Hyper Dogs Make Bad Pets
Friday, October 10th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Rescue dogs help save lives during times of disaster, but the work of some keen-eyed volunteers keeps those dogs alive and sends them on the path to help people. Nino the dog plays tug of war with anyone willing and strong ...
Rabid Pet Is Among Dogs Flown Here From Iraq
Sunday, October 5th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »An effort by good Samaritans to rescue abandoned dogs from Iraq and bring them to the United States has led to a national public health warning after a puppy named Crusader was belatedly found to have rabies. The rescue mission, Operation ...
Pets Can Help Seniors Maintain an Active Lifestyle
Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »A May 1999 study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society confirms what many have long suspected; independently living seniors that have pets tend to have better physical health and mental well being than those that don’t. Since then, scientists ...
Pets Join People In Organic Food Craze
Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Carla Hamersma said her budget may be tight because of the economy right now, but there are some things that she refuses to scrimp on for her family, including good quality food and nutrition. Hamersma's sentiments aren't all that foreign ...
Pet cremation firm dumped dead animals
Friday, September 26th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »A pet cremation business that dumped dead animals in bushland in Victoria's north has been fined. Bendigo-based business Pets at Peace has been fined $5671 by the Environment Protection Authority for ditching 19 animal carcasses in July. The remains of four cats, ...
Seniors With Pets Healthier
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Researchers have found pets to have social, mental and physical benefits for everyone, but most importantly senior citizens who are looking for companionship. “A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing found elderly pet owners are significantly healthier than ...
Aws Mean Better Result For Pets In Hurricanes
Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »As we now see from news reports, both pets and their people fared better during Hurricane Ike because everyone could evacuate together. Click here to see the news story. There were animal shelters set up in Texas and Louisiana. People could ...
Fair offers free rabies shots for pets
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Free pet rabies shots will be offered to the first 750 pets brought to a pet fair being held Sept. 27 by the Guilford County Department of Public Health. All dogs should be leashed and all cats should be in carriers. Advice ...
Hempstead shelter’s pets to come with free microchips
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Dogs and cats adopted from the Hempstead Town animal shelter will now come with identification microchips embedded under the skin so that, if an animal gets lost, it can easily be reunited with the owner, town officials said yesterday. Trained personnel ...
Pets getting priority this time as city empties for Gustav
Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Elisa Miller dropped to the pavement and nuzzled her face against the neck of her fittingly named coonhound Hurricane. "The driver will stop every two hours to check on the pets," a worker assured her. "We'll take good care of him. ...
