Posted on May 28, 2009 by erikab1123
Yesterday I was just about home when I abruptly stopped my truck; there was a cute little jack russell/fox terrier type dog sniffing around along the side of the road. I stopped and got out. After waiting to hear if there was anyone calling for the dog and not hearing anything I called him over [...]
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Posted on May 27, 2009 by erikab1123
Posted on May 27, 2009 by erikab1123
Posted on May 27, 2009 by erikab1123
Posted on May 26, 2009 by erikab1123
Jonas Rivera, producer of Disney/Pixar’s upcoming animated film Up, revealed to SCI FI Wire that the film—like previous Pixar movies—will be accompanied by a short film in its theatrical release, called “Partly Cloudy,” and that a second short, focusing on the talking-dog character of Dug (voiced by writer Bob Peterson) and called “Dug’s Special Mission,” [...]
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Posted on May 22, 2009 by Kate
May 22, 2009 — A floppy-eared, innocent-looking breed may be one of the world’s most aggressive dogs, according to a new study that found English cocker spaniels tend to be more hostile than other breeds.
The discovery adds to the mounting evidence that aggressiveness is an inherited characteristic, suggesting that genes and breeding practices can both [...]
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Posted on May 21, 2009 by Kate
On the CW show Supernatural, actor Jared Padalecki has spent several seasons battling mysterious otherworldly threats. But in real life, there’s another crisis he’s trying to combat: homeless dogs.
Rescue dogs are so close to Padalecki’s heart that he has joined A Dog’s Life Rescue founders Allison Lange and Julia Pennington in trying to raise awareness [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2009 by Kate
Yesterday the stars came out to celebrate dogs who make our lives better at the Hurlingham Club in London. On hand were some of the UK’s biggest dog lovers including telly and fashion types as well as society types.
Ben Fogle ,Claire Sweeney ,David Van Day ,Hannah Sandling ,Jenni Falconer ,Linda Barker ,Lisa B. ,Lizzie Cundy [...]
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Posted on May 9, 2009 by Kate
On May 8 in Sylmar California Paula Abdul continued her work with Guide Dogs of America by donating a seeing eye dog to American Idol top ten finalist Scott MacIntyre who is severely visually impaired. Paula has been working to support guide dogs and last month attended a ceremony to help veterans who needed service [...]
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Posted on May 6, 2009 by erikab1123
She’s the world’s oldest pooch, with 21 years under her collar, but she never learned how to beg.
“She’s independent. If she didn’t want to do something, she had a look she would give, and she usually got her way,” Long Islander Denice Shaughnessy joked of her aging dachshund, Chanel, whose 147th birthday — in people [...]
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