Dog Care News Archive

29-Oct-2006

 

The Path to Becoming a Seeing-Eye Dog (KYW News Radio 1060)
Puppies in training to be companions for the visually-impaired made their first trip to the big city Saturday. Several puppies and their handlers representing the Caring Canines 4H clubs in South Jersey rode on a PATCO train into Philadelphia taking in all the sites, sounds and textures of city.

It's a dog's life (The Star)
It's another day in the dentist's office. Instruments are whirring and metal braces are being affixed onto shiny white teeth. Except the patient is a German Shepherd.

Hit-And Run Dog Ozzie Goes Home After Surgeries (NBC 10 Philadelphia)
FRAZER, Pa. -- This dog has won the hearts of NBC 10 viewers with his courageous struggle to survive a hit and run accident. Saturday, he went home from the vet after lifesaving surgery.

Dog bites 13-year-old in the face (Glenwood Springs Post Independent)
Police were called to Valley View Hospital Tuesday afternoon after a dog bit a 13-year-old boy on the face. The boy received four stitches under his right eye, four in his chin, and 10 in his right cheek, according to police reports.

Groundswell for Democrats marks US campaign's home stretch (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The US midterm election campaign has entered its last full week amid a groundswell of support for Democratic candidates for Congress as unbridled bloodshed in Iraq continued to dog Republicans.

Dog Discovered Near Death (KFOX 14 El Paso)
-- A dog is now in a veterinarian's care, after he was discovered on the brink of death. Animal Rescue League officials said the mixed-breed animal was found on Kiely Road in Vinton Friday night, after a neighbor had apparently called authorities to report that it might be dead.

Donations pour in for dog hurt in hit-run (The Daily Times)
Enough donations have been received to offset the cost of two costly operations for Ozzie the Airedale, the victim of a hit-and-run vehicle accident in Glenolden Oct. 20, one of the dog?s owners said Wednesday.

Wounded vet, service dog join forces (Boston Herald)
A combat vet who lost bothlegs to a bomb in Afghanistan has a new four-legged friend to help him out. Canines for Combat Veterans graduated its first combat veteran and service dog team, Army veteran...

Foster parent's record questioned (Tulsa World)
A mother says her two children are in the care of a two-time felon. CLAREMORE -- A Claremore woman is seeking new placement of two of her children from a foster parent who is a two-time felon and whose dog reportedly attacked the older child, causing wounds that took at least 25 stitches to close.

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