LIFE/TRAVEL

07/20/2008

Spending on pet health rising despite economic downturn

LARA SOLT / DMN

A growing legion of pet owners around the country are choosing to invest in their animals' well-being even as their own health-care costs are rising.
Video: Paying for pet care
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07/15/2008

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07/16/2008

South Texas mayor's plea deal ends dognapping case
Grace Saenz-Lopez, the former mayor of Alice, pleaded no contest Tuesday to filing a false police report, a Class B misdemeanor. The charge stemmed from a dispute with her neighbors over custody of their dog, Puddles.

07/14/2008

Dog surrendered due to foreclosure still looking for a home
Ruby and many other pets are part of a growing number of animals surrendered or abandoned because of foreclosures and other financial problems in North Texas and across the nation. After being featured in Saturday’s The Dallas Morning News, several people called about the sleek brown dog, including one woman from far west Fort Worth, but no one took her home. Still, 26 other animals, including a 3-year-old pit bull mix named Baby Girl who had been in the shelter for six months, found new homes, and many more visitors than usual visited the other animals.

07/10/2008

Dallas dogs land on cover of The Bark magazine

Rex C. Curry/DMN

Rescued from a ditch about six years ago, Penny the pooch had a broken pelvis, probably from a beating. She had heartworms, was malnourished and was pregnant with a litter of nine puppies, none of which survived. She and her canine brother, Nemo the beagle, were chosen from more than 6,000 entrants as cover dogs for the July-August issue of The Bark magazine, based in Berkeley, Calif.

Video: Melissa Boesch talks about her dogs Penny and Nemo.

07/08/2008

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Poll: Pet owners prefer McCain over Obama
If the presidential election goes to the dogs, John McCain is looking like best in show.

06/30/2008

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07/02/2008

Helmsley reportedly leaves $8 billion to canine care
Animal welfare groups must be panting: Leona Helmsley reportedly directed that her fortune – up to $8 billion – be used for the care and welfare of dogs.

07/01/2008

Domesticated chimp is missing in Calif. forest
A 42-year-old chimpanzee who is toilet-trained and can eat with a knife and fork is believed to be at large in a Southern California forest after escaping his cage.

07/02/2008

Billions from hotel magnate Leona Helmsley's estate earmarked for dog care
Helmsley's instructions, specified in a two-page "mission statement," are that the entire trust, valued at $5 billion to $8 billion and amounting to virtually all her estate, be used for the care and welfare of dogs, according to two people who have seen the document and who described it on condition of anonymity.

07/01/2008

FDA approves antibiotic for cats, dogs
The FDA has approved a single-dose antibiotic from Pfizer Inc. for cats and dogs, shortening treatment from two weeks to one day.

Video: Dogs help Richardson children read aloud with confidence

AMY CONN-GUTIERREZ/Special to DMN

Tina sits in her owner Barbara Wilson's lap as Madison Isaacs, 7, reads a story during Richardson Library's Tales for Tails reading program.

The Richardson Public Library offers the "Tales for Tails" series, which allows children to read books to dogs in the hopes that the children will become better readers.

06/30/2008

How to find a lost dog
To you the Fourth of July is a day of fun and fireworks. But to people who work in animal shelters, it's the day when too many dogs go astray.

06/28/2008

Denton shelter workers suspended in animal death
Two Denton animal shelter workers have been suspended for their roles in the accidental killing of a dog last month.

06/27/2008

How to let kids pet your dog

AP

"Can I pet your dog?" Most of us want to say yes. A good neighbor lets children pet his dog, right? "People want to be nice," says Colleen Pelar, dog trainer and author of "Living with Kids and Dogs... Without Losing Your Mind." ''But by being nice to people we're sometimes not nice to our dogs."

06/26/2008

Ark. city starting new pet registry for iguanas, parrots, other exotic pets
Pet monkeys, iguanas, snakes, parrots and the like – and very definitely bobcats – will be eligible for listing on a new city registry of exotic pets, the police department says.

06/25/2008

Help scaredy cats (and dogs) cope with fireworks
Experts haven't figured out why some pets are extremely sensitive to fireworks, but there are ways to help your animal get use to the sounds -- or at least help your pet feel safe.

Dallas City Council passes new animal control ordinance

LARA SOLT/DMN

By a vote of 10-3, the council enacted tougher spay/neuter regulations, limited the number of pets in one home, and banned tethering dogs to trees or posts except in limited cases. The law also includes a number of other new provisions.
Tell us: Will the new ordinance be effective?
Blog: Dallas City Hall

Homeless pets crowd shelters as families hit hard times
"Desperate Pets!" read the headline of an online classified ad posted from Lee County, Fla., which is ranked first in the nation in home foreclosures.

06/23/2008

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World's ugliest dog: 3 legs, 1 eye, no hair, all winner
Gus the dog has three legs, one eye and no hair, except for a white tuft on the top of his head. He's a real winner.

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