The Nose Knows

Inside Bay Area - The 4-year-old yellow Labrador isn’t called “Buffy the Mosquito Slayer” for nothing. Buffy detects mosquito- breeding water Other areas in which dogs have been trained in scene work: search and rescue, drug and explosives detection, cancer More

Dear Abby: Poem urges restraint before judgement

Independent - Before my son, Chad, was born, my husband and I took in a loving yellow Labrador, Sparky (now , who had been Many rescue animals have issues not unlike Sparky s. You need to talk to your vet about this, and also a
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Law would target pit bulls
Pasadena Star-News - space was taken up by pit bulls and pit bull mixes, with most of the animals either euthanized or given away to rescue proper precautions, they should be held criminally liable for their animal’s actions - whether it is a pit bull or a Labrador
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Dog rescuers rescued from Portage River ice
Sandusky Register - Scott Cline used his canoe to slide across the ice to rescue the dogs, but could not make it back to shore, according to the The two black Labrador retrievers were also OK. “When they reached the shore, they started running around,” he said.
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Top dogs fight it out at leading US show

Raw Story - It’s about diet and exercise, just like any athlete,” said one breeder who asked not to be named. Preston, a three year old black Labrador retriever, the number two Lab in Canada, took two turns a day on the treadmill. “He loves the treadmill. It’s a Continued

New York Post - The Labrador retriever retained its top-dog spot, followed by the Yorkshire terrier. Breeds on the popularity decline Queens breeder Brigitte Gitte Antonocci, 39, of Big City Bulldogs in Astoria, was not surprised by the rise in popularity of Continued

Boston Globe - of dog popularity, he said beagles have been “lower on the scale,” behind pugs, Boston terriers, bigger dogs like Labrador Usually, they root for the poodles,” said Eleanor Berger, a breeder of Great Danes, miniature schnauzers, and Lakeland Continued

Seniors to the (Animal) Rescue!

Washington Missourian - Recently, a neighbor called and said a mother dog and a litter of puppies were underneath her house. Sharpe crawled through A Labrador and German shepherd mix, named Jersey Girl, came to the shelter in August. Foan remembers her sweet demeanor.
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Some Families Can’t Handle Pets
NBC5 - who were greedily eating any morsel sent their way. The only thing missing from the picturesque family was a black Labrador But puppies and kittens can be particularly difficult because they tend to nip and scratch. They’re learning about their
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Birth rate follows population increase
Gillette News Record - Madison Relyea lives in a two-story house in north Gillette with her mom, Erica Relyea, 24; her dad, Mike Relyea, 22; 14 four-week-old puppies; and two Labrador retriever mothers. She walks about the spacious living room wearing a sleeping black puppy
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Few cats can brag that they’ve saved another
Hartford Courant - Labrador. We became her foster family when I was just 6 months old and she was 3- 1/2 because she was a breeder for a guide-dog place. This was when we lived in California . We helped her have three litters of adorable yellow and black puppies. One
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