January 11, 2008
At York Public Library: Celebrating National Service Dog Month
Nearly every fall I begin raising a future "service dog," which is why I was particularly gratified to learn that October, already my favorite month, is designated as National Service Dog Month. Service dogs are dogs trained to aid people with...
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Posted by John at 12:47 PM
January 01, 2008
Becoming better pets
Nova, a pit bull/Lab mix, has been at Anderson Animal Shelter for more than a year. Now, with six weeks of obedience training, Jennie Kang is hopeful that those looking to adopt a dog will see in Nova all of the good traits that Kang sees, too. Kang, an animal behaviorist, created the "Ambassador Class" to give dogs who have been at the shelter the longest, intensive one-on-one training to
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Posted by Greg at 03:41 PM
December 28, 2007
3 missing dogs found
Three dogs stolen from a Mooresville obedience and dog training facility have been found. The dogs were stolen sometime between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, officials said. The owner of the dogs, Karen Whittaker of Weddington, said the animals had been in training at Dogs by Andy off N.C. 150 since Dec. 6. Searchers have found one of the dogs, a Sheltie/Chihuahua terrier mix, on the
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Posted by Ryan at 05:40 PM
December 14, 2007
Dog greets guests with a mouth 'handshake'
Q. I have a 2-year-old energetic female Australian cattle dog named Runner. Runner jumps all around when guests arrive and then grabs their hands with her mouth to make friends (very much like offering a
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Posted by Sean at 11:25 AM
Marines let dog go to slain handlers' family
SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP) -- Marine Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee and his German shepherd, Lex, scoured Iraq for roadside bombs together, slept next to each other and even posed in Santa hats for a holiday
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Posted by Joe at 10:51 AM
December 13, 2007
Family to Adopt Slain Marine's Dog
Marine Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee and his German shepherd, Lex, scoured Iraq for roadside bombs together, slept next to each other and even posed in Santa hats for a holiday photo. When a mortar attack killed the 20-year-old Marine in Fallujah a few months later, Lex, whimpering from his own injuries, had to be pulled away, Lee's father was told. That strong bond compelled the slain
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Posted by Greg at 08:34 AM
December 06, 2007
Dog Trainer Warns of Holiday Hazards for Our Four-Legged Friends
LOS ANGELES----Professional trainer, Jaime Van Wye, "Top Dog" of the Zoom Room, has trained dogs in search and rescue, bomb and drug detection, criminal apprehension and tracking, as well as how NOT to bite the
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Posted by Bob at 01:04 PM
November 20, 2007
Criticism of dog trainer more than a whisper
If anyone is considered the demon boy of dog behavior by the professional training community, it would be Cesar Millan, whose "Dog Whisperer" show on the National Geographic Channel has made him a household
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