Archive for the 'injuries' Category

by Lindsay Stordahl on September 29th, 2008
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What if your 12-year-old dog needs ACL surgery in order to walk? What if your 4-year-old dog has cancer? What if your puppy is hit by a car and needs emergency surgery to live? There are countless scenarios. When we are unprepared to face difficult decisions, it is easy to make the wrong choice, second guess ourselves or have regrets. That is why it’s good to think about how far you are willing to go for your p ...
by Lindsay Stordahl on June 22nd, 2008
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…………………………………………………………………….. Ace did something bad last night. He bit my boyfriend in the face. This made me realize I cannot tolerate any aggressive behavior from my dog. The bite was a small puncture wound on the side of Josh’s nose, an inch or so below h ...
by Lindsay Stordahl on May 21st, 2008
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I don’t have my own kids (just a needy mutt and a very prissy cat), but I bring up the issue of children and dogs because there are so many preschool and grade school aged kids in my apartment complex. They have no fear or respect for animals. They obviously have dogs of their own and run up to any dog, sticking their faces in the dog’s face. According to dogbitelaw.com, 77 percent of dog-bite injuries t ...
by Lindsay Stordahl on March 21st, 2008
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Dog lovers always want more dogs. There are days when I want to adopt a second dog. And fostering a dog or cat is always in the back of my mind. I have to remind myself I work 10-hour shifts, I don’t give my mutt and cat enough time as it is, and I’m trying to save money, not spend more. But there’s always that place in my heart that wants to help a homeless pet. Maybe when I have a house and a yard ...
by Lindsay Stordahl on March 20th, 2008
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It does not surprise me that some dogs actually injure themselves from wagging their tail too hard. During my days ...