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Martha Stewart recently announced the death of her pet dog Kublai Khan Paw Paw Chow Chow Chow. Paw Paw has been on TV, magazines and had the most beautiful fur. http://blogs1.marthastewart.com/martha/2008/04/my-beauty-paw-p.html Martha loved him and still does. In case you didn’t know, Martha also has 2 frenchies that instinctually comfort her in times like this. http://blogs1.marthastewart.com/martha/2008/03/recent-photos-o.html

R.I.P Paw Paw:(

Man in New Jersey is accused of killing his girlfriend’s Yorkshire terrier because he felt the girl loved the dog more than him.
http://www.thedailyjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080417/NEWS01/80417002/1002

Readers share their stories of puppy love. Stories from dog owners who found happiness with new dogs after the loss of beloved older pets. http://www.charlotte.com/union/story/584614.html
Good words of comfort for people who may have lost their pets.

RIP Dusky the Staffordshire bull terrier in the UK. Dusky along with another bull terrier and a frenchie were stuck in a house that burned down. While the others were able to recover from the oxygen mask given by firefighter, Dusky could not recover:( http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=170509&command=displayContent&sourceNode=230702&home=yes&more_nodeId1=231015&contentPK=20416241

Dog lovers and people with hearts in the city of Columbus, Ohio pitched in to finance a life saving surgery to save a dog suffering from cancer. Awesome OHIO!
http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2008/04/17/annie.html?sid=102

A lady’s horrible experience with home dog remedies. One had to be put to sleep while the other SHOULD recover. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/17/2220169.htm?site=perth

A Boston Terrier’s barking saves the life of a 1 ½ child that fell into a pool. Tyson’s consistent barking helps rescue the child from drowning just in time to do CPR and resurrect the child. http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/apr/16/30gtbarking-dog-helps-save-baby-in-stuart/

Katherine Tegen Book’s just published a book called Alfred’s Nose by Vivienne Flesher. A book about Alfred the French bulldog’s nose. http://catalog.rhpl.org/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.7&type=Keyword&term=250692&by=CN&sort=RELEVANCE&limit=TOM=*&query=&page=0#__pos1

A post by editor of News Mirror Yucaipa, California wrote a nice post on following a special puppy on its journey to becoming a GDD canine companion (seeing eye dog)
http://www.newsmirror.net/articles/2008/04/17/news/09news.txt

Logan turned 3 months old today http://lifewithlogan.livejournal.com/974606.html

Read about Oscar. A Skate Boarding Jack Russell. He was bought a skateboard and 3 weeks later, viola, people at the beach cheering him on. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1054214.ece

A letter to Swampscott, MA dog owners who aren’t responsible to clean up their dog’s poop of the kids’ high school track facility. http://www.wickedlocal.com/swampscott/news/x1148173196
Clean up your poop! You’re Dog, Your Poop!

Dogster Just announced a new addition to their site/blog. They added the profiles to 100 dog breeds and they provide some very useful information.
http://blogs.dogster.com/dogster_site_updates/2008/04/17/100-dog-breed-profiles-only-on-dogster/

3,000 dogs will be competing this weekend in the Spring Classic Cluster Dog Show. They will be judged on all-breed, obedience and rally competitions.
http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/republican/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/120834076185500.xml&coll=1
150 breeds will begin tomorrow (4/17/08) with Springfield Kennel Club, continue with Pioneer Valley Kennel Club on Saturday, and end on Sunday with South Windsor Kennel Club.

Routine Traffic stop turns into a half a million dollar drug deal gone wrong. Police Dog smells $470,000 in Alameda County, CA. Hidden compartment filled with cereal boxes stuffed with money sniffed out by drug sniffing police dog.
http://www.mercurynews.com/alamedacounty/ci_8952165?nclick_check=1

The AKC Canine Health Foundation received international funding to fight Syringomyelia, a cancer in Spaniels and Brussels Griffons. Studies are being held at the University of Georgia.
http://www.dvmnews.com/dvm/News/AKC-received-international-funding-for-spinal-dise/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509947

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