Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 Movie Trailer
November 30, 2010 in Entertainment, Fun Videos, News
This movie is going straight to DVD on Feb 1, 2011.
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GRRAND Needs Help To Rehabilitate Dog Shot Multiple Times
November 30, 2010 in Charity, Endangerment, Inhumane Practices, News
LOUISVILLE, KY – A local non profit group that helps dogs in need is looking for help, after organizers found a golden retriever with gunshot wounds.
Golden Retriever Rescue and Adoption of Needy Dogs (GRRAND) says they found Dane, a stray dog with several gunshot wounds, and bone infections from his injuries.
Earlier this month, Dane had 2 surgeries to try and repair his injuries.
In one of those surgeries, doctors had to remove his right hind leg.
The group says they’re looking for a foster home for Dane, and for financial help with his surgeries.
GRRAND projects the costs will be between $8000 and $10,000.
If you would like to help GRRAND, log on to their website, grrand.org or send donations to:
Grreat Dane Medical Fund
c/o GRRAND
P.O. Box 6132
Louisville, KY 40206-0132
by Kenn Bell
Major Dog Fighting Ring Busted Up In Claiborne County, Mississippi
November 30, 2010 in Endangerment, Inhumane Practices, Law Enforcement, News
Authorities say the dog fights took place at a house on Highway 547 between Port Gibson and Pattison. Participants came in from Louisiana and Texas. Acting on a tip, deputies say they interrupted a fight in progress Saturday night around 7:30.
“We seen vehicles going into the area so then we proceeded in,“ recalls Sheriff Frank Davis.
He says 40-year-old Bryan Eggleston faces a list of felony charges. Eggleston is charged with promoting dog fighting, training dogs for fighting, and being a spectator.
“He’s the only one charged with the majority of the charges, most people are going to be charged as spectators to the dog fight,“ explains Sheriff Davis.
The sheriff tells News Channel 12, 25 other people are also being charged as spectators, which is also a felony. But, Sheriff Davis says the search is on for the dozens more who got away.
“People whose automobiles that was parked out there that night we have towed in,“ comments Sheriff Davis.
And, 13 pit bulls were seized from the property and taken to the Vicksburg-Warren County Humane Society.
“Almost everyone of these in here have ripped ears, the bite wounds are usually concentrated around the face, front legs, chest, we have one in here that they’re all cut up over the body and it’s just puncture wounds and lacerations,“ adds Georgia Lynn, President and Director of the Vicksburg-Warren County Humane Society.
Lynn claims all of the dogs are aggressive, and they are now waiting on a court order so they can put them down.
by Kenn Bell
Dog Survives Oregon Plane Crash That Kills Pilot
November 30, 2010 in Heroics, News, Tragedy
A small dog survived the crash on Monday of a single-engine, homemade plane in Oregon that killed the pilot, officials said.
The dog was found, singed and smelling of smoke but otherwise largely unharmed, at a local elementary school near the crash site in rural Hubbard, Oregon, Clackamas County Sheriff’s detective Jim Strovink told Reuters.
“The dog somehow escaped and survived,” Strovink said. “He was singed, appeared burned and was scared.”
The dog did not require veterinary care, Strovink said, and was in the care of Clackamas County Sheriff’s personnel who were notifying the family of the pilot about the crash.
The small, homemade aircraft crashed shortly before noon in a tree farm in rural Western Oregon, about 30 miles south of Portland.
The pilot was not immediately identified by authorities, who said there were no other passengers on board the plane when it crashed.
by Kenn Bell
Stem Cell Procedure Helps Ailing Dogs
November 30, 2010 in Dog Safety, Health & Science Files, News
After suffering from arthritis in his joints and undergoing the first in-clinic animal stem cell regenerative therapy in Florida, an 11-year-old Rascal is now able to freely move around without pain. Photo By Terry Barner
PANAMA CITY — Squirrels, consider this fair warning: Hummer and Rascal are back to their old selves.
Last month the two dogs were the first in Florida to undergo an in-office stem cell therapy procedure to treat conditions that limited their mobility, and their owners said it was a success.
It’s pretty obvious by looking at Hummer, a 6-year-old yellow lab, that he recently had surgery.
His fur is shaved on one of his shoulders and he’s also missing patches of hair on both hips.
For his owners, Barbara and Dustin Stokesbary, though, the missing fur is a small change compared to the ones he underwent after surgery.
Hummer used to struggle to get off the floor, he tired easily and he took steroids to make it through the day.
Now, he’s going on hour-long walks every evening, and he’s back to running and jumping.
He’s also resumed a loving greeting — sitting tall on the bed and putting his front paws on people’s shoulders — a perfect position to cover their faces with kisses.
Results for Hummer were almost immediate and without side effects, his owner, Barbara Stokesbary, said.
“They had told us that first weekend after the procedure to keep him calm … he acted like he hadn’t had anything done,†she said.
“We were just so hoping we would have a good outcome,†she said, and she’s satisfied with the results.
In October, the dogs were treated by veterinarians at Animal Care Center in Panama City Beach.
The procedure uses stem cells harvested from fat to treat osteoarthritis, hip dysplasia, ligament and cartilage injuries and other degenerative diseases.
Stem cell treatments have been used on dogs, cats, horses and other animals for several years, but MediVet-America recently developed technology that allows the stem cells to be separated from fat in-office during a roughly four-hour procedure.
Fat is taken from the animal — in these instances the shoulder — and stem cells are derived, then injected to the affected area.
by Kenn Bell
Maternal, Chihuahua Mix Dog Raises Kitten Litters
November 29, 2010 in Adoption News, History, News
Photo By Robyn Edie
KIMBERLEY CRAYTON-BROWN – The Southland Times
For the past three years chihuahua-foxy-cross Shyla has been a foster mum – to litters of kittens.
Owner Angela McFall, a vet, said Shyla had her first “false pregnancy” three years ago. Shyla has never been pregnant, but once a year at about the same time she produces milk.
The first time it happened Miss McFall, of Brydone, had rescued a kitten and Shyla took it upon herself to clean and feed it, and treated it like her own offspring.
The next year Shyla had another “false pregnancy”, and mothered a litter of seven abandoned kittens that Miss McFall rescued while living in Christchurch.
“We drove to Ashburton as I had heard there were some kittens that were going to be put down. We stuck our feelers out because we knew she was producing milk,” she said.
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This Is Why Legislation Is Needed For Puppy Mills
November 29, 2010 in Endangerment, Inhumane Practices, News
Puppy Mill Insider Speaks Out
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Hydro, Oklahoma Man Has New Dog To Replace Poodle Killed By Police
November 29, 2010 in Adoption News, Endangerment, Inhumane Practices
BY ANN KELLEY For NewsOk.com
HYDRO — Edwin Fry has a new dog, and he’s keeping the tiny, white Chihuahua on a short leash.
Using his flair for naming pets, Fry is calling this one Whittie Western Star. She was given to him by a woman in his hometown who heard about his wrangle with police and how they killed his poodle, Buddy Tough.
He said he will not let Whittie Western Star follow in her predecessor’s paw prints.
“She’s my girl,†Fry said. “She doesn’t go outside without me, and when I’m here, she follows me around the house.â€
Buddy Tough was euthanized while Fry was jailed for breaking the dog out of town’s pound. The 73-year-old veteran used bolt cutters to free the canine from a cage, and the two rode away on his riding lawn mower. He was arrested at gunpoint before they made it home.
