Month: July 2009
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Touching Reunion
A severe car accident left a family in the hospital and a rottweiler named Ella lost in Tenn. woodland. CBS cameras caught the touching reunion...
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Furnetic, New Clinic In Chicago Open House
I received a message from Dogster member Dixie about a new clinic in the Chicago area. I'm passing on the info for other Dogsters who...
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Partygoer Gives Dog CPR
A woman in Huntington Beach, CA. is credited with saving the life of a Chihuahua using CPR. She learned the technique by watching it on...
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San Francisco Moves to Outlaw Declawing Cats
Tomorrow the Vet Blog will return to veterinary Q&A. But today I can't resist the following piece from DVM Newsmagazine. San Francisco considers ban on...
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Once Lost, But Now Found
Earlier this morning I posted about an Australian dog who was lost for 9 years and just reunited with her family thanks to a microchip...
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Owner Of Rescued Pit Bull Puts Ad On Craigslist
After reading another story about an abused pit bull I'm beginning to think the real bully breed are humans. This is a rather bizarre and...
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Blind, But Now I See
Dogster member Bill sent me an article about Virginia, she's an older dog who recently went blind. Since there are a lot of Dogsters who...
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Muffy’s Mysterious Mileage
If you've ever lost a dog you know how devastating it is. This story proves no matter how much time has passed there's always hope...
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The Utah VMA Won’t be Happy About This: Nation’s Largest Veterinary Chain Discontinues Tail Docking and Ear Cropping
Banfield, The Pet Hospital is an international chain of veterinary practices. The practices are often associated with PetSmart stores. Banfield is the largest chain of...
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Yet Another Article Shows That Calorie-Restricted Diets Increase Life Span. Too Bad Nobody Ever Will Follow the Program!
When I was reviewing the Health and Science section of the July 31, 2009 issue of The Week for Monday's article about cats purring, another...
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Dog Busted Out Of Canine Jail
Since this is a dog blog, a couple of times a month our boy Bo (woof!) thought it would be nice to get the news...
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Sunny Disposition
This story could easily have ended tragically, but thanks to Sunny's disposition and one very special young woman it didn't. Kelsey Westbrook is a senior...
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Utah Veterinary Medical Association Takes Issue with AVMA’s Stance on Tail Docking and Ear Cropping
I freely recognize that I practice veterinary medicine in one of the most progressive places in the world. Just a couple of states over, things...
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Donate To Charity, Win A Dog Portrait
We're doing something a little different on the blog today. I was approached by a wonderful artist, Terry Stanley, to have a contest that would...
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I’m Tired Of Animal Cruelty Tee
I just wanted to let everyone know the makers of the cool "I'm Tired Of..." anti-cruelty bracelets just started selling a new t-shirt. The "I'm...
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Photo Caption Contest: Dogs will Be Dogs
To non-dog folks the photo below may be a bit alarming but we dogsters know that sometimes when dogs play sometimes there are bared. Needless...
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Daizy’s Happy Reunion
There's nothing better than a happy reunion story, this one definitely fits the bill. A dog that got lost after Hurricane Ike has been wandering...
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Top 10 Pet-Attacking Animals
A few weeks ago I reported the sad news about Ozzy Osbourne's pup Little Bit getting attacked and killed by a coyote. Veterinary Pet Insurance...
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Canine Cancer Science Updates
The Morris Animal Foundation's Canine Cancer Campaign is a global effort to prevent, treat and cure cancer. By funding more than 100 canine cancer studies,...
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Photo Caption Contest Winner for 7/27/2009
For someone named Bambi--this week's winner--the caption that took the prize seems a bit uncharacteristic but it's still funny and deserves the 50 Zealies. Well,...
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Tips on Dogs and Kids from Trainer Casey Lomonaco
Casey Lomonaco is back, stepping in as the guest tipster on The Daily Dog Tip, the Dogster blog that serves up a juicy tidbit of...
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Halle’s Vicktory
Halle is the first Vicktory dog being adopted. Woohoo! So much for the naysayers proclaiming a pit bull that's been trained to fight can't be...
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Researcher Concludes Cats Can Manipulate People
I'm going to file this one under "science adds insight into what we already knew". I see pets (both cats and dogs) who have owners...
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Al’s Frankenbill
Sen. Al Franken is introducing a new bill which would give service dogs to injured veterans. Franken's legislation, which is an amendment to a 2010...
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Out-of-Date Rabies Vaccine Lands Dog in the Clink
Molly was minding her own business when the raccoon attacked her. The poor dog didn't see it coming. The sweet nine-year-old Yorkshire Terrier stepped out...
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Client Tries to Save a Few Bucks on Flea Control and Ends up Blowing a Grand
In these extraordinarily difficult financial times every effort to save money is understandable. But if these efforts aren't well thought out they can backfire. A...
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Holistic Vet Q & A Event
There's a store near us, Razzle Dazzle Doggies, that's having an event worth checking out if you live in the Marietta, GA. area . A...
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Pork Chops Save Lives
A Pork Chop saved a life in this case anyway. A man visiting his daughter was saved by her beagle when the dog started howling...
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90 Dogs Found In Home
A man who lived in what appeared to be a well taken care of suburban home on the outside told a different story on the...
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Start Your Engines…Win NASCAR Tickets!
Over the next four weeks we are having an amazing contest thanks to the folks from Pedigree. They're currently running "The Luckiest Dog" of NASCAR...
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