pets News For 10-Aug-2008
Our lives get pretty busy, and it's easy to overlook the needs of our pets. I'm convinced their emotional and intellectual needs are as important as their physical ones.
Correction from Last Week: An omission confused the Afghan Hound Rescue story. Authorities removed 67, not 6, Afghans from a New Mexico hoarder's home, and the national breed rescue flew 7 of the distressed dogs to LI for intensive TLC. See "pets" 7/31/08 online for the full article.
METHUEN ? Jane Frechette avoided other dogs when walking her 3-year-old black Lab, Aggie. "If I saw another dog coming, I'd turn and go the other way," said Frechette of Methuen. The trouble with Aggie was she lashed out at other dogs. It's a common problem that leads to embarrassing situations for owners who have to untangle their pets when they get into growling, barking and scratching ...
The titles are coming fast and furious.
MANHATTAN, Kan., Aug. 5 -- Ronnie Elmore, associate dean of Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, has some campaign advice for this year's presidential candidates: Put your pets front and center.
The line between people and pets seems to be getting more blurred every day. Pet owners now a? days are handing their furry friends dozens of choices from food to treats and even medications. Some doctors say that it is a growing trend for many dogs, parrots and even farm animals to pop Prozac and other forms of anti-depressants when they?ve got a case of the blues
LAKE STEVENS -- A house in a mobile home park was destroyed in a blaze Wednesday afternoon. No injuries were reported, but the family who lived there lost all their possessions and as many as 10 pets died in the fire.
When it becomes difficult to put food on the table, some families turn to local food banks for help. Feeding a family that way is a challenge ? but if you add a few pets to an already stretched food budget, things can become really difficult.
Dear Abby: I work for a major lending company and have cleaned out foreclosed homes. Too many times, I find animals who have died from exposure or literally starved to death.