Archive | July, 2019
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The Top Ten Commands for Service Dogs (or any dog!)

No matter how clever a pet dog is, nor how amazing the skills of a service dog, most of them start off by learning these ten basic commands.

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Dangers of leaving a dog in parked cars

Hot cars: The life you save may be your own pet’s

In spite of hearing, again and again, of the dangers in leaving a dog inside a car when the temperature is rising, people continue to do it. They think they’ll be gone for “just a minute,” or don’t understand that the glass in a car gives a greenhouse effect that substantially raises the temperature inside. […]

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Happy Fourth of July (A personal, cranky, message)

It is a curious phenomena that we somehow think that fireworks are an appropriate display of our patriotism on this historic day. Our administrator calls for an end of fireworks and their cruel impact on our pets and wildlife. She also has a couple other “cranky” suggestions.

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