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Recent ‘Pet News’ Articles

To Toxic Plants and Flowers

By Alyssa • Nov 7th, 2008 • Category: Dog News, Features

Getting an Invisible fence is a good idea.  A big thing is just watch your dog and make sure it nows what to do.  the dog should listen and come in when you call it.



dog saves baby in kenya

By Alyssa • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: Dog News, Pet News

Dogs are known for their kindness to humans, but one dog in Kenya went above and beyond the behavior that is normally expected from “man’s best friend.”
In May of 2005, the crying of a human baby became the clarion call that saved both the life of the baby and perhaps the life of an amazing [...]



When Dogs and Robots Collide, Somebody Needs a Talking To

By Matt • Jun 11th, 2008 • Category: Dog News

To keep the peace at home, Keith Hearn had to scold his new robotic vacuum cleaner.

The trouble started when Mr. Hearn first turned on his Roomba automatic cleaner. When the device started scooting around the floor, Mr. Hearn’s dog, Argos, attacked it.



‘Bring my tigger home’

By Matt • Jun 11th, 2008 • Category: Cat News

Heartache for a Dublin family as pet disappears at airport.

A Dublin family is distraught after their beloved pet cat went missing moments prior to a flight to Switzerland. The pet detective Robert Kenny is leading the search for the tabby cat focused around the loading area in Dublin airport.



Hundreds Hound Shelter for Seized Chihuahuas

By admin • Mar 19th, 2008 • Category: Dog News, Pet News

PHOENIX (AP) — A frenzy of tiny-dog lovers has descended on an animal shelter that rescued hundreds of Chihuahuas from a filthy rural Arizona home, with some potential owners getting into shoving matches and others calling from around the globe.



Pet detective says animal sleuthing is ace

By admin • Mar 14th, 2008 • Category: Cat News, Dog News, Pet News

By Georgina Cooper
TARRINGTON, ENGLAND (Reuters Life!) - They’ve got patrol cars, walkie-talkies, wear uniforms and even use sniffer dogs when pounding the beat - but these aren’t police officers - they are Britain’s first proper pet detectives.



Orphaned pit bulls get island to themselves

By admin • Mar 12th, 2008 • Category: Dog News, Pet News

Call it Survivor Island for Pit Bulls.Alberta vet Pilar Gosselin wanted a place for her pit bulls, who were Hurricane Katrina survivors, so she bought an island.



Cat Vitamins Recalled

By admin • Mar 8th, 2008 • Category: Cat News, Pet Health

The Hartz Mountain Corp. is recalling 739 bottles of Hartz Vitamin Care for Cats because the product might be contaminated with salmonella, which could infect pets and people who come into contact with the cat vitamins. No reports of illnesses have been reported, according to the Secaucus, N.J., company.



Pets Benefit Your Health

By admin • Mar 8th, 2008 • Category: Pet Health, Pet News

by Victoria M. Brown
People love having pets. They are loyal friends that have comforted people for years. But did you know that having a pet can actually benefit your health? For the past 25 years, research has shown that people that live with pets tend to be healthier than those who do not. Pets [...]



Computer may help your dog talk to you

By admin • Mar 8th, 2008 • Category: Dog News, Pet News

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian scientists are working on computer software analyzing dog barks that could allow people to better recognize dogs’ basic emotions, Hungarian ethologist Csaba Molnar said.