Thanks Mischief for barking in this great suggestion to President Isabel’s Animal Abuse Commission!

Did you know that you can designate different charities (for example, Guide Dogs of America) to receive a percentage of your bill as donation money by using your Albertson’s or Smith’s card?

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Great story on new ways for dogs to contribute to society! If any Dogsters know more about this story, please bark in!

Thanks to The Gisborne Herald for this good news!

Dogs a key part of managing wildlife
by Kiri Gillespie

A Gisborne man is proving New Zealand’s wildlife has not gone to the dogs, as he helps showcase the country’s searching skills to the world.

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As I was perusing the very attractive pet purse section in PetSmart the other day I kept remembering this very funny post by Gina Spadafori at The Pet Connection Blog. Why I was looking at purses for small dogs, don’t ask me. My smallest is Beatrice at 35 pounds. But the purses are soooo darn cute! Maybe Gina has a good idea here. A rat, hmmm.

And before anyone jumps in, I know rats DO make some people nice pets. It’s just for those of us who live with hunting breeds, having a pet rat could make life, well, a bit more interesting should I say?

Thanks to the Pet Connection Blog for a day brightener!

A word to the fashion-forward: Rats!

Last week the New York Times had a piece about how the fashion-forward woman these days is carrying “a handbag with a heart,” as one of the purse-dog women put it. Another story was about how women are having more back and shoulder pain because fashionable bags are getting ever bigger and heavier, probably because there are dogs in more of those things.

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Roxie and Loomis Vigil barked in to invite all funloving Dogsters to a group party online on February 15th!

The Dogsterholic group is having a blast cause we are finding our own special Valentine pups and gonna have a “Pawty” on the 15th of February. If any one is interested in joining come on by and bring along that special guy or gal to join the fun. You can exchange gifts, cards or just pronounce to the Dogster world you found your hearts desire. Come check us out.

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Thanks to Gulf Daily News for this information!

Thai police recruiting pet dogs

BANGKOK: In the wake of unprecedented New Year’s Eve bombings in the Thai capital, police are recruiting pet dogs to bolster the thin ranks of its professional canine squads. And the response from pet owners has been good.

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How horrible! The only slightly positive side to this is that the same poison that killed the dogs is likely to make those who eat the meat at least somewhat sick. If they get sick enough, maybe they will not want to eat that type of meat again. I’m not advocating killing or otherwise harming the eaters of dog meat, just that a little adverse reaction should push them towards other kinds of foods.

Please be aware that the following article has some VERY upsetting aspects to it.

This article came from China Post.

Thieves poison more than 100 dogs in southern Chinese village, sell as meat

Thieves poisoned more than 100 pet dogs in a southern Chinese village over the past few months and likely sold them to restaurants, a village official said Tuesday.

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Smart dogs!

Thanks to UPI for this news.

Man credits dogs for his mountain survival

MOLDE, Norway, Jan. 29 (UPI) — A Norwegian man who was trapped for three days in the mountains by a violent snowstorm credits his dogs with helping him survive the ordeal.

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Its time to have some good old photo fun and the Pet Poetry Group is just the dogsters and catsters to do it! They recently held their Rub My Belly 07 photo contest and Dutchess announced the winners.

Be warned! These pictures could cause an overabundance of warm feelings brought on by rampant cuteness!

So the Rub My Belly 07 Rosette Winners are:

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I would love to hear more about this program after they get it running!

Thanks to eKantipur.com for this news.

NA to deploy 4 sniffer dogs to nab rhino poachers
Kantipur Report

KATHMANDU, Jan 29 - To contain poaching of the rare one-horned rhino in the country, Nepal Army is going to deploy four sniffer dogs in conservation areas.

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Thanks once again to the Sunbear Squad for this week’s tip!

Watch for stray Christmas puppies and kittens that have been dumped along highways and roadside rests.