By Sue Manning For AP LOS ANGELES — Dogs across the country can expect some bone-shaped presents under the Christmas tree this year. An Associated Press-Petside.com poll shows 52 percent of pet owners plan to buy their animals a holiday gift — up from 43 percent last year. Gus and Molly, a pair of German [...]
By Mike Hughes For TV America Along with all its turkey traditions, Thanksgiving now has TV traditions. That tickles Jon Miller, an NBC executive. “When I go out and talk to people, they’ll sometimes tell me how they remember watching the dog show with their parents on Thanksgiving,” Miller said. That’s flawed nostalgia, actually. The [...]
If you like The Dog Files please join our Facebook Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/dogfiles Also, follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dogfiles A PET’S TEN COMMANDMENTS 1. My life is likely to last 10-15 years… Any separation from you is likely to be painful. 2. Give me time to understand what you want of me. 3. [...]
By Dr. Eric Barchas, DVM For Dogster.com Cody is an adorable two-year-old Lab/Beagle cross who saw me at the emergency clinic on Sunday. He clearly is a very well loved family pet. Friday was Cody’s second birthday and on that night the family threw him a birthday party. Twenty-five people attended. Many of them were [...]
By Jacques Von Lunen For OregonLive.com Halloween’s a lot of fun, at least for people. For pets, not so much. The last day of October is one of the busiest of the year at Portland’s Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital, as it is at other pet services. Al Holzer, local dog behavioral therapist with Bark [...]
