Scott Meyer a 5 year old non verbal autistic boy went missing on Tuesday afternoon under a blazing hot sun neighbors and community members along with their dogs immediately came together to help try to find him. After 20 hours of the community searching for the lost little boy it was an 8 year old … [Read more...]
America’s Vet Dogs Team Up with Maryland Correction Institution
July 2, 2012 by
A new program at Maryland Correctional Institution-Hagerstown will begin this week through which inmates at the facility will train service dogs for wounded and military veterans. The program, America’s Vet Dogs, teamed up with Maryland’s prison agency. The inmates will help train the dogs for 14 … [Read more...]
Blind Dog Finds New Home at Minor League Baseball Stadium
June 28, 2012 by
Stevie Wonder, a 6-month-old German shepherd mix, was adopted by the Albuquerque Isotopes pitcher John Ely, who met the pup when the team volunteered at Watermelon Mountain Ranch, an animal shelter in Rio Rancho, N.M. The players were instantly taken with the dog and decided to give him a home at … [Read more...]
Dogs Get Vaccinated for Lyme Disease Why Can’t People
June 27, 2012 by
In 1975 Dr Allen Steere was sent to the Connecticut town of Lyme to look into a mysterious cluster of kids who had gotten arthritis - what he found was tick born Lyme Disease. After the discovery, isolated the spiral-shaped bacterium that causes Lyme disease, and then they looked for ways to make … [Read more...]
Students Train Dogs To Learn Responsibility
June 26, 2012 by
30 students from Harper High School in Chicago a school known for gang violence will be learning about Human Behavior and responsibility this summer through a program that has students train dogs. The program which is run by a pastor out of Liberation Christian Center and using dogs from Woodlawn … [Read more...]
Bayer Animal Health Donates Money to Domestic Violence Shelter
June 19, 2012 by
More than 80 percent of pet owners who enter a domestic violence shelter say they would have left their threatening situation much sooner if they hadn’t feared for the safety of their pet. In addition to spousal or child abuse an abuser frequently threatens, maims or kills a family pet to further … [Read more...]
Dog Left Aboard Sinking Vessel Rescued
June 18, 2012 by
An Air Station Kodiak (Alaska) based Jayhawk lifted off and went to the vessels position in order to rescue the crew but because of the rescue equipment being used they were unable to rescue the dog. At 1:23 pm, the Jayhawk crew hoisted the five crewmembers of the stricken vessel and transported … [Read more...]
Search and Rescue Dog Scared Away by a Cat
June 15, 2012 by
The Oldham Mountain Rescue border collie – known as Bob who is trained to track the scent of a missing person – ran away yesterday morning while walking through a field with a friend of his family's. Oldham Mountain Rescue staff said Bob shrieked after seeing the cat and took off. To try and get Bob … [Read more...]
A Visit to Best Friends Pet Care
June 14, 2012 by
I decided to attend a 20th anniversary open house at Best Friends Pet Care in Duluth, GA. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon and the perfect weather for an outing with Mack, my 2-year-old German Sheppard Lab mix. Our 30-minute ride to the boarding facility consisted of the usual, Mack with his … [Read more...]
Don’t Blame the Dog
June 13, 2012 by
You have all heard the excuse my dog ate my homework and while I am sure it has happened a number of time the dog often gets "blamed" for all sorts of crazy things. The dog ate all the cookies in the house while mom and dad were gone. The dog called the pizza guy it wasn't me. The dog knocked over … [Read more...]
