Dog Care News Archive

DOH assures health care won't be sacrificed (Sun Star)
DEPARTMENT of Health 6 Regional Director Lydia Depra Ramos assured the public that health care for Ilonggos will not be sacrificed despite crises.

Homeless pets await word from owners (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
SANTA CRUZ ? Superman, the floppy-eared fellow from New Orleans, was featured in the Sentinel and on CNN because of his good luck. But the uncertainty accompanying Hurricane Rita has delayed the dog?s reunion with his owner. For now, he remains in the care of Santa Cruz County SPCA.

Did lawn do dog in? (The Buffalo News)
Whenever Zachary, 7, and Cameron Ellis, 5, latch onto a balloon outside, they kiss it, release it into the sky and say, "This is for you, Diamond."

Day care centers keep tails wagging (The Des Moines Register)
Making friends: Ashlie Smith, Waggin' Tails Doggy Day Care director, gets a kiss from Chase at the dog day care center at Greenbelt Kennels, 8383 University Blvd. in Clive. Groups of five or six dogs exercise and play indoors and in an outdoor yard that has a pool and toys.

Day care centers keep tails wagging (The Des Moines Register)
Jarod and Stacy Wittrock have been taking their 2-year-old, Jazmin, to an Iowa City day care center since she was 3 months old. "She likes it. We say the words ?day care,? and she knows exactly where she?s going," said Jarod Wittrock, an accountant. His wife attends graduate school at the University of Iowa. Jazmin, their precocious "child," is a chocolate Labrador retriever. Lucky Pawz, the day

WAND TV: DOG FOUND WITH FIGHT WOUNDS (WAND)
DOG FOUND WITH FIGHT WOUNDS EVIDENCE OF ILLEGAL DOG FIGHTING IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A CENTRAL ILLINOIS DOG, BELIEVED TO BE BRED TO FIGHT, IS NOW UNDER THE CARE OF ANIMAL CONTROL. DECATUR POLICE WERE CALLED THIS AFTERNOON, AFTER A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE AND A NUMBER OF PIT BULLS WERE SPOTTED ON THE 1300 BLOCK OF EAST LEAFLAND. THE GROUP REPORTEDLY BROKE UP WHEN POLICE AND ANIMAL CONTROL ARRIVED.

Plague found in prairie dog colony near Franktown (Douglas County News Press)
Tri-County Health Department has confirmed a prairie dog colony near the Franktown Historical Grange open space is infected with plague. The confirmation has led to the closing of 1,500 acres of open space and a portion of the Cherry Creek Regional Trail, which runs adjacent to the affected areas.

Woman's reunion with her dog is a 'miracle,' she says (Houston Chronicle)
ALEDO - Cheryl Landry sobbed as she tied Napi to a pole on the hospital's roof and told her little dog goodbye. She wrote two cell phone numbers on a white hospital band and secured it around the dog's neck.