Pender prisoners to train family pets
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »Raab, the founder of Monty's Home, has been working with the Pender Correctional Institution to start a dog-training program at the Burgaw prison, bringing together unwanted dogs and locked-up people for the benefit of both. The Pawsitive Partners Prison Program will ...
Pets II 2008 Feature Release
Saturday, July 19th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »The following knowledgeable industry leaders and scholars from Business Wire's ExpertSource database are available to discuss topics relating to Pets II Cheryl Lang is founder and president of Houston-based No Paws Left Behind, a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to bringing ...
Pill-Popping Pets
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »He chases deer. He is and this should be remembered when discussions of cases like his blunder into the thickets of cognitive ethology, normative psychology and intraspecies solipsism a good dog. A 3-year-old German shepherd, all rangy limbs and skittering ...
Foreclosures taking toll on pets
Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »When a homeowner has to leave his home because of foreclosure, often his pet is left behind. Now services are emerging to help pets navigate the mortgage-crisis fallout. Houston-based No Paws Left Behind offers a database of shelters financially distressed homeowners can ...
Estate planning should include the care of pets
Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »Most people don't want to think about their own demise, but your answer to that question has a huge impact on Fido or Fluffy should they outlive you. A sudden heart attack or a car accident could happen, and your pets ...
Move afoot to spay Chicago pets
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Burke was asked how the city would go about enforcing the ordinance, since cats are not licensed and dog licenses are widely-ignored. “When you drive down the street and see a gang banger with all kinds of gang regalia walking along ...
Pets give expo two paws up
Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »They seemed eager or affectionate or just plain bewildered. The dogs that came to browse at the Great Pet Lovers Expo at the Ice Box sports complex on Saturday sniffed and scuttled on the rubberized floor, their claws slipping in excitement ...
Dogs driven wild
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »Pets travelling in cars need to be firmly secured. WE'VE all seen it. Cruising down the freeway, doing (almost) the speed limit and a ute overtakes at some ridiculous speed. As it goes past, there's the obligatory dog, leashed to the back of ...
Robot challenges dog as best friend
Saturday, March 1st, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »Dogs may have a hard time wrapping their paws around this one: Robotic competition is nipping at their heels in the man's-best-friend department. A study by Saint Louis University found that a lovable real dog named Sparky and a robotic dog, ...
Local Dogs Battle Obesity, Too
Sunday, February 17th, 2008 Posted in Reptile Pets | No Comments »With much of America feeling the bulge of an obesity epidemic, doctors everywhere are making the case for proper diet and exercise. That same point can also be made for our furred, four-legged friends. Veterinarians in the Coachella ...