Pet calendar
Detroit Free Press – BREW (Beagle Rescue, Education and Welfare) Midwest: Foster homes in all locations needed. Adoption event, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on the second Sat. of each month, Petco, 23155 Outer Drive, Allen Park. www.brewbeagles.org . Canine Companion Rescue Center:

Real Rules for Virtual Worlds
Linux Insider – However, guidelines suggest being “especially sensitive to the appropriateness of your avatar or persona’s appearance when you are meeting with IBM clients or conducting IBM business.” New Beagle Research survey. TV is now available on your cell phone.

CNN May Reschedule YouTube Debate for GOP Front-Runners
TechNewsWorld – CNN says the party’s two leading candidates, Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani, indicate they want to participate. New Beagle Research survey. TV is now available on your cell phone. Is that a good thing? Will you use it? Your answers can drive an

Klass warrior
Evening Standard – She has visited both the Greenwich and Vatican observatories (“I saw the Pope’s bathroom!”), and Colin Pillinger, the scientist who launched the Beagle probe, helps her with her homework via email. I wonder if she sees any split between the highbrow

BSkyB to Offer Video on Demand to UK PSP Users
TechNewsWorld – Sky will likely next look at similar ventures with other manufacturers, such as Nintendo. New Beagle Research survey. TV is now available on your cell phone. Is that a good thing? Will you use it? Your answers can drive an industry. Take a short

Lost in the vineyards? Local experts know the way
Boston Globe – Curious Beagle? “You can’t help but love it, and you don’t have to love dogs to like it,” said Morgan, her eyes sparkling. This 2005 California cabernet sauvignon ($12 on sale until Sept. 3; regularly $14) with a beagle on the label is a playful

Top dogs take stage at Kennel Club show
Longview News-Journal – Bayou Oaks Longhorn Trouble, a beagle from Lake Charles, La., that also won Saturday’s contest. Working group: Horizons Limited Edition, a Doberman pinscher from San Antonio. Toy group: Akarana Aspirations, a Pekingese from Kenner, La. Non-Sporting group

Scads of Free Software for the Mac
Linux Insider – Podcasts are among scads of free offerings that heighten a Mac user’s experience. New Beagle Research survey. TV is now available on your cell phone. Is that a good thing? Will you use it? Your answers can drive an industry. Take a short survey now.

PETA Still Doggin’ Paris and Britney
TMZ.com – Also, for every pet store puppy purchased, a pound puppy dies (and a breeder — probably somewhere in Arkansas or Missouri — is rewarded for adding yet another litter to the pet overpopulation crisis). A California bill that would have required most

Beware bulldog puppy scam in classified ad sections
Union-Recorder – Rachael Ellison thought she found the perfect bulldog puppy staring back at her through her computer screen. I was looking through the online classifieds at Georgia Classifieds, and I clicked on ads for bulldog puppies that seemed reasonable

Long distance puppy love
KUSA-TV – CARTHAGE, Missouri – Love is one of those things where you know it when you see it. . . just ask 10-year-old Lindsay Bryda. “Right when I saw him I fell in love with him,” exclaimed Lindsay. Before she could make her feelings known to her mystery

Britney and puppy behave badly at photo shoot
Houston Chronicle – NEW YORK Britney Spears sat back and watched as her Yorkshire terrier puppy pooped on a $6,700 designer gown at a photo shoot for OK! magazine. “I wasn’t in the room but I was there to hear the upset shrieks of the stylist,” editor-in-chief Sarah

Pit bulls bite 3 people, puppy
Denver Post – The owner of two pit bulls could be ticketed for a number of violations after the dogs ran the streets of Arvada this morning, biting three people and a puppy, said Arvada police spokeswoman Susan Medina. An animal control officer responded to the

There’s no call for young animal dumping
Navasota Examiner – To the inhumane people that dumped a young border collie puppy around July 1 and to the people who dumped two very young kittens and very young puppy on July 8 on CR 313: What kind of people are you to just dump helpless animals in the country? Do

Astronauts surprised by reports of pre-flight drinking
CNN – The revelation shocked former astronauts and came as NASA deals with the apparent sabotage of a computer bound for the right hospital can save 6 U.S. must pay $101.7 million to men 7 Avoiding Chinese food products nearly 8 Abandoned puppy

A dog’s life — of hell
Chicago Sun-Times – They were starved to make them aggressive. In fact, they were eating their own feces and drinking their urine in plastic dog crates, said an animal welfare official. Now, they are looking for a home after Burbank police arrested two men on charges of

SPCA: Starving Puppy Rescued From Long Island Man That Set Another Dog
FOX News – CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. A starving puppy has been rescued from an unventilated shed by the home of a man accused setting another dog afire, animal-welfare authorities said. The 6-month old female pit bull puppy, named Red, was recovering at an animal

‘Good Dog’ group vows scrutiny of development ordinance
Burlington Free Press – A new group calling itself Citizens for a Livable City announced Thursday that it will open the city’s proposed zoning ordinance “to the light of day.” “We need an open process, not one associated with someone like Mayor Daley in Chicago,” said

Pit bull stolen from animal shelter
Minneapolis Star Tribune – David Bentrud. Police made contact with the dog’s owner who said he knew nothing about the burglary or missing dog, Bentrud said. The dog had been placed in the shelter because the owner had no license, failed to update the dog’s vaccinations and

Extended Recall List: Castleberry s Hot Dog Chili Sauce and Canned
FOX News – Castleberry s Food Company is voluntarily expanding its recall originally announced on July 18 due to the risk of botulinum toxin, a bacterium which can cause botulism. The recall originally announced on July 18 affected only 10 products with

Blue still missing, five other Siberian huskies found
Detroit News – BRIGHTON TOWNSHIP — The search for the Siberian husky missing for more than two months has turned up something rather unusual. While searchers didn’t find the dog, named Blue, they were able to return numerous lost animals — including five Siberian

Sept. 11 rescue dog with cancer dies
US News and World Report – NEW YORK (AP) — A black Labrador that burrowed through smoking debris after Sept. 11 and flooded rubble after Hurricane Katrina in search of survivors has died after developing cancer. Owner Mary Flood had 12-year-old Jake put to sleep Wednesday

My kind of dog
Herald Tribune – How much would you pay to keep your animal healthy? Is there a limit? Is $2,000 too much, or could you go to $5,000? Would you tell anyone you spent $5,000 on an animal? I would. So would the author of the following article who spent $11,000 on his

Rodriguez hits No. 497 as Yankees sweep doubleheader
Reuters – We had some tired puppies out there but they never gave up an at-bat.” The two wins on Saturday left the Yankees seven games behind the winning Boston Red Sox in the AL East and six games behind the Cleveland Indians in the wild card chase. The

Is your pet too fat to insure?
MyFinances.co.uk – Sainsbury’s pet insurance manager. “Treats such as chocolate can not only lead to obesity but when ingested in large amounts can even have serious effects on an animal’s pancreas and heart.” And there is a triple blow for owners of chubby puppies and

PHOTO, STORY: Fire damages South New Castle home
New Castle News – Meanwhile, Black rescued her 17-year-old West Highland terrier, then went back into the smoke and grabbed five 7-week-old Shih-Tzu puppies from the first floor, carrying all her dogs to safety, she said. Then I took the water hose and sprayed it

Woman to host series of puppy obedience classes
Southwest Daily Times – She really works with mainly puppies six months or less, kind of in the time when it’s really good to start on their teaching so they learn what’s going on,” he said. “She uses mainly

Paris Still Adorable, Still Not Doing Charity
Softpedia – Also, she did pay a visit to a children’s hospital AND she bought three more puppies from the pet store. That could make her a err more charitable person, therefore check two! And, last but not least, she is a changed person: the very next day

Shelter’s small breeds get own space
Herald-Citizen – They don’t belong in kennel areas with the larger breed dogs, where they are overwhelmed; nor do they show well in the puppy room, where they become a bundle of nerves due to the high-pitched yelping of puppies,” she said. “Barge, Waggoner, Sumner

Reading fare fur yer pleasure
New York Daily News – Cute idea, nice illustrations – but imperfect execution of a kids’ picture book about the N.Y.C. adventures of two affable puppies. While the author makes a point of announcing up front that they are donating some of the proceeds to Loving Paws

Pet calendar
Detroit Free Press – Catapalooza: Cats, kittens, dogs, puppies, ferrets, hamsters, bunnies and more, for adoption, from various rescue groups and shelters, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. June 23, Oakland Pet Adoption Shelter, 1700 Brown, Auburn Hills. 248-391-4100. Rio Bird Fair

Make My Day
American Reporter – Staff from the Ahoskie Animal Hospital and the Bertie County Animal Shelter told police the two PETA employees had collected 31 animals, including kittens and puppies, and promised that PETA would find adoptive homes. I’ve heard that all dogs go

Woman with 61 dogs
Delaware Online – The dogs ranged from young puppies to older adults, in various breeds and mixes. Dillon said she brought back 65 dogs, but four border collie mixes — three newborns with their eyes still shut and one about 8 weeks old — were so dehydrated that they

Ottawa police officer fire multiple shots to take down boxer
Ottawa Citizen – They are very much like puppies, even at 13 years of age,” she said. “Their temperament over time has changed. Boxers are a great family dog. They dance around they’re happy and, in my experience, they are now typically over-friendly with

N.H.S.P.C.A. Takes In 12 Dogs Left Behind Portsmouth Gas Station
WLBZ 2 – Steve Sprowl of the New Hampshire SPCA says a homeless woman whose car broke down left the dogs, many of them puppies, behind a Portsmouth gas station. Sprowl says witnesses reported the woman was feeding the dogs with food obtained from a homeless

Pit bull bites girl, 5, reaching to pat pup
Boston Globe – Five-year-old Kaya Porter was excited to go upstairs yesterday and visit her neighbor’s new pit bull puppies. But after an attempt to pet the dogs, the girl was bitten in the face by the adult female, which apparently was protecting its 3-day-old

Petal woman charged with animal cruelty
Hattiesburg American – Another dog, housed at a local veterinarian s office, was also confiscated, Knight said the pregnant dog was in poor condition and had birthed her puppies, all of which died, prematurely. Knight cautioned potential pet owners of the dangers of

Other side of feel-good story involves puppy mill
Greeley Tribune – What many people don’t realize is that in order for puppy mills to make a profit, they must produce massive quantities of puppies with minimal overhead. This translates into miserable housing, filth, overcrowding, very little food, and dogs so