Celebrate National Take Your Dog to Work Day June 26th

Celebrate  National Take Your Dog to Work Day and take your pooch to work on Friday, June 26th. Register for the event and you could win a prize from FetchDog."The holiday was first celebrated in 1999 as a...

Powerloo: a handsfree flushable toilet for dog waste

A couple from Linden has developed an outdoor handsfree flushable toilet for dog waste called the Powerloo. " The 34-year-old from Linden, about 45 miles northwest of Detroit, developed the Powerloo and formed a company with fiancee Victoria Januszewski. It's an outdoor,...

Calgary shuttle driver saves dog as coyotes circle

Calgary transit driver Dawn Hagel is a hero to Duke these days.  She rescued him from two coyotes who were looking to make a meal out of him. "The pooch, cowering under a truck as two coyotes circled, was...

Would you want a puppy that glows in the dark?

Scientists in South Korea have created four Beagle puppies that glow in the dark. They glow a red colour that scientists say could help find cures for human diseases as genes have been planted in to the dogs, and the same could be done for humans. The dogs look normal in...

Leona Helmsley grants go mostly to Medical Research not dogs

Trustees for Leona Helmsley's estate announced today that $136 million in charitable grants will go to causes other than looking after dogs, which was what she mainly wanted in her will after she passed away. The...

National Puppy Day March 23, 2009: 10,000 Pups Looking for Homes

March 23, 2009 is National Puppy Day in the United States.  The day, started by Colleen Paige, an animal behaviorist and the editor-in-chief of Pet Home Magazine, is part of an initiative to find familes for...

All dogs go to heaven, and some go to church

"By Jeff Martin • USA TODAY • April 4, 2009 OMAHA, Neb. — As they enter the church, an occasional woof interrupts the piano notes wafting through the sanctuary.But this is a forgiving audience.It is full of dog lovers, mostly, who gather every Thursday to...

Jingle Bombs, Jingo bombs

Unfortunately not an April Fool's joke from our funny Army guys.Photos and story of the great dogs everyone loves."Last night on the Pak-Afghan border Soldiers call these colorful beasts “jingo trucks” because of all the chains and bells that make them sound like road...

86,000 injuries annually from dogs and cats

Every year, more than 86,000 injuries are caused by pets with dogs causing 88 percent of the injuries and cats at 11.7 percent. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collected the datas from 66 emergency...

Dogs travel on Sydney buses - transit officers got it wrong.

  In February last year, Pema the border collie watched from on board a near-empty bus heading into Sydney as her owner, Eedra Zey, was dragged off by police, thrown to the ground, handcuffed and arrested...

Exotic Diseases in the U.S. May Rise

We know about Dengue Fever, West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease - but have you heard of Leishmaniasis Disease, Chagas Disease and/or Chikungunya Virus? Probably not, unless you've been to places outside of the U.S....

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen Wed

After a seemingly short engagement, Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen have reportedly wed at a small ceremony in California. " The couple wed at a Catholic church in Santa Monica, California, in front of mostly immediate...

US smokers would quit to help their pets health

We know that smoking in the same room as another person isn't nice or good for them so who would you quit smoking for? Your children, your partner, or even your dog? "Smokers are more likely to kick the habit to...

Expat confusion over Swiss dog laws

Keeping a dog is becoming a difficult affair in Switzerland. First time dog owners are in a precarious position and there is big confusion about the legislation on dogs. As per the law dog owners who have never...

Wolves Being Killed in Spite of Being on the Endangered List.

Wolves being killed in spite of being on the endangered list in the US.  From Michigan come the latest reports of a Radio Collared Wolf being killed in spite of the fact that this magnificent animal is on the...

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