This may be different in various states, but in Ohio, we’re coming up on the deadline to buy dog licenses. And if you miss the deadline, you pay double!
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Traveling overseas with your dog
Planning a vacation overseas? Should you take your dog with you? The best way to decide is to check with the embassies of the countries to which you will be going. Each country has its own restrictions and requirements regarding pets being brought inside their borders.
Why Dogs Hate Halloween
I’ve posted a couple of times this month about dogs in Halloween costumes. Many of you thought the whole idea was just stupid, but when a friend sent me these pictures today, I just had to share them. Keep in mind the title of this post is why dogs hate Halloween. (The last three are my favorite!)
Podcasts for Pets
Have you visited PetLifeRadio.com yet? It is a collection of podcasts about all kinds of animals, as well as some blogs you may be interested in. You can directly stream or download the ‘casts, or you can pick them up for free on iTunes. A few recent topics include making sure all the animals in your managerie get along with each other and having fun while training your dog.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Some Fun Dog Sports
Here’s a few fun sports and activities for dogs, “scootering” is a new one to me.
If you have a really active dog who just can’t seem to get enough exercise, scootering might be something to look into. It’s sort of a warm-weather equivalent of dog sledding, great if you live in a warmer climate or just aren’t that into snow. The dogs are harnessed to a two-wheeled scooter, and you ride along pulled behind the dogs. Check out DogScooter.com to learn more.
An older activity similar to scootering is carting, where the dogs pull a human behind them in a wheeled cart, similar to a horse-drawn carriage but much smaller. This sport is growing in popularity in North America. It’s probably not as much fun for humans to ride as a scooter, but more practical for running errands.
If your dog loves jumping in the water, dock jumping is a really fun activity for him or her. If your pooch excels at it and can leap a great distance off the end of the dock, there are even national competitions for dock jumping. A yellow Labrador Retriever named Heidi has a personal best of 25 feet, 2 inches, good enough for the 2008 DockDogs National Championships, being held this month.
Dog dials 911 to help owner
An 18-month-old German Shepherd called 911 to summon help when his owner suffered a serious seizure. Buddy used his teeth to press pre-programmed numbers until a 911 dispatcher came on the line.
The call was placed when Buddy’s owner, Joe Stalnaker, who has injuries received during military service, suffered a seizure and blacked out. Buddy can be heard whimpering in a recording of the emergency call.
Buddy was trained to call 911 with his teeth when this situation occurs, ensuring help for Stalnaker arrives quickly.
“He’s my world. He’s my best friend, no question. He’s always there,” said Stalnaker, who was hospitalized for two days after the incident but has since recovered.
Search and Rescue Dogs
I couldn’t let September 11th pass by without a tribute to the search and rescue dogs who served in NYC in the aftermath of the World Trade Center bombings.
A tip of the doggies.com hat to service dogs and their handlers everywhere – we appreciate your selflessness.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
Is this a dog-friendly community?
Did you ever wonder how many dogs were in your community? We took a trip to Oakville, Ontario this summer and everywhere we looked, we saw people out walking their dogs.
The town of Oakville hosts a large school for training guide dogs for the blind – maybe there are lots of foster families in the area, starting dogs out with the proper obedience training before turning them over to the school.
Anyways, it got me to wondering how many dogs might live in my hometown.
Setting up a trust for your dog
Few of us have the millions Leona Helmsley set aside to care for her dog after her death, but that doesn’t mean we can’t set aside some money to make sure our beloved family members are cared for when we are gone. You don’t necessarily have to have money now to set up a trust. You can specify that a certain amount of your life insurance benefit or some other source of income payable to you will be used to fund the trust at a later date. However, making sure your wishes are carried out may not be as easy as it seems.
Top Ten Dogs @ Westminster
It’s Top Ten Tuesday!
Today’s topic: The Top Ten Breeds at the Westminster Kennel Club Show.
9 – 11 (3-way tie).
The Airedale Terrier, with three wins: 1912, 1919, and 1922.
The Pekingese, winning in 1960, 1982, and 1990
The Pointer, which took the prize in 1925, 1932, and 1986.
8. The Boxer, winning in 1947, 1949, 1951, and 1970.
7. The Doberman Pinscher, with four wins: 1939, 1952, 1953, and 1989. The ’52 / ’53 winners were the same dog.
6. The Sealyham Terrier, winning in 1924, 1927, 1936, and 1977.
5. The Cocker Spaniel, with wins in 1921, 1940, 1941, and 1954. The 1921 was parti-colored, the ’40 / ’41 winners were the same dog, which was black, and the ’54 winner was ASCOB (any solid color other than black).
4. The English Springer Spaniel, with 6 wins, in 1963, 1971, 1972, 1993, 2000, and 2007. The ’71 / ’72 winners were the same dog.
3. The Scottish Terrier, winning 7 times, in 1911, 1945, 1950, 1965, 1967, 1985, and 1995.
2. With 9 total wins, the Poodle. The toy size won in 1956 and 1961, the miniature was best in breed in 1959 and 2002, and the standard size won in 1935, 1958, 1973, and 1991.
1. And the breed to most often win Best in Show at Westminster is the Fox Terrier! The smooth variety won four times, in 1907, 1908, 1909, and 1910. The first three were the same dog, Ch Warren Remedy (pictured above). He is the only dog ever to have won 3 times. The wire-haired type won 13 times, in 1915, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1946, 1966, and 1992. The ’15 / ’16 winners were the same dog, as were the ’30 / ’31 winners. The dog who won in both 1917 and 1920 is the only dog to have won twice in non-sequential years.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!