Issue Number 201January 29, 2005
In This Issue of
The Straight Poop:

1. Featured Web Site: New Breakthrough in Dog Genetics

2. The Puppy Corner: New Puppy Training - Housetraining

3. Dog Health & Nutrition: Low Carb Diets for Pets?

4. Dog Activities and Training: Dog-Play - Activities for Dogs

5. Featured Dog Humor: Comics: Get Fuzzy

6. Featured Dog Books: Dog Books at Amazon.com

7. Dogs in the News: Original St Bernard kennels rescued

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About 25 years ago there was a wonderful series on TV called All Creatures Great and Small based on the experiences of James Harriot, a country vet in the Yorkshire Dales in 1930's England... a thoroughly enjoyable series of anecdotes of his relationships with his co-workers and his clients, a proud lot of very poor, extremely hard working farmers. I don't recall anything on TV in years that can match it for genuine warmth and its testimony to how magnificent human nature can be.

Let me share one little gem with you... While driving through the countryside our hero finds a lovely stray dog with no ID and an injured paw. He takes it back to his clinic, cleans up and bandages the dog's wounds, and turns it over to the local shelter. A few days later he hears that the dog managed to find an open window at the shelter and is gone. A few more days go by and in comes a gentle, aging, childless couple with our little escapee in tow, obviously attached to him and afraid to admit that he was a stray they had found. When they ask the vet to give him some shots, he plays with them for few seconds, telling them it wouldn't be necessary since he had done so just a few days earlier. Crestfallen, thay admit that the dog has followed them home and that they had been hoping above hope that no one would claim him, but they would be happy to see him returned to his righful owner. Then he tells them the whole story, and you never saw such joy as when these good folks come to the realization that they really can keep their new "child".

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See you next time. Wishing you a warm puppy 'til then.
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Featured Website: New Breakthrough in Dog Genetics

Barbara Bradley Petura of WorkingDogWeb.com writes,"When reading about the new research published in May 2004 on the 'genetic fingerprints' of 85 popular purebred dogs, I decided to update the material that I posted on Sibernet-L on April 5, 2004, responding to a question about whether Siberian Huskies are 'closer to wolves' than any other breed of dog. The article below is important to breeders and fanciers of all 14 breeds listed as 'ancient,' given the worldwide publicity this new study is receiving.".. [continue]
The Puppy Corner: New Puppy Training - Housetraining

From HomeVet.com - Everything you do and don't want to know about housetraining: the direct method, paper training (a poor method), crate training, and the 'umbilical cord' method. "The Need for Training. It is important that your puppy learn early on what is considered acceptable behavior in your home. Failure to teach your dog the rules of the house when he is young can result in an unmanageable grown dog ..." [continue]

 

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I'll do an Irish jig fot these treats on St. Patty's Day

And as the Easter Bunny hops down the bunny trail
with baskets of goodies for you,
Oh, please remember No Chocolate for me!
So how about a basket of yummy all natural cookie treats.


So many cookies... I'll have plenty to share with all of my furry friends.

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Dog Health & Nutrition: Low Carb Diets for Pets?

If you haven't heard about low-carb diet craze, you must have been locked up in a cellar somewhere for the last few years. Now it seems that there are folks advocating it for their pets. Comes some sanity from our old friends at the Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. "Low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets are a fad in American society today, but should what's popular with people also be popular for their pets? ..." [continue]

Dog Activities and Training: Dog-Play - Activities for Dogs

37, count 'em, 37 different fun and interesting things you can do with your dog (and probably take off a few pounds and make some new friends while you're at it)... [continue]
Featured Dog Humor: Comic Strip

  Get Fuzzy   http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/getfuzzy/
Dog Books at Amazon.com

See best-selling dog books at Amazon.com, and search for other books and merchandise as well. The best selection on the internet, and at the best prices. I shop there all the time, almost always finding just what I want and with great customer service too boot. You can actually browse inside many of the books online with their "Look Inside" feature... check out the table of contents and some sample chapters, without leaving your desk. A great way to find and buy books and other items, as well.

Visit Amazon.com: http://www.straight-poop.com/poop-archive/dogs_at_amazon.html
Dogs in the News: Original St Bernard kennels rescued

If your memories are anything like mine, you'll remember your first knowledge of a working dog was the venerable St. Bernard, with cask of brandy about his/her neck, rescuing stranded hikers and skiers in the Alps. Well it seems that the monastery that bred the first St. Bernards was in financial trouble, and they've been saved by 33 local Italian and Swiss villages... [continue]
 
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