Pit Bulls Are Not Pets?
March 6th, 2007Make no mistake about it, Pit bulls are not pets. Whoever wants to can fool themselves and call those animals pets, but they are not and never will be.
Pit bulls are traditionally bred to be vicious fighters and they have been known to maul, to maim and to kill.
This was the editorial in a recent newspaper that I read. It made me think about Pit Bulls and there reputation. I like most of you have seen the articles about Pit Bulls attacking other animals as well as attacking humans. In some cases even killing humans. But it also made me wonder is this behavior in every Pit Bull? Is it the behavior of a mistreated dog? Would mistreated dogs of most big breads react in the same way?
Please give me your opinions by commenting on this post. I would like to think it is not just a problem with that breed, but the handling and treatment of this bread causes the issues.
What do you think.
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Home cooked meals for pets popular but complicated
March 3rd, 2007Set another place at the table for Fido - it’s dinnertime.
Despite a cultural reluctance to spend more than 30 minutes making dinner, a growing number of Americans are happy to invest plenty of time - and money - cooking up gourmet grub for their domesticated partners.
This is a long way from whipping up the occasional kitty treat or dumping table scraps into the dog’s bowl.
This is about rejecting commercial animal foods and regularly preparing fancy people food for pets. And it’s a trend that has spawned its own industry of cookbooks, consultants, pet food bakeries, Web sites, even a column in a national food magazine.
fido Health PetsWhile The Dog Dozes, The Cat Saves The Day
March 1st, 2007An upstate New York man can thank his pet cat for alerting him to a house fire as his dog snoozed nearby.
The cat is being credited with waking up Edward Rooney after a fire started in his North Norwich home.
Fire officials say Rooney was asleep on a living room couch Tuesday morning when the frisky cat awoke him. Rooney discovered the fire in a bedroom and called the fire department. He was treated for smoke inhalation; the pets weren’t hurt.
Investigators say the blaze was caused by an electrical malfunction in a VCR.
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February 26th, 2007Animals rescued by the Tacoma Fire Department will soon breathe easier. Jones Animal Hospital has gifted the Tacoma Fire Department with kits containing oxygen masks specifically designed for pets. The masks are designed to deliver life saving oxygen to pets rescued from house fires. The Tacoma Fire Department will carry the kits on their battalion command vehicles, which respond to all structure fires.
Jones Animal Hospital, located at 3322 S. Union Ave, will officially present the oxygen mask kits to the Tacoma Fire Department at 3 p.m. during an open house on March 3 scheduled from 2 p.m.-5 p.m. During the open house, veterinary staff will be available to conduct facility tours, explain veterinary procedures and answer nutritional and vaccine related questions.
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