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Best Introductory Books About Dog Shows
It’s almost inevitable that, after spending time owning any one breed in particular, you may be bitten with the ‘dog show bug’. Your breeder might offer you a nice show potential puppy, or you just might decide that showing could be a fun hobby. No matter how or why you get bitten, jumping straight into […]
Potential Puppy Buyer Murders Rat Terrier Breeder
Thanks to Jen and Yes Biscuit for reminding me of the worst ‘potential puppy buyer’ scenario of all time – the murder of Bobbi Jo Stinnett, a Missouri Rat Terrier breeder, and the theft of her unborn child. The crime took place on Decemeber 16, 2004. According to CNN, “Montgomery met Stinnett through an online […]
Stolen Dogs and Scared Breeders
Another Ontario breeder has had dogs stolen by vistors who pretended to be potential puppy buyers. This isn’t the first time this has happened – years back, a Bulldog breeder in California lost almost every dog in their house to people who had come to ‘meet the dogs’ a few days before, and the infamous […]
Missing French Bulldog, Washington PA Area
Update: This story has a happy ending. A plea for help from another French Bulldog breeder — As of October 24th one on my retired dogs is lost in Washington Pa. PetSmart parking lot. She is a chubby 5 yr. old spayed Black mask fawn French Buldog bitch. Her name is Star and she is […]
Long Live the Queen
As hard as it is for me to believe, Tessa will be fifteen years old next month. Those years have flown by, in so many ways. Tessa, for me, is still the relcalcitrant, surly little hooligan I tried to haul to work with me at six weeks, with her bucking and flailing at the end […]
Rare pneumonia kills 2 Ottawa dogs
Scary news out of the Ottawa area, where a rare and virulent form of hemorrhagic pneumonia has killed two dogs at the Ottawa Humane Society. From CBC News – Humane society veterinarians said they have never seen this type of disease before. The dogs initially suffer from a cough, lethargy and fever, but the symptoms […]