Man jailed for teaching dog Nazi salute
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- Man jailed for teaching dog Nazi salute
- Chinese police dog may teach pandas to fight
- Pet dog sniffs out hidden drugs
- Purloined puppy puts mayor in doghouse Texan refuses to return pooch…
- Save dogs from terror
- Dodge County Humane Society Needs Help Caring For 18 Dogs
Man jailed for teaching dog Nazi salute
Times of India – Dec 24, 2007
According to British tabloid TheSun the man with a Hitler obsessiontaught his dog to lift its paw sharply into the air when it heard the words”Heil Hitler” Ha’aretzonline reported. The man named “Ronald T” bythe tabloid called his dog “Adolf” and planned to put the pet to “sleep” to markthe anniversary of Hitler’s suicide in 1945. The former car salesman wasreportedly caught after he boasted of the trick to the police. The dog has now been placed inan animal shelter where staff is training it to raise his paw to shake handsrather than perform a Nazi salute.
Chinese police dog may teach pandas to fight
stuff.co.nz – Dec 24, 2007
The Wolong giant panda breeding centre plans to have four pandas raised in captivity live with a specially trained police dog or other animals the Chengdu Daily quoted reserve officials as saying. The officials could not be reached for comment. The pandas would learn how to protect themselves by observing the dog increasing their chances of survival when they were eventually released into the mountainous wilds of the far western province of Sichuan. The world's first artificially bred panda to be released a 5-year-old male named Xiang Xiang was found dead in the snow early this year after less than 12 months out of captivity.
Pet dog sniffs out hidden drugs
BBC News – Dec 24, 2007
The three-year-old found the drugs – believed to be amphetamine sulphate – hidden in undergrowth in a lane in the Blackmill area on Friday. South Wales Police recovered the drugs and they are now undergoing forensic testing. fficers have praised the dog and its owner for the “substantial” drugs find. Det Insp Jason Redrup head of Bridgend CID said: “Thanks to its canine powers and the diligence of its owner a substantial amount of controlled drugs that would have been heading for the streets of Bridgend borough have been seized.
Purloined puppy puts mayor in doghouse Texan refuses to return pooch…
San Francisco Chronicle – Dec 24, 2007
She argues that the dog’s owners have forsaken the right to keep such a tender animal because they failed to shower him with loving care when he was ill and needed them most. That’s triggered a bizarre custody battle that has both sides howling for sympathy. “I’ll tell you what: Let’s drop that dog in the middle of the courtroom and see who it goes to first” the mayor’s lawyer Homero Canales barked in a fit of bravado. “You want a dog? Take care of it. These people were more interested in going on vacation than caring for a dog that looked like it was about to die. The Puddles-Panchito feud started last summer when Rudy Gutierrez and Shelly Cavazos asked Saenz-Lopez to dog-sit their sickly black and white pup while they took their four children to an amusement park. Puddles had gotten trapped under their home weeks earlier and by the time he emerged he had been ravaged by fleas… That’s triggered a bizarre custody battle that has both sides howling for sympathy. “I’ll tell you what: Let’s drop that dog in the middle of the courtroom and see who it goes to first” the mayor’s lawyer Homero Canales barked in a fit of bravado. “You want a dog? Take care of it. These people were more interested in going on vacation than caring for a dog that looked like it was about to die. The Puddles-Panchito feud started last summer when Rudy Gutierrez and Shelly Cavazos asked Saenz-Lopez to dog-sit their sickly black and white pup while they took their four children to an amusement park. Puddles had gotten trapped under their home weeks earlier and by the time he emerged he had been ravaged by fleas. He was deathly ill when the family decided to go away Gutierrez and Cavazos admit.
Save dogs from terror
Halifax Evening Courier – Dec 24, 2007
AS New Year celebrations approach guide dog and other assistance dog owners are becoming increasingly worried about the safety of their dogs many of whom find the loud bangs associated with fireworks too much to bear. Assistance Dogs UK a coalition of the charities Guide Dogs Canine Partners Dogs for the Disabled Hearing Dogs and Support Dogs is encouraging readers to attend fully-organised displays on New Year’s Eve or alternatively to ensure that fireworks are let off well away from residential areas. Sadly some assistance dogs that have been severely affected by the sound of fireworks have to take medication which stops them working for a while. The symptoms are shaking quivering nervousness and cowering ? a kind of canine shellshock so severe that dogs have to be sedated for several days. In the more severe cases dogs become so traumatised they are forced into early retirement as they are unable to cope with everyday noises such as train doors slamming or the sound of a car backfiring.
Dodge County Humane Society Needs Help Caring For 18 Dogs
WISC – Dec 24, 2007
– The Dodge County Humane Society is scrambling for donations after a local dog owner died and left 18 dogs that the owner’s husband was unable to care for. The man contacted the sheriff’s department which called the humane society. Shelter director Kimberly Waugus said the shelter has kennels for 10 dogs but now has 20 dogs. Waugus said that the shelter is seeking donations of blankets and dog food as well as volunteers who can take care of a dog for a week. The dog owner lived in Fox Lake which isn’t usually covered by the Dodge County facility but the shelter agreed to take the dogs due to the situation’s urgency.
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