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Casey Zolper, of the Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife, and his 2-year-old black Labrador retriever partner, Warden, search for an ammunition magazine, shotgun shell and a gun holster during an article detection exercise Wednesday in Rising Sun, Md. (Buy photo) The News Journal/CARLA VARISCO .
Century of puppy love
CENTENARIAN Irene Maland is a great great grandmother who has been a Guide Dogs SA and NT supporter for as long as she can remember. And counts dogs among her all-time favourite companions. So she was understandably delighted to have the organisation's mascot labrador, Bella, as guest of honour at her 100th birthday yesterday, saying: "I have had a soft spot for guide dogs and all dogs. "Dogs are faithful and they never turn on you." Mrs Maland, who celebrated the milestone at her Camden Park home, told family and friends to forget presents this year and instead make a donation to her number-one cause. She attributes her longevity to clean living, including a diet of seven vegetables a day and freshly-squeezed orange juice.
Bathing the dog is so much easier with the right tools
The first one I remember was the original Rusty. He was a big beautiful classic sable collie. "Lassie" was big on TV then and we lived on a chicken ranch, so a collie was perfect for us. I was three years old. That dog is part of my earliest childhood memories. I do not remember much else about that time. I sure do not remember when Mom and Dad washed the dog or how they did it. Fast forward to the next dog I remember: Tiny was a black, tan and white, shorthaired Chihuahua. I was six years old and we lived in town in Calistoga. Tiny only liked my Mom and made it very clear he would bite anyone else. I do not remember what happened to Tiny and Dad does not remember either. The next family dog I remember was the first dog that belonged to me, I was 10 years old. She was a small black cocker mix named Suzie Q.
Calif. family's lost dog found after 7 years, but not everyone is ...
FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) - There was no puppy love when Jewel met Jade. Jewel, the Correy family pet, disappeared seven years ago. Misty Correy and her children hoped the microchip in the dog's back would help find the Siberian husky. "After three months, we figured we would never see Jewel again," Correy said. So they got Jade, a yellow Labrador. Last month, the family got a call from a humane society in Yuma. An animal control officer had found Jewel wandering down an empty road and they had traced her through the chip. It's unclear how Jewel got to Arizona and became lost again. Correy's daughter, Breezy, 16, and her older brother drove for 14 hours to retrieve Jewel. "I hugged her all the way home," Breezy said.
Rottweiler Rescue Makes Landmark Announcement
A small team of Rottweiler lovers have announced today that they have become only the second Rottweiler based organisation to be given charitable status. Zepthepep, named in honour of the dog that inspired the charity, Zephyr (pictured), have thanked the rescue website www.dogsblog.com for their help in acquiring this important status. The Sheffield based charity has already re-homed 40 Rottweilers this year. John Swinhoe, who established the rescue organisation with his wife Mags, had this to say about their work so far. "We will do whatever it takes to match the right dog into the right home for that particular dogs needs. No dog is ever knowingly placed into a situation by ZRR, where it would be chained up, used as a guard dog, neglected or used in any other way that would be detrimental to the dog's health and well being.
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