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Belfast dog fouling service suspended
April 8, 2020
Belfast City Council is asking residents to be extra vigilant about cleaning up behind dogs, after announcing a temporary halt to its dog fouling service. The council has stated the Dog Warden Service is currently working within a limited capacity due to the coronavirus emergency, and has suspended the complaints service regarding dog fouling. The […]
Dog-walking service
April 8, 2020
Heather Hiram, of the Safe and Sound Hound dog-walking service in Edinburgh, was furious after a video was posted by Alana Mullen, who was working for Pilrig Paws. A professional dog walker has been awarded £3,000 in damages from a business rival who accused her on social media of mistreating the animals. Heather Hiram, 41, […]
Second Service dog found dead
April 8, 2020
The owner of a missing service dog said the dog was found dead in the same pond her other service dog was found. According to a Facebook post, when scuba divers were first looking for the service dogs, they found Orso but could not find Lucia until Tuesday because she was covered in weeds. The […]
Benitez steps up
April 8, 2020
Jenn Benitez of Radcliff was 14-years-old and living in her home state of Wisconsin when she witnessed a young girl on a bicycle get struck by a car. According to Benitez, the child survived, but the situation could have been much worse if she wasn’t there. “People just froze in fear,” she said. “Nobody would […]
Unwanted behavior in dogs is common, with great variance between breeds
April 8, 2020
Unwanted behaviour occurs in many pet dogs. “In the dataset of nearly 14,000 dogs that we have compiled, one of the largest in the world, unwanted behaviour occurred in 73% of the dogs. One such behaviour trait is noise sensitivity, found in one-third of the dogs,” Professor Hannes Lohi says. Lohi’s research group investigated the […]
I’m Your Dog and I’m Worried About You
April 8, 2020
It’s me, Peaches. Hey, are you doing O.K.? I don’t mean to pry, but, starting a few weeks back, you’ve . . . been around more. As in, all the time. Which is totally cool, but it seems like something’s off, so I figured I’d check in. I’m a good boy—talk to me. All of […]
Conroe car crash survivor seeks help
April 7, 2020
A car crash survivor who is recovering from her injuries is pleading for the Conroe community to help her find her dog. “Exhausted and devastated,” Kristi Hinds continues to post on social media and missing pet pages that she has lost her dog Grace after hydroplaning and hitting a tree on Saturday at New Bethlehem […]
Principal dies in fire, family searching for dog who ran from scene
April 7, 2020
Kanawha County school officials have confirmed the woman who died in a fire last week in Big Chimney was a former principal. Melissa Cisco died in a house fire that was reported around 9 a.m. Friday in the 4500 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, according to a spokesperson with Kanawha County Schools. Cisco retired in 2001 from […]
Police watchdog clears West Shore RCMP in altercation
April 7, 2020
The West Shore RCMP has been cleared of any wrongdoing in relation to a suicidal man who was seriously injured after being subdued by a conducted energy weapon (CEW) and police service dog last spring. Because the man’s injuries occurred in connection to the actions of police, the Independent Investigation Office (IIO) was notified to […]
Local doggy daycare offers free care
April 7, 2020
As first responders and medical workers take care of COVID-19 patients throughout metro Detroit, a local animal daycare is working to take care of their pets. Canine to Five and Detroit Dog Rescue partnered to provide free doggy daycare or overnight boarding to first responders and those in the medical field. “The only thing that […]