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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Creating an Adoption Profile for Your Foster

With so many animals for adoption in Montreal alone, there is a lot of competition for abandoned pets to find homes. The media we use to get these babies adopted is online search engines for adoptable animals like, Petfinder.com and Adoptapet.com. Regardless of how cute, good natured, cuddly, or well trained your foster is, if they do not have a …

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Lost dog alert-Micro-chipping is simply the thing to do!

Last year, Bailey escaped on the 17th of December. The Oilman had left the gate open about a foot..that was all Bailey really needed!  It was the coldest day of the year or at least it seemed that way.  My husband and I put on our boots, coats, mittens and trudged through the snowy streets of Pointe Claire.  He did …

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Rescue Round-Up News October 8, 2010

Here are some recent rescue items from around the globe: New report to see who’s in Missouri’s “Dirty Dozen” puppy mills Firefighters rescue dog from storm sewer The Animal Fairy : New Children’s Book to Teach Animal Compassion: Guide dog dragged along with SkyTrain Dog licences being sold door-to-door in Niagara Falls Joe the Plumber rallies to support Missouri puppy …

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West Island Community Uses Gas Chamber to Kill Stray Dogs

This Article brought me to tears this morning. It blows my mind the way Josee Robidoux describes the killing of the dogs and dares to say the animal does not suffer.  When is Quebec going to stop with this disgusting act of cruelty? To read the article please click on the link below. Article by Max Harold from The Gazette

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Poo Power, The Wonder Waste

The residents of Cambridge, Massachusetts are participating in the Park Spark Project – turning dog poop from their local dog parks into energy!  So far, they’ve figured out how to harness methane gas and have it power the park’s street lamps.  Read more about the project here. Did you know there’s an ongoing dog poop experiment at the NDG Dog …

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The Dog’s Eating the Grass again!

Does your dog eat grass?  Not only do my dogs love to roll and run in it..they love to eat it as well.  The good news is that it is not harmful.  We get alarmed because I am sure you too have also experienced green accidents from both ends…but don’t worry!  Dogs are natural scavengers and can even have a …

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