Dog Care News Archive

FETCH! Pet Care(TM) Continues Steady U.S. Franchise Expansion (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
FETCH! Pet Care, America's largest and most sophisticated pet care franchise that offers professional pet sitting and dog walking services, today announced that its aggressive territory growth persists, having recently established the 25th franchise location. In aggregate, FETCH! Pet Care now services over 300 cities and towns throughout California, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, New

Lawn Care May Have Cost Pet's Life (WIVB-TV Buffalo)
(Lancaster, NY, September 26, 2005) - - Could a lush lawn have lethal consequences for the family dog? Call 4 Action's Al Vaughters has the story of two families who suspect fertilizer treatments may have sickened one dog, and killed another.

Beyond Organic Radio: Natural Pet Care (Environmental News Network)
Nearly 40 percent of US families house at least one dog, according to the American Humane Society. For anyone with a pet, spending time in a vet?s office can be a stressful experience ? stressful both for the animal and the owner.

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.

Adopt A Dog (Arizona Daily Star)
Sassy is a 3-year-old shepherd mix whose photo says it all. Her adoption fee of $89 includes sterilization, health tests, microchip, vaccines, a vet visit and one month of Shelter Care vet

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.

Man faces dog sex charges (Times Leader)
LAFFERTY - A Lafferty man is being held without bond in the Belmont County Jail after being arrested Saturday for allegedly having sexual contact with a neighbor's dog.

Dog Flu prompts action (WBIR-TV)
The new strain of dog flu is not in East Tennessee. Still, local veterinarians sat pet owners can take precautions now should the dog flu arrive in the future.

Penalty a slap in the wrist (The Star Online)
LAST December, 39-year-old Yap Quan Lan was jailed three days and fined RM200 for abusing her pet dog. The businesswoman had ill-treated her dog at her house in Kepong. She did not care for it nor provide medication when it was injured.