How To Use Real Life Situations To Train Your Dog By Zak George
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Dogs are unique among non-human animals in that there is a long and storied history of dogs performing heroic, self-sacrificial acts for their human comrades. Below, we’ve put together a list of the eight most heroic dogs of all time.
8: Guinefort, the Saint of Infants
A select few people have been given the designation of “Saint,” but only one dog has also received that distinction. The story goes that a 13th century French knight left his infant son in the care of his greyhound, Guinefort, for the day (you’ll notice the knight in this tale is not the patron saint of parenting). Upon returning home, the knight found the home torn apart, blood on the dog’s face, and his son nowhere in sight. Thinking his dog had eaten the child, the knight instantly shot him with an arrow, only to find his son moments later, alive and well, next to the mutilated remains of a snake. The knight was so upset by his mistake that he buried Guinefort in a well and erected a shrine on top of it. Local villagers prayed to the brave dog even after a visiting inquisitor had the shrine destroyed and labeled the dog a heretic.
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By Jane H. Furse For The DAILY NEWS
The would-be future queen of England had to search through dog poop after her cocker spaniel ate a pair of pricey pearl earrings given to her by Prince William.
Royal girlfriend Kate Middleton loved the antique studs Wills gave her on her 28th birthday, and she was distraught when they went missing from her bedside table, according to the Daily Mail.
“She knew William had spent a lot of money on the earrings and she was embarrassed that she had mislaid them,” a friend of Middleton’s told the Mail.
Middleton suspected that her beloved dog Otto had chowed down the baubles, and she resorted to walking him several times a day in hope of recovering them.
Otto eventually produced the evidence of his guilt, but the earrings were damaged beyond repair. The prince graciously offered to buy his gal another pair.
“He said the main thing was that Otto was okay,” the source told the Mail. “He adores the dog, who’s very sweet.”
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Remy likes to be close to his big buddy, Max when he sleeps. Max is not so sure he likes that. Are your dogs like this at all?
– Kenn
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7 year old Chloe is a 22-pound pug and Willow is a 1 year old Siamese cat. What do they have in common? Well, they live with each other and love each other, some of the time.
The bond between dog and cat is stronger then we think. Chloe proved it when she alerted owners Amanda and Ron Bjelland that Willow the cat was in danger.
The day started off as usual, around 6:10 a.m., Bjelland walked their pets to the mailbox to pick up their morning paper. When they returned Bjelland and Chloe went back in the house while Willow the Cat proceeded to wander and explore. However, around 6:15 a.m. things started to change.
Chloe the Pug began crying at the glass door leading to the backyard, when Bjelland let the pug out the barking began. Even when brought back inside Chloe never stopped barking. A quarter hour later Chloe was still excessively barking at the door, Bjelland then let Chloe out once again but this time she followed the pug out. Chloe then led Bjelland down the back steps but Willow was still nowhere in sight. A little further down Bjelland spotted the cat in danger.
Willow had fallen into their 5-by-9-foot koi pand that was frozen over except for the hole she fell through. She was quickly pulled from the pond and rushed into the house to warm up. After the near death pond trap experience she had one buddy to thank… Chloe the pug.
The two are back to their love-you/tolerate-you relationship and Chloe has earned herself a big bone. Bjelland said “She knows she did good.”
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SPOKANE, Wash. — A dog died mysteriously in the South Hill neighborhood of Spokane after eating something in its back yard.
KREM reports Spokane Animal Control is waiting for test results from Washington State University to determine if the death Tuesday was the latest in a string of dogs killed by someone putting out poisoned meatballs.
At least three dogs were killed last month, and meatballs were found that contained strychnine.
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You can call it fate or destiny, either one sounds about right when it comes to this family.
A few years ago a young man faced with family crisis had to make a difficult decision and surrender his beloved dog of five years, Haley, to the local shelter. Though its been some time, his daughter never stopped thinking about their beloved Haley. He couldn’t stop thinking of Haley either, her photos still remain in his iphone.
Recently, he decided it was time to get another dog. He walked into the shelter and a shepherd mix in one of the kennels went crazy with joy. He couldn’t believe it, this was Haley, their beloved Haley. Turns out their dog had been adopted in 2007 but was returned just a few days prior because she just kept running away.
You can imagine the joy they must have had when crossing paths again and he adopted the dog back immediately. Now Haley will be back with the family she has always loved and missed. Wishing them years of happiness and joy!
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I, for one, feel it’s only right to hear both sides of the story. Here’s the animal rights side of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.
– Kenn
by Morgan Lowrie for Helium.com
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the eleven-hundred-mile dog-sled race across the inhospitable Alaskan wilderness, is often called “The Toughest Race on Earth.” However, some animal-rights activists contend that it is more deserving of the title of Most Inhumane.
One journalist called it “maybe the cruelest sporting event in America.” Jim Rome of Fox Sport prefers to call it the “I-killed-a-dog” sled race.[i] Leading the charge of accusers is the Sled Dog Action Coalition[ii], a group whose stated mission is to expose the dirty truths behind Alaska’s most popular sport. On their website, they list numerous ways in which sled dog racing abuses dogs:
#1: Dog Deaths
The naked truth of the matter is that the Iditarod has never been run without the death of at least one dog.
At last count, over 136 dogs have died during the race since its inaugural run in 1973, although exact numbers are impossible to ascertain due to the fact that no official tally was taken in early years. Causes of death in recent years have included strangulation, hemorrhaging after being impaled by a sled, heart attacks, drowning, muscular arrest, pneumonia and being hit by a snowmobile.[iii] In 2008, three dogs died.
These numbers include only the dogs which die in the race itself. No statistics exist to show how many dogs die in training, or in the aftermath of the race, but arguably these numbers could be much higher.
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