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Diatribe: Leash Laws Exist To Protect Animals As Well As People.
We have two dogs that we always keep on a leash or under “voice control” whenever they are outside with us. They are never left alone outdoors. When we bought our house almost ten years ago, a...
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Diatribe: What’s The Difference Between A Designer Dog And A Mutt?
We have two dogs at our house and we love them both. We got each of them by responding to online advertisements and consider them to be, for all practical purposes, rescue dogs. One is a purebred and...
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Ovation: Rather Than Allow Him To Go To A Pound, Loving Child Ties Birthday...
Many years ago the people who lived next door moved away. They were a nice, young couple of newlyweds that were, sadly, unable to make their dream of owning a home in the country become a reality....
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Ovation: Maverick The Weimaraner Goes From Craigslist To Westminster.
We have two dogs at our house. We found them both on Craig’s List. They belonged to people who simply could no longer care for them so they posted a free online advertisement. We agreed to pay a...
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Ovation: Dog Poop DNA Testing – Laboratories Aren’t Just For CSIs Any More.
Some of my parents live in a beautiful retirement community in Southwest Florida. On any given morning, before the sun grows high and the temperature rises, the people in the neighborhood go for...
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Ovation: Shaun Duling’s Dog Runs For Miles To Stay With Him.
Every morning, my chubby little dog goes outside as soon as I wake. Usually in a groggy stupor, I walk her to the door and let her outside for her first break of the day. Since we live in a fairly...
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Diatribe: Pit Bulls Are Usually Not Good Baby Sitters.
I know a twelve-year-old girl who has recently started babysitting her baby brother. Some might think that she’s too young to be left alone with a toddler but, personally, I find her to be far more...
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Diatribe: Kissing Dogs For Money.
My dog is a “licker”. It drives me nuts. She’s somewhat particularly about who she licks and how much she licks them but I am, by far, her favorite person to “kiss”. And she is certainly in the...
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Ovation: Obie The Obese Dachshund Loses Half His Body Weight.
My dog is fat. She was fat when I got her. She came to live with us when a family in a nearby town learned that they would be having a new baby and I fell in love with her at first sight....
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Ovation: NC House Passes Bill Allowing For Rescue Of Dogs Left In Hot Cars.
I find myself writing a lot about animals. Compassion for our animal friends is something that was taught to me at a very young age and, as I grew to learn more about the world in which we live, the...
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