| Rescue groups encourage dog-lovers to adopt pooches - wisely
Good news from the Salt Lake County Animal Shelter is that funds have been granted to redo the heating under the kennel floors. The bad news: The work will not be completed until December. "The repairs will be done in three phases, causing us to close off 30 kennels at a time while the floors are torn up," spokeswoman Temma Martin says. While the kennel loss is temporary, it can be the difference of life or death for animals. "The best thing people can do to help in the next months is to reduce the number of animals coming into the shelter," Martin said, adding that spaying and neutering is the first choice. "Besides cutting the number of litters born, spayed and neutered pets are less likely to wander away from home," Martin says. Current identification tags are vital, and microchip identification is advised.
Pit bulls battle stereotype
Even though the meaty dogs get a bad rap for being aggressive, people are still breeding, adopting and loving them. Like it or not, pit bulls are here to stay in Beloit and their owners couldn't be more proud. Behind every pit bull is its own unique tale.Zack and Pattie Dotson, employees for School District of Beloit, want to break the stereotype of the mean pit bull. They are the parents of a deaf and albino pit bull named Jake.
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Offices will go to the dogs when pooch-friendly day hits
Sure, every day can't be the weekend, your dog seems to say. But couldn't I come along and just curl up under your desk? Well, at some companies, he could. And here's your chance to convince your workplace to join the party, at least for one day: June 22 is the ninth annual Take Your Dog to Work Day, as declared by the trade group Pet Sitters International. Your boss may scoff at the idea - the kind of thing they do at those big California tech companies with their wacky, Frisbee-throwing corporate cultures. And it's true that firms like Amazon and Google are well known for their pet-friendly policies. .
AJ Moore graduate killed in Iraq
Johnny Strong, a 2004 A.J. Moore Academy graduate, was serving in Iraq with the Marines at the time of his death, Waco Independent School District spokesman Dale Caffey said. Further details about Strong’s death were not available Tuesday. The Marine recruiting station in Waco recruited Strong when he was an A.J. Moore student. He entered the Marines after his graduation, a station representative said. Strong’s family could not be reached for comment. Strong’s death raises to at least 3,510 the number of U.S. service members who have died since the beginning of the war four years ago, according to an Associated Press count. In March 2006, Marine Gunnery Sgt. John D. Fry, 28, of Lorena, was killed reportedly by an improvised explosive device in Iraq’s war-torn Al-Anbar province.
Health Alert: Pet diseases
NATIONAL - More than half of all US households own a pet. And while pets provide companionship and comfort, they can also pass along up to 200 diseases to humans. Eleven-week-old Maggie is a Cocker Spaniel puppy and the newest member of the Moreau family. Seven-year-old Merit just can't get enough of her. But Merit's mother has her concerns. Megan Moreau says, "Having a child around and having her and the dog in her face, and playing with it after the dog's been outside, I did consider that." Puppies are precious, but diseases they can carry, like rabies and ringworm, can be dangerous. So a visit to the vet should be the first order of business for new pet owners. Bonnie Beaver, D.V.M., says, "One of the things the veterinarians will check for would be for intestinal parasites.
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