4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 13, 2009
An easy way to protect your furry friend from mosquitoes. Bug Bam has launched a new mosquito-repelling dog tag to coincide with Heartworm Awareness Month in April. Bug Bam hopes the 100% natural tags will help reverse this trend. We trialed the tags and people loved how they worked and looked,” he says.
4 The Love Of Animals
JUNE 3, 2010
Perhaps the most well known mosquito born disease, heartworms can be fatal to dogs and occasionally cats and foxes. Heartworm larvae are carried by mosquitoes and then transmitted to the dog’s bloodstream when the mosquito bites. Once the worms hatch, they reach the dog’s heart, eventually causing death if not treated soon enough.
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Animal Person
DECEMBER 1, 2009
Massachusetts is probably an exception, as voters banned racing while tracks were still in operation, so that's a message about how they feel about dog racing that turned into a ban. The Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages calls itself "an animal rights-protection-abolitionist organization," which I find interesting.
Critter News
OCTOBER 20, 2008
I am very torn about guide dogs. I know that they provide an important service, but what kinds of protection do they have? I've heard of the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation which supposedly doesn't allow the blind person to actually own the dog. I don't know how many guide dog groups do this though.
4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 8, 2010
A New York Times story that ran in 2001 about a homeless dog wandering around a suburban part of New York City, struck a chord with me. It took nine years for my picture book, THE BLUE HOUSE DOG, (Peachtree Publishers/August 1, 2010) to come out. The boy was wounded by his loss, just as the homeless dog was wounded when his owner died.
4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 16, 2010
Did you know that May 16-22 is National Dog Bit Prevention Week? They are working hard to help spread that word about how to prevent dog bites. Here are the tips and stats that they sent us: Nearly 2,900 letter carriers were bitten by dogs last year, yet that pales in comparison to the 4.7 Don’t run past a dog.
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 25, 2009
The Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guide: Dogs (Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guides) is an awesome resource for all dog owners. If you have a dog, you need this book! Everything from how to give your dog CPR, to how to puppy proof your home. The Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guide, Dogs! Tags: books giveaways.
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