DogBoston’s Dog Blog

As a behavior counselor and trainer, one of the most often heard complaints from pet owners concerns house-training.  The stories I hear of the suggestions clients have gotten from others are sometimes amazing:
“The vet told me that my [insert breed name] is impossible to house-train, so I don’t expect it to happen.”
“My neighbor told me […]

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-  the weirdest part  of this story is how the fire started… I’ve never heard of a VCR starting a fire !
An upstate New York man can thank his pet cat for alerting him to a house fire, as his dog snoozed nearby. The cat is being credited with waking up Edward Rooney after a […]

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Jason Schindler says he wouldn’t be alive if it were not for his dog, Dude. The 27-year-old rural Cataract man said the 8-year-old mixed-breed hound jumped between him and an attacking black bear Thursday night, saving his life but giving up his own. The animal sustained at least 28 puncture wounds to his chest and […]

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Betsy Bunn from Newton writes this interesting bit.
“Then we found a way. Modeling on the practice of job-sharing, we decided to share a dog.”
Full article (Boston Globe)

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After falling 100 feet over an icy ledge, the climbers were forced into an ice cave to spend a night.
“The dog probably saved their lives” by lying across them during the cold night, said Erik Brom, a member of the Portland Mountain Rescue team. 
Full story 

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This is worth a look to see a funny but great picture.
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LAS VEGAS - An outbreak of contagious diseases at a shelter where officials admit they kept animals for too long without destroying them has forced the killing of about 1,000 dogs and cats, officials said.

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James, an English Springer Spaniel, and handler Kellie Fitzgerald won the 131st Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Tuesday.
Bill Cosby’s dog also didn’t win, which was a major story in itself.
Diamond Jim [James] beat out a Dandie Dinmont terrier co-owned by Bill Cosby, as he did at the big AKC/Eukanuba event in December. The springer […]

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KENTON, Ohio — Someone’s getting some extra kibble.
Greg Weaver, a resident of this western Ohio town, said the family dog likely saved him and his fiancee from a weekend fire at their home.
The dog, named Katie Bell, was sleeping near the couple after they went to bed in an upstairs room. She woke them around […]

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Someone on Craigslist asked the following question:
We recently adopted a dog with “fur”, sadly, to discover that I am allergic to the fur. My two children are missing him very much, and we are now looking for a young dog with “hair”, as I know for sure I am not allergic to that type of […]

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This pit bull didn’t bite anyone, but is getting the rap for grand theft.

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Great article doesn’t provide any background about this years contenders but gives some good insight to what we’ll be watching over the next couple of nights.
Few outside the dog show world can understand exactly what goes into breeding, raising and showing a champion dog. Most dog owners use a scientific selection process called the […]

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“You’ve got to socialize your dog properly!”
“Don’t fail to socialize your puppy!”
As dog owners, we hear this constantly from vets, trainers and even other dog owners. But what does it really mean for our dogs – and for us?

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Yo, dog: Trouble still finding Kings’ Artest
Sam Smith
February 8, 2007
SACRAMENTO — It has moved West, but it’s still the wild and wacky world of Ron Artest.
“It’s getting back to the situation it was,” Artest explained to reporters after the Kings’ practice Wednesday.
Artest was […]

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Sean “Diddy” Combs might have been the most celebrity scapegoat related to dog fur being passed off as faux (fake) fur. All of these jackets which seem to be recently in style have the hoods lined with the stuff.
An ongoing investigation by the Humane Society has uncovered raccoon dog fur on some of the […]

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From Townonline:
Family dog helps rescue freezing Kingston toddler
By Joe Dwinell/CNC
Monday, February 05, 2007 - Updated: 03:33 PM EST
A Kingston family’s pet yellow lab helped a frantic father find his 2-year-old boy who wandered out into the bitter cold this morning wearing only a light jacket and no shoes.
Kingston police, in a release, said the toddler […]

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THOMASVILLE, Ga. - A south Georgia woman bloodied in a car wreck says she owes her life to a German shepherd who — thankfully — just wouldn’t stay in his yard.
Shannon Lorio says that after her car careened down an embankment, the wayward dog found her bruised and battered on the vehicle’s trunk, pulled her […]

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Article from Australia’s paper “The Age”:
Pooch pampering is no new thing, but some dog owners are taking it to a new level, writes Liz Cincotta.
When Paris Hilton first stepped out with her Lilliputian-sized pup Tinkerbell, the ubiquitous party girl seemed to spark a trend in handbag pooches. Pop star Britney Spears followed suit with three […]

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