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First Lady, Dr. Biden Laud Community Challenge Finalists
Department of Defense
Canines for Veterans, of Wilmington, NC, part of Canines for Service, provides highly skilled service dogs for wounded warriors. Launched in 2008, the national program works with military prisoners at the Naval Consolidated Brig Charleston who train ...

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Posted on 3 February 2012 | 1:50 pm



VUMC surgeon and LifeFlight nurse team to serve their community with amazing ...
Vanderbilt University News
Dogs experience the world through their noses. With an average of 200 million scent receptors (compared to a measly 5 million in humans), dogs can pick up a scent from a mere handshake and follow trails that are years old. That was good news for the ...

Posted on 2 February 2012 | 4:20 pm



Lawmaker proposes that Toto breed becomes Kansas' official dog
Yahoo! News Canada (blog)
By Nadine Bells | Good News – 12 hours ago A Kansas lawmaker introduced a House bill yesterday, proposing that the Cairn Terrier — the breed made famous by Toto, the canine star of 1939's The Wizard of Oz — be made Kansas' official state dog.

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Posted on 2 February 2012 | 7:58 am



Hamilton Township resident's tip helps nab escaped prisoner after daylong manhunt
Press of Atlantic City
"As soon as he saw the dogs, he surrendered," Balles said. Hopkins has been serving a three-year sentence in South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton, Cumberland County, on charges of theft, burglary and eluding police. This was at least his second escape ...

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Posted on 1 February 2012 | 8:45 pm



Dimples the pit bull, saved from abuse, is feted
Connellsville Daily Courier
For the past two months, Martch said, members have made it their mission to provide warm shelters for outdoor dogs in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland. Martch and Dakota were looking for dogs in need when they found Dimples and two other ...

Posted on 31 January 2012 | 11:02 pm



Awareness of xylitol toxicity in dogs still lacking
VIN News Service
What stuns the Gaithersburg, Md., couple, is that they had no idea the artificial sweetener xylitol, commonly found in sugarless gum and other candies, is toxic to dogs. They had never heard that xylitol (pronounced ZI-luh-tohl) can wreak havoc on a ...

Posted on 31 January 2012 | 12:28 pm



A man and his dog: Waynesboro resident trained his own service St. Bernard
Chambersburg Public Opinion
Smith's physical problems began in February 2000. He and a friend had been to Sheetz in Hagerstown, Md., and were walking back to her house when his foot slipped on black ice. He remembers hearing a dog bark and his friend yell, "watch!

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Posted on 28 January 2012 | 9:52 pm



Medill Reports: Chicago

Man's best friend could be best hope for XLRP cure
Medill Reports: Chicago
A study released Monday by the University of Pennsylvania, which marks 10 years of collaboration with the University of Florida, shows success not only in preventing damage caused by X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, or XLRP, in dogs but also reversing it ...

Posted on 26 January 2012 | 5:32 pm



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K-9 handlers collar certificates
The Herald-Mail
By Yvette May, Staff Photographer Prospective K-9 handlers have to worry about more than their own performance and grades — their canine partners also have to pass the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services K-9 unit course.

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Posted on 26 January 2012 | 10:25 am



Local Pilot Publishes Book About His 'Canine Wingman'
Patch.com
The book also includes stories about the duos' adventures together in dog-friendly Old Town with its 20 dog parks, doggie happy hour, dog bakeries, a canine cruise and restaurant with a dog menu. In addition, the book functions as a reference guide for ...

Posted on 23 January 2012 | 10:04 am