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In The City: Lima woman helps shelter meet mission

LIMA — It’s not a secret that the Humane Society of Allen County has had some financial troubles in recent years. What is a secret to many is how much they’ve done despite them. After struggling to pay the bills and still meet its mission to serve Allen County’s pet population, the Humane Society is [...]

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Organizers push for maritime pet museum

The museum is the pet project of Pat Sullivan, an Annapolis resident who runs a pet-sitting service. For the past several years, she’s been gathering books, photographs and paintings commemorating maritime pets and posting the information online. Her files go all the way back to Noah and the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Phoenicia. Now, [...]

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Pet shop owner admits animal cruelty after sending live fish in the post

Online exotic pet business also posted lizards and terrapins RSPCA moved in after a courier discovered the animals PUBLISHED: 09:41 EST, 1 April 2012 | UPDATED: 11:07 EST, 1 April 2012 Two men have admitted a string of pet cruelty charges after being caught sending live fish in the post. Mark Freed started an online [...]

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Dogs and their Middle-Aged Companions

“Oscar, 2012″ My mother asked me to dog-sit her grumpy lhasa apso mix named Oscar. She and my stepfather are visiting the newest member of the family in Arizona for a few days, so I was happy to do it. Dropping Oscar off at my studio Friday, she said, “Oh thank you. It would have [...]

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Huntsville Humane Society says it needs pet food

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J Mack Enterprises Introduces New Online Community and Store for Pet Owners

CULVER CITY, Calif., March 29, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ – California-based internet retailer of pet supplies, J Mack Enterprises, Inc., today announced its new online store and Web site at www.jmackpetsupplies.com. Owner and founder of jmackpetsupplies.com, Judie McAskill, said, “We love pets, so naturally we’re excited to launch a new online community and store for pet owners [...]

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Dog here favors wife, growls at husband – St. Louis Post

Dear Dr. Fox • My wife and I have a 5-year-old bichon frise. He idolizes my wife. We think that in his prior home a male mistreated him, as he has always been wary of me. We have a new grandson who lives out of town. When my wife went to visit him, we began [...]

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Human foods that are good for your dog

After giving our (lately) gassy dog a spoonful of yogurt, I thought I’d impart some information to you about what people-type foods you can give your dog. Here is a very informative article that you should check out. Most of these foods I was aware of except for the brewer’s yeast; that was a new [...]

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Local shops part of multibillion-dollar pet industry

Getting covered in water and fur isn’t all that appealing to the Severna Park resident. Instead, Ziglar makes monthly trips with her dog, Becker, to a Severna Park shop that offers dog washes and coffee, making her part of the multibillion dollar pet product industry. “I like to drink coffee, and I like for somebody [...]

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Special delivery

In May 2011, Mark Griffy (back, left) and Mark Bogan (back, right) present a Dominican Republic man with the first Personal Energy Transportation unit made in Memphis. Thanks to a PET unit, this man in the Dominican Republic no longer has to sit on the curb selling his pens. Carol Nelson sews a seatbelt for [...]

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