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This weekly email searches main media outlets finding stories that may be of interest to to dog owners. It is published by de facto, inc., which also publishes CC-Canines.com.

Health News

Pets: Properly diagnosing and treating allergies can give dogs ...
Kansas City Star, MO - Dec 26, 2007
If your dog spends several hours a day licking and chewing at her feet and scratching her body to the point of causing raw lesions on her skin or feet, she may have an allergy...
What next, statins for dogs
Times Online, UK  - Dec 25, 2007
Without a hint of irony, I can say that this is going to be a good Christmas for Harvey the labrador. Harvey made history last week when he became the first canine in the UK to be successfully operated on for an irregular heart beat - the same operation that Tony Blair underwent in 2004...

Exercise and Training

Treating dogs like humans is disrespectful, Millan says
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR  - Dec 25, 2007
There is a photo that Cesar Millan, of America's popular Dog Whisperer, likes to show audiences. It depicts a couple of schoolchildren in a Third World land calmly walking beside an unleashed dog. The dog, free as the wind, keeps pace with the kids and, like them, gazes forward in peaceful coexistence. ...
What a way to walk the dog!
Kansas City Star, MO - Dec 26, 2007
It's 1-below, and a pale morning sky is pitched over a barren field in Andover. A dozen dogs are yipping and twirling on a ski trail near a parking lot....
Fat dogs and cats swim for fitter life
Worcester News, UK  - Dec 26, 2007
JBy Alicia Kelly IT's not just humans who need to lose a few pounds following Christmas - overweight cats and dogs are working off the excesses of the ...

Dogs and The Holidays

In Jamestown, it was dogs' day to show off
Newport Daily News, RI - Dec 26, 2007
Jamestown's eighth annual Holiday Dog Parade on Sunday featured about 126 dogs dressed up in holiday garb and was the kickoff to the town's animal shelter project...
Costume is top gift for pets
Wigan Observer, UK  - Dec 24, 2007
By David Taylotr Sales of Santa costumes for dogs have been rocketing out of Pets at Home on Robin Park during the festive season. Store manager Paul Cross ...
Perfect last minute gift for dog lovers!
KeepMEcurrent.com, ME  - Dec 24, 2007
It's not too late! Buy the perfect gift for the dog lover in your life ? a subscription to Downeast Dog News, Maine's only dog newspaper. Each issue contains news, articles, events, dogs for adoption and more...

New Year's Resolutions

Make efforts to be a better pet caretaker in 2008
Newwsday, NY  - Dec 26, 2007
Dogs, cats and all the feathered and furred don't know from New Year's resolutions: For them, every day is an opportunity to experience the world to the fullest ...
How To ... Help your pet live better in '08
Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA  - Dec 26, 2007
Exercising your dog's body will improve your dog's behavior and the peacefulness of your household. "Dogs have a tremendous reserve of energy...

Winter Tips

Pet care, safety important during winter months
Brookhaven Daily Leader, MS  - Dec 26, 2007
Brookhaven Animal Rescue League spokesperson Rusty Adcock said having shelter for outdoors animals is of utmost importance in keeping pets safe and healthy during the cold winter months ...

Feeding

Vets Develop New Diet For Dogs
eMaxHealth.com, NC  - Dec 25, 2007
Simply reducing a dog's food intake and increasing exercise can lead to begging and scavenging, resulting in withdrawal from the programme...
Dogs give four paws up to raw/canned delicacies
Chicago Tribune, IL  - Dec 25, 2007
Down the line of dog-food samples he went, driven by centuries of Corgi confidence, scarfing every bit. Then, he snatched the paper plate with the only canned sample (Organix/Turkey), dragged it away and ate it. ...