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Calling all Dogs: Celebrate National Dog Day with Free Ice Cream August 25

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To celebrate National Dog Day 2012, Best Friends Pet Care will be giving away free doggy ice cream treats to every dog who visits any Best Friends facility across the U.S. The treats are made of yogurt or soy with dog-preferred flavors like peanut butter and honey. on Saturday, August 25. for a free ice cream.”.

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Dog Parade at Fox Run

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Dog lovers in Novi, Michigan will be delighted this Saturday, September 24th, when the residents at Fox Run take to the the Dog Parade Runway and strut their stuff! WHAT: A Dog Parade at Fox Run retirement community in Novi, MI, in which residents and their pets will stroll the runway to “put on the dog,” so-to speak.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (2nd of July 2016)

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The dog days of summer are upon us though here at 10,000 Birds we call them bird days. Mike’s Best Bird of the Weekend was the Caspian Tern (like the one above) that greeted him upon his arrival at Lake Michigan. This despite the heat and humidity sometimes making it seem that there are no birds to see.

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Therapy Dog Helps Boy

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This is a great story about how a therapy dog helped a boy overcome depression. Dogs, as well as other pets, have been shown to improve quality of life. By Lori Shaw, Farwell, MIchigan. For years I’d prayed for the chance to raise a therapy dog, and Alex was a natural. But my normally obedient dog wouldn’t budge.

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Welcome Home Mama & Boris: How a Sister’s Love Saved a Fallen Soldiers Beloved Dogs

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If you are looking for a heartwarming, uplifting story, then you really need to add Welcome Home Mama and Boris: How a Sister’s Love Saved a Fallen Soldier’s Beloved Dogs to your reading list. Starting with Casey and Arrow, our keepers in the woods, our family would keep cats and dogs. Growing up, we always had animals.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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What do you say when someone tells you they will be spending the summer in the Lower Michigan Peninsula? Recently it has also been documented as breeding in Wisconsin, Ontario, and the Upper Michigan Peninsula, but those birds are few and not always accessible. If you are a birder, you say “Kirtland’s Warbler!” Forest Service.

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Teaching Kids Animal Compassion

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I didn’t get my first dog until I was 20, but since then I have been making up for lost time. Today I own 40 outdoor dogs and two more who live indoors! Start with easier pets – Many people don’t want to start with the responsibility of a dog or cat. A particularly excitable dog is not necessary.