Handle a Dog Fight With Care
June 24th, 2007
By Denise Flaim
Maybe you read the story last week about the Dix Hills man who nearly had his ear severed after three rottweilers charged his leashed pitt bull mix, Emry, and he got in the middle to save her.
Maybe you wondered: If that was my dog, what could I have done?
MTA canine teams now patrol for terrorism
June 17th, 2007
BY JENNIFER MALONEY
June 14, 2007
Hudson leaned forward from the back seat, peering through the windshield at a man in an orange vest.
“It’s OK,” Doug Joseph, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority police officer, told the German shepherd. “He’s good.”
Joseph waved to the orange-vested track worker and drove away from the train station, scanning the tracks while Hudson looked out the window.
Animal activists want Vick to pay
June 10th, 2007
BY BOB GLAUBER
June 10, 2007
John Goodwin wants to see Falcons quarterback Michael Vick go to jail if he is convicted in connection with an illegal dog-fighting operation at a home Vick owns in Virginia.
No fine. No probation. No legal slap on the wrist.
Jail.
“When people are involved in this type of crime, they should go to prison,” Goodwin, the deputy manager for animal fighting issues for the Humane Society of the United States, said in an interview this week with Newsday. “This is severely cruel, and there should be punishment for inflicting pain and misery on these animals. The maximum fine is $2,500, which is about the time it takes Michael Vick to call a play in the huddle.”
Tougher animal cruelty laws sought
June 3rd, 2007
By ANGELA DELLI SANTI
May 24, 2007
TRENTON, N.J. — A pit bull terrier puppy named Angel who was starved and fatally beaten by her owners has focused attention on the need to revise New Jersey’s outdated animal cruelty laws.
Assemblyman Jeff Van Drew, D-Cape May, is leading the charge to update and expand the section of law that deals with the abuse and mistreatment of animals, and stiffen penalties for violators.
Raising dogs (and kids) right
May 28th, 2007
By Denise Flaim
May 28, 2007
Dogs and kids are Norman Rockwell territory. What’s not to love about loyalty, friendship and mutual admiration?
In real life, however, managing children and dogs in the same household can present some challenges for parents who are not equipped to deal with them.
Here are some tips for coping.
Dogs: Not to the manners born
May 20th, 2007
May 14, 2007
By Denise Flaim
Dogs gone wild.
Everywhere I go these days, it seems I encounter canines in need of boot camp. It’s not their fault, of course: Getting a sound foundation in puppyhood is paramount if your dog is to be a well-adjusted canine citizen.
So, in the spirit of self-improvement, here is my list of 10 puppy musts:
Drug-sniffing dog company serves seven school systems
May 13th, 2007
May 13, 2007
By Robert DeWitt
Staff Writer, Tuscaloosa News
Lee Jordan’s business has gone to the dogs. And he likes it that way.
“I’ve always had dogs and always enjoyed working with dogs,” Jordan said. “This gives me the opportunity to do that in my business.”
Jordan owns the Alabama franchise for Interquest Detection Canines. The company serves as a private contractor to school systems using trained dogs to sniff out illegal, over-the-counter and prescription drugs, alcohol, guns and explosives.
The Warp and Woof of Dog Parks
May 6th, 2007
Denise Flaim
April 30, 2007
Suburbia is supposed to be heaven for dogs, from its doting nuclear families to its fetch-including lawns.
But there’s one thing desperately missing - in our precincts, at least. And that’s safe, enclosed, dedicated spaces for dogs to run and romp.
Suffolk County took a step in the right direction earlier this month, when County Executive Steve Levy announced his support for a proposal to create five new dog runs - more than doubling the county’s sites where dogs can run free.
Japanese Patch Measures Pet Stress
April 29th, 2007
by Associated Press
TOKYO — Wondering if your dog or cat is stressed? Just stick a special patch on the bottom of its paw and you’ll be able to tell, according to a Japanese company.
The patch, developed by Japanese company Medical Life Care Giken, purports to measure the stress level of dogs and cats by detecting excessive sweat secretion — believed to be a sign of stress — the Nikkei Weekly reported Sunday.
No day in court for lawyer’s dog
April 22nd, 2007
BY EDEN LAIKIN
April 20, 2007
Jeanie Waters, a quadriplegic attorney, has been around the world with her service dog, Elli. But the pair couldn’t get into a courtroom in Hempstead this week.
Employees at the Nassau County Traffic Violations Agency on Tuesday night refused to let the 9-year-old golden retriever into the courtroom where her owner was to argue a case, said Waters, of Rockville Centre.
After Waters insisted that she could not be without the dog, agency staff allowed Waters to arrange a plea deal for her client in the hallway.