaning a street in the Bronx sucked up a Boston Terrier as the helpless guardian held her leash. The dog was killed by the machine. The city’s sanitation department calls it a “rare and unfortunate accident”. That’s the understatement of the year!
Zoe, a nine-year old spaniel from Lothians, Edinburgh, may be more valuable than most dogs. She recently won her guardian 1000 pounds (nearly $2000 in American money) with her outstanding singing ability.
My company picnic was at the Cleveland Zoo today. (And, just in case you were wondering, it is mating season for those huge tortoises, and they are VERY noisy when they do it!)
When we got to the zoo, the whole area from the parking lot to the gates was filled with tents and tables and DOGS. It was a really cool adoption fair, featuring animals from local shelters and rescue groups. Click below to see my pictures.
