| Paws and the laws of the road
Long sunsets and easy temperatures. The dog days? They're weeks away. Unless, of course, you're a pet owner. Maybe you've already loaded up your golden for a trip to the beach, or crated your calico for a weekend up at the lake. Maybe you've merely taken Fido to the supermarket, or Whiskers to the veterinarian. The point is, if you own pets, they're bound to be in your car at some point. Especially during summer. Rusty, my childhood dog, just loved car rides. He'd bound into the back seat and stick his long, collie snout out the side window to feel the breeze. We never thought twice about taking him anywhere. Certainly, we never thought about whether we were breaking any laws. But since this is a column about driving, we pose the question. Are there rules about transporting a pet in a vehicle? Do dogs need seat belts? Is it illegal to leave your animal in the car on a hot day? Can you be fined for driving with a cat in your lap? What do you think?The law says Doggie spas.
School notes: Pointer Ridge students go to the head of the class
The following students were on the Principal's Honor Roll for the first three quarters of the year: Grade 4 - Anthony King, Jordan Phillip, Rebecca Akingbade, Sarah Beitzell, Chepngeno Belsoi, Jessica Weir and Brooke Sullivan; Grade 5 - Karla Talley, Alexia Worthey, Katelynn Stillwell, Anaiya Alexander, Ciara Kyler, Victoria Tataw and Marcus Washington. To celebrate their success, the students were treated to a limousine ride, lunch and a visit to the National Aquarium in Baltimore with Principal Stephenson.
Congratulations to April Students of the Month: Alexa Phillip, Devin Johnson, Lynn Battle, Aryanna Huffnagle, Mekhi Brown, Lauren Taylor, Isaiah Burke, Ashley Jones, Jomar Brown, Nouf Shalabi, Jacob Goldberg, William Hagins, Kmaia Mix, Jared Isman, Jaime Raysor, Zyna Egbe, Philip Youmans, Olusegun Evergreen, Gianina Chindia, Willie Hines, David Bass, Natecia Phillips, Jasmin Caballero, Julian Forbes
Also, Brenda Arriaga-Morel, Oritsewumi Popo, Ukachi Irobereachi, Elizabeth Kissinger, James White, Jaylyn Holloway, Brooke Sullivan, Roberto Febo Almeida, Angela Ellard, Autumn Lumpkin, Adaeze Honnah, Brieana Sealy, Demetrius Keller, Darryl Taylor, Victoria Tataw, Myles Green and Precious Pinkney.
Rusty's long trip home
SIX months on the road and he's finally made it home. Rusty, the four-year-old bull terrier-cross, was given up for dead after disappearing from his Canberra home half a year ago. But to everyone's surprise, he has "done a Lassie" and turned up alive and well – just north of Adelaide, 1200km away. Somehow Rusty travelled across state borders to Two Wells, 40km north of Adelaide, before being picked up as a "stray dog" last weekend by the RSPCA after a call from the public. So how did the four-year-old bull terrier-cross cover the huge distance – by plane, train or an automobile? "Well one thing is for sure, he didn't walk," Rusty's owner Shane Gowen, 21, said yesterday as he celebrated the return of his "best friend" after paying $400 for the dog to be flown to Canberra from Adelaide on Friday night.
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.
Send pet to school
We have an invisible fence so he can run the whole yard, which is almost an acre in a small town. I have developed arthritis in my back so bad in the past year I cannot handle the dog physically and now cannot walk him on a leash as he needs. We tried a bark collar on him when he was a puppy. It worked, but he had diarrhea every time we used it. -- P.S. DEAR P.S.: You can't leave a German shepherd in a yard alone unsupervised until they are 2 or 3 years old, depending on their bloodlines. If you do, you'll develop a barking and/or guard dog aggression issue. I won't leave any dog in a yard alone unsupervised until they are adults. At the very least, without your guidance, they just learn to bark at anything. .
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