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If your pet’s bite is not right, they likely will suffer in silence and not show any sign of their pain. So what is the “bite”? The bite is also called the occlusion. It is how the teeth come together when the...
When Patrick Schmitt heads out of his Port Washington home, his assistance dog helps him open the door and closes it behind them. Aries, the dog Schmitt received from the Michigan-based group Paws With A Cause (PAWS), has...
“Look, we’re getting a dog park”, my husband said, as he waived the bright orange announcement. It was enough to make me perk up my ears … and so did the dog. This is no small piece of news for this West Bend...
Take adoptable dogs needing socialization and add cardiac patients needing exercise and what do you get? “A match made in heaven!” according to Kimberly Kalczynski, Volunteer Coordinator at Humane Animal Welfare...
Whether you’re a die-hard lover of the purebred dog, or happily attached to the paw of your mixed breed pooch, it’s tough for any dog lover to deny that our four-legged friends, although domesticated, will always be in need of a...
On a U.S. base in Iraq, a military working dog named Dexter detected explosives in a semi, driven by a suicide bomber. Dexter prevented the vehicle from entering the base and saved the lives of a thousand soldiers and an...
Rocket’s Lakeshore Eclaircie, (Ginny, my wife, and I called her Claire) was our first dog. Eclaircie, Claire’s pedigree name, is French for “bright sunny moment”. Claire was certainly that. She was the sweetest...
“Diabetes … in a dog, really?” That’s the usual response I receive when I tell people my dog is diabetic. And yes, canine diabetes or diabetes mellitus is a real and serious disease. But, if treated properly diabetic...
Earlier this year, I decided that I wanted to adopt another rescue dog to keep my first rescue dog, Griffin, company (actually this was for me but it sounds less desperate if I say it was for the dog). I found Griffin in June of...
While the thought of dogs dancing with a human may conjure up visions of something from America’s Funniest Home Videos, it really is based upon basic obedience training, while adding other dimensions such as music, timing,...
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