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Entries Tagged as 'Dogs/Pets'

How to Avoid Foods Dangerous for Your Dog

June 29th, 2010 · Comments Off

I’m taking a break from the normal ranting and raving to post this Public Service Message. You see, I’m a dog person: “The more people I meet the more I like my dog.” “The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man’s.” – Mark Twain “I think dogs are the [...]

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Goodbye Old Friend

June 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments

One of my best friends ever left home today. He’s been with me for the last 14 years. He raised my children better than I did. I have never known someone so loyal or always an optimist. He told me he is simply going to find a good place where, in the future, he and [...]

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Tags: Blog · Dogs/Pets

When You Ask For More Government …

March 31st, 2010 · Comments Off

Found at the UK Daily Mail: Her offence was to unwittingly sell a goldfish to a 14-year-old boy taking part in a trading standards ‘sting’. At most, pet shop owner Joan Higgins, 66, expected a slap on the wrist for breaking new animal welfare laws which ban the sale of pets to under-16s. Instead, the [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Dogs/Pets · Freedom/Independence · Government · The UK

There Are Some Things For Which I Have No Mercy

December 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

From wsbradio.com: Animal cruelty does not get much worse. DeKalb County police are asking for the public’s help in finding who beat a dog with a sledgehammer and left the dog to die in a local park. The male shepherd mix was found this week, wrapped in a blanket, at Murphy Candler Park off Ashford [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Dogs/Pets

Beijing Takes Dog Off The Menu For Olympics

July 11th, 2008 · Comments Off

From Reuters via Yahoo: Beijing has asked hotels and restaurants in the city to take dog meat off the menu for the duration of next month’s Olympics and September’s Paralympics. Dog is eaten not only by the large Korean community in China’s capital but is also popular in Yunnan and Guizhou restaurants. A directive from [...]

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Islam = 30 Lashes For Walking Dog

March 6th, 2008 · Comments Off

From Adnkronos International: A 70-year-old man has been sentenced by an Iranian judge to four months in jail and 30 lashes for going out on the street with his dog. The incident took place in Shahr Rey, a suburb of Tehran when the owner of the dog was caught by a police who quickly handcuffed [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Dogs/Pets · Iran · Islamofascism · Muslim/Islam

Once Again Animals Are Victims

February 12th, 2008 · Comments Off

I live in Georgia. Georgia is currently 2nd in the nation in personal bankruptcies, and 7th in home foreclosures. So the bank foreclosed your mortgage and you need to move quickly. You’ve rented a trailer and loaded everything worth taking with you to your new rented home. The problem is that you have two cats, [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Dogs/Pets · Money

Dogs Are Better Than Children Because:

November 16th, 2007 · Comments Off

1. Eat less 2. Don’t ask for money all the time 3. Are easier to train 4. Normally come when called 5. Never ask to drive the car 6. Don’t hang out with drug-using friends 7. Don’t smoke or drink 8. Don’t have to buy the latest fashions 9. Don’t want to wear your clothes [...]

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Tags: Dogs/Pets · Strange/Funny

Yellow Labrador Saves Female Jogger

November 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment

From 11Alive: A woman jogging in the Tribble Mill Park area of Gwinnett County credited her yellow Labrador Retriever with saving her from a sexual predator, police said. The woman was running through the park area with her dog following close behind on October 12 when a man jogged toward her, pushed her up against [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Dogs/Pets

To All Non-Pet Owners Who Visit Me And Like To Complain About My Dogs

October 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment

They live here. You don’t. If you don’t want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. That’s why they call it “fur”niture. I like my dogs a lot better than I like most people. To you, it’s a dog. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all [...]

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College Student Beats, Kills Puppies

October 8th, 2007 · Comments Off

From 11Alive.com: A UGA student has been arrested on charges she beat a litter of puppies to death. The investigation is centered at the Athens-Clarke County Animal Control Center, less than a mile from the convenience store where two workers found the bodies of the puppies, huddled together in a cardboard box inside a dumpster. [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Dogs/Pets · Georgia

Police Officer Reportedly Buried Puppies Alive

September 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

From nbc17.com: A police officer is accused of burying puppies alive, officials said. Seven puppies were rescued from Officer John Leggett’s backyard. Leggett, 44, has been charged with animal cruelty and is now on administrative leave while under investigation. Police said at least one puppy was found dead. Officers were called to Leggett’s home Saturday. [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Dogs/Pets

Vick Admits Guilt

August 28th, 2007 · Comments Off

From the AP via 11Alive.com: Standing erect and answering questions with soft, short responses, NFL star Michael Vick pleaded guilty Monday to a federal dogfighting charge and awaited a Dec. 10 sentencing date that could send him to prison. The plea by the suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback was accepted by U.S. District Judge Henry E. [...]

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Tags: Atlanta · Crime/Law · Dogs/Pets · Sports

Vick Accepts Plea Deal On Dogfight Charges

August 20th, 2007 · Comments Off

From AFP via Breitbart: Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a dogfighting ring, according to a statement from his attorney. In the statement by attorney Billy Martin, Vick agreed to plead guilty and accept a plea deal and will “accept full responsibility for his actions and the mistakes [...]

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Tags: Atlanta · Crime/Law · Dogs/Pets

Michael Vick’s Noose Tightens

August 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment

One of Michael Vick’s co-defendants doesn’t want to wait for trial. Instead, a plea agreement hearing was held for Tony Taylor in the federal dogfighting conspiracy case. In the plea agreement signed by Michael Vick co-conspirator Tony Taylor, he claimed that Vick not only helped to organize a dog-fighting ring, he supplied the majority of [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Atlanta · Crime/Law · Dogs/Pets · Sports