Thanks to Christine and Yippy for barking in about this story!

Christine wrote:
Good Morning Joy~!

Have you heard about this dog~?! She has an aMaZiNg story~! You can see her whole story through the links on this page, this is the latest~! *^_^*

Christine & Yippy

Here’s the story from CBS4 Denver.

‘Triumph’ The Dog Continues To Amaze Doctors

Kathy Walsh

A remarkable dog continues to pave the way for humans but experienced a problem with one of her implants.

“Triumph” is the first dog ever implanted with permanent artificial legs. The surgery was done in July of 2005 by veterinarians at Alameda East Veterinary Hospital.

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I’ve never turned to Sports Illustrated for fun dog pictures but I guess there is a first time for almost everything! If you love fun photos then don’t miss these at SI.com! The pictures were shot at the Times Square Dog Day Masquerade on October 22nd.

Getting ready to hand out treats to human ghouls and goblins tonight? Take a Dogster Halloween stroll with some canine characters to get in the mood! Here are some of the dogs hanging around with open sacks looking for some extra treats tonight!

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Thanks to the Sunbear Squad for this week’s tip! Sorry for getting it out on Tuesday instead of Monday. I spent yesterday coming back in from Colorado (more on that later).

Listen for pets trapped inside as households head south for the winter. Check garages and sheds.

Thanks to Jade Snoop for sharing this news with the Pet-o-Nomics Group. The news comes from WHNT-TV.

NewsChannel 19’s Amber Stuart reports:

A local animal shelter may have to shut down, if lawsuit holds up in court. A Huntsville veterinarian is suing the Greater Huntsville Humane Society.

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Are you looking for a site with information that can help you teach a child about the environment and his or her place in it? Then here’s a site to bookmark, the National Association for Humane and Environmental Education (NAHEE).

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Welcome to Day Three of the Peter Beagle Interview!

Peter is the Hugo-award winning author of the strongest and most memorable fiction in the English language! His The Last Unicorn became an animated feature and has recently been turned into an audiobook. If you love good writing, treat yourself and read some of Beagle’s work!

Joy: You’ve been telling me about a number of the animals that you’ve known in the past. The cats, the dog. What’s the one thing you would say, or encourage people to learn, from that? Or that you have learned from that?

Peter S. Beagle: Can’t say about encouraging people — everybody takes what he or she knows he needs. I always think of Walt Whitman’s poem, “I think I could turn with animals, turn and live with animals.” You know, they’re so quiet and self-assured. They do not lie awake at night and sweat over their sins, they do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, they’re not infected with the mania of owning things. Not one kneels to another over the whole earth. The thing I’ve always admired about animals is their understanding of who they are. The pleasures sometimes seen that even a cow will take in being a cow, whether it’s scratching an itch, or, two old horses standing out in the pasture, not doing anything, just standing head to tail, keeping each other company. And not needing anything more right then than each other’s shade and each other’s tails to swish away the flies.

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So now we know the difference between California dogs and British dogs! The British dogs jump off cliffs (remember that rash of dogs jumping off cliffs in the UK a few months back?) and California dogs get caught on cliffs!

This story is from First Coast News. They have a video of the rescue on the site.

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Do you have furbabies that have gone on to the Rainbow Bridge? Have any of them written you? Would you like to share those letters with the rest of the world? If so, check out what Dogster and author Barbara M. Hodges is doing. Barbara is the furmom of Dogsters Ophelia and Hamlet. Ophelia posted the following in the Dogster Dog Blog Bark Out Group.

If you’re interested in participating, pawmail Ophelia or Hamlet.

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Thanks Diana for barking in!

Diana Delgado wrote:
I just received an e-mail from the North Shore Animal League which
details the story of Gracie, a pit bull thrown from a rooftop building in Brooklyn,NY. She wants us to sign the Petition against Pit Bull Abuse, please spread the word.

Go to the North Shore Animal League’s End Pit Bull Abuse and Cruelty Campaign or go to the North Shore Animal League web site.

Bye!!