Archive for July, 2007
Dogs sit, can’t shake out a world record
Monday, July 30th, 2007300-plus canines tried to break world mark for sitting on command Junkers, a 13-year-old black cockapoo, joined more than 300 other dogs at the Elmbrook Humane Society in an attempt to set a new mark for Guinness World Records and get into the company’s famous book for the most dogs sitting on command for that [...]
Puppy Mill Rescue
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Juliet is a cute Italian Greyhound puppy. Just like the kind you see in a pet store. But if you look at Lily an older Italian Greyhound who was raised on a puppy mill you see a big difference. Lily’s bottom jaw is severely decayed from neglect during her years on the mill. If Juliet [...]
Tiny dog saves baby from rattlesnake
Monday, July 23rd, 2007Zoey is a Chihuahua, but when a rattlesnake lunged at her owners’ 1-year-old grandson, she was a real bulldog. Booker West was splashing his hands in a birdbath in his grandparents’ northern Colorado back yard when the snake slithered up to the toddler, rattled and struck. Five-pound Zoey jumped in the way and took the [...]
Puppy theft caught on camera
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007[Editor] Please don’t buy a puppy at a store. If you want an Italian Greyhound, please find several breeders and interview them before buying A delicate italian greyhound puppy — worth about $700 — was taken from Pets at Home at Fountain Gate on Monday afternoon. The 11-week-old puppy was returned yesterday after media attention [...]
Ban on dog attack man
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007A MAN whose pack of greyhounds fatally mauled a much-loved pet dog on a Melbourne beach last year has been banned from greyhound racing for three years. Paul Egan, of Chelsea, was yesterday disqualified until July 2010 after Greyhound Racing Victoria found him guilty of failing to ensure his dogs were properly muzzled and restrained [...]