T H E C A N I N E T I M E S N E W S L E T T E R
Issue No. 59, Vol.3, July 12, 1999
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Contents
>Surfer Dog:
-- Lousy Excuses for Getting Rid of a Pet
-- Fido Should be Buckled Up in Car
>Science:
-- Mixed Reviews On Storing Your Dog's DNA
>Health:
-- Protect Your Pet's Life With Home Window Stickers
-- Readers' Comments/Suggestions
>Tidbytes:
-- Dogs In The Middle Ages
>People Pet News
-- Kosova: The Animal Aftermath
>In The News:
-- Late August Marks Start Of Shortened Quarantine
For Pets Coming To Hawaii
>Book Corner
-- The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons
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S U R F E R D O G
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Good Reading Sniffed Out on the Web by Surfer Dog:
**LOUSY EXCUSES FOR GETTING RID OF A PET
Customarily, this section features online articles. But
this page was irresistible. Here you'll find a lengthy
list of the reasons proffered by various pet owners on
why they had to move the dog out. Many may think that the
reasons must fall into one of the obvious categories.
But how about: "He stands in front of the TV too much."
Or: "We had to get rid of the truck the dog was chained
to." You can add reasons you have heard. And I will
refrain from comment on the state of some pockets of the
human race.
READ IT:
http://www.netpet.com/excuses/excuses.html
** FIDO SHOULD BE BUCKLED UP IN CAR
by Linda Goldston
Copyright July 1999 San Jose Mercury News
It's time that driving Ms. Pooch got a lot safer.
Consider: In 1990, a woman was taking her golden
retriever to Dr. Marty Smith's office in Wisconsin when
the pup jumped down on the foot pedals, causing the
driver to smash into the clinic. The impact was so hard
that all but two feet of the car ended up inside the
building.
READ IT:
http://www.mercurycenter.com/premium/svlife/docs/pets12.htm
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S C I E N C E
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MIXED REVIEWS ON STORING YOUR DOG'S DNA
Should you or shouldn't you clone your dog?
A year ago, the decision couldn't even have been on your
plate of possibilities.
But since Oct 1998, PerPETuate Inc.,Farmington,
Conn.,has been offering a service to pet owners who would
be comforted knowing that one day, perhaps, their pooch
could be back in their lives -- after death, that is.
Headed by a veterinarian and an agriculture consultant,
the firm stores DNA from the tissue of live or deceased pets for
use when cloning has been perfected. The tissue is presented to
PetPETuate by the pet owner's veterinarian, who does the sample
collection.
The fee from PetPETuate is $1000 for one pet, plus a
yearly storage charge of $100.
However, the science is still young in regard to cloning.
The recent sudden death of a cloned calf has raised questions
about the long-term health effects of cloning. A team
of investigators, led by Dr. Jean Paul Renard of the Units of
Developmental biology and Cellular Biology at IRNA in Jouy de
Josas, France, reported in the May issue of The Lancet that
the death of their cloned calf suggests possible health
complications due to the cloning process.
Meanwhile, other researchers have discovered that clones
will not only share the same physical traits as their originals,
but also their age.
If Fido is 10-years-old, that may be worth keeping in
mind.
MORE INFO: PetPETuate web site at:
http://www.perpetuate.net/
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
"Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that
you are wonderful."
--Ann Landers
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H E A L T H
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PROTECT YOUR PET'S LIFE WITH HOME WINDOW STICKERS
Pet Rescue window stickers for dogs or cats are now
available from card maker Hallmark Cards.
Prominently displayed in a home's exterior window or
other location, these stickers alert firefighters or other rescue
team members to the presence of pets in the home, including how
many dogs or cats they should be on the lookout for.
Look for them at any retailer selling Hallmark products.
READER'S COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS:
CT subscriber Kathleen Appleton emailed saying: "Please
remind readers to use mineral oil in their dog's eyes before
applying the 'skunk-off' solution (CT Issue 58).or, they run the
risk of damaging their beloved pet's eyes. Use two to three
drops per eye." Kathleen is with the Great Pyrenees Rescue
http://www.gpcgc.org/rescue.htm
Another CT subscriber, a veterinary nurse, emailed
in response to an earlier blurb under the Some Say heading
that recounted words in a holistic medicine book on the use
of garlic as a flea repellant. She said: This much garlic
at every meal is perfectly capable of causing a condition known
as Heinz Body Anemia which is life threatening. Furthermore
garlic has no repellent properties to fleas."
EDITOR'S NOTE: We are now in our fourth interview on the
concern regarding Heinz Body Anemia. Interviews are being
conducted with veterinarians, veterinary scientists and others.
Literature databases are also being reviewed. The results, so
far, are not conclusive, although large amounts of any substance
are harmful to any living being. We will be carrying a story on
this in a future issue.
T I D B Y T E S
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DOGS IN THE MIDDLE AGES
http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/images/jpeg/i5_0018.jpg
For those that love art and history, the national library of
France has online a beautiful illuminated manuscript from the
time of France's King Charles the V (1338-1380). It shows the
King's servants treating royal greyhounds.
Also, visit at the same library:
http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/themes/t_4/st_4_01/a401_004.htm
where you'll find illuminures on the theme: hunting dogs sniffing
a trail.
Some Background: Before Gutenberg's invention of the printing
press (1450-1455), producing copies of books was completely
manual and performed by skilled craftsmen. The scribe
calligraphed the text and various artists or specialized
artisans decorated the manuscript. The two essential phases of
writing and illuminating, or, in other words, illustrating.
were preceded by a number of preliminary steps : the preparation
of the parchment; the cutting and folding of the sheet; and the
preparation of the writing surface. Books took time to produce
and the end product was invariably costly.
Illumination (illustration) was carried out only after the text
had been applied. The illuminator-illustrator executed the
paintings or "histoires" but only after two of his
lesser colleagues had finished their work. One was the
illuminator in charge of the pen-flourishing (penwork decoration
in colored inks), and the other was the illuminator in charge of
all the painted ornamentation, namely the decorated letters,
borders and frames (vignettes). The time to illuminate a
manuscript depended on the size of the illustrations,
and the long drying periods that followed the application of
each fresh layer of color.
As you view these illustrations, think upon the skill and
time needed to develop each piece -- and the importance of dogs
in our lives even during this time period!
P E O P L E P E T N E W S
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KOSOVA: THE ANIMAL AFTERMATH
The World Society for the Protection of Animals has
this month begun working with veterinarians in the Kosova
region to distribute medicine and equipment to help animal
casualities of the conflict there.
Spokespersons for WSPA estimate there were approximately
150,000 dogs in Kosova before the conflict began and most of the
survivors have had to fend for themselves for the past three
months. Packs of dogs have been reported to be running the
streets.
The packs running through Pristina and other cities have
been spreading diseases and getting so aggressive they were
reportedly causing problems for peacekeeping forces.
The WSPA relief team sent to Kosova is spending time
there assessing the problem, supervising the construction of
temporary animal shelters and treating and vaccinating animals,
Humane slaughter equipment has also been taken there for
animals that could no longer be helped.
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I N T H E N E W S
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LATE AUGUST MARKS START OF SHORTENED QUARANTINE
FOR PETS COMING TO HAWAII
If you're planning a trip or relocation to Hawaii
accompanied by your pet, you may want to schedule it for sometime
after August 23, 1999.
Despite concern over the impact on its rabies-free
status,Hawaii reduced the quarantine for pets traveling into the
state from the 120 days required for the past 85 years to 30
days.
And they increased the fees for quarantine,.more than
doubling the cost of a 30-day stay at the Halawa facility over
the next four years
The first animal to be accepted under the new policy will
occur in late August, 90 days after the rule was signed into
effect on May 23.
The action came despite concerns that a newly
required rabies blood test is experimental, and that a reduced
quarantine would ruin Hawaii's rabies-free status.
To qualify for a 30-day quarantine, a pet must meet
certain requirements, including proper vaccinations with an
approved inactivated rabies vaccine, two rabies blood tests (one
conducted prior to arrival, the second conducted upon arrival in
Hawaii), and implantation of a microchip obtained from the state.
But pet owners will have to put up more money for
quarantine stays. For 30-day stays, the fees will increase in
four steps over the next four years, said Ann Takiguchi,
spokeswoman for the state Department of Agriculture.
The charge for dogs for 30 days use to be $290. The new
fee, effective July 12, is $555. From late August to July 2000,
the cost will be $655.
Then the fee will rise to $675 for two years. At that
time fees will be reviewed. The current plan, however, calls for
the last jump to $695 to take place three years from now.
MORE INFO:
Contact the Department of Agriculture animal quarantine station
at (808) 483-7171.
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LAST MINUTE NEWS: If you are in the TAMPA, FLORIDA, area, you may
want to make sure your dogs are current on their parvovirus
innoculations as this morning there are reports of a dramatic
increase in parvovirus outbreaks in this area of the country.
Contact your local veterinarian for more information.
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B O O K C O R N E R
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***The New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons
Editor: Katherine Hourigan
Publisher:Alfred A Knopf
Do dogs laugh? Of course, they do. With their tales! And
that's what your dog will do if he or she is peeping over
your shoulder as you page through this delightful book of
dog cartoons. There's 101 funny ones -- all gathered from the
pages of The New Yorker. Here are dogs inquisitive and
intelligent, spoiled and spoiling, skittish and
unflappable, faithful and independent. Excellent, well-known
artists dot each page. Laugh a bit! It's good for you. Get it!.
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Hello Folks:
You may have sent me a happy b-day wish for the 4th of July and
been disappointed that I didn't, at the very least, send a short
response. Ever receive some 400 plus birthday greetings via
email? Yikes -- she says with a huge grin and a virtual hug.
Quite frankly, it could have been more than 400. That's where I
stopped counting! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! That was a
simply amazing birthday gift! But, please forgive me. I just
didn't have the stamina to send a response to all of you. Please
know that I do thank you.. from the bottom of my heart.
The three-day weekend I took for the 4th didn't stop us from
pursuing story ideas for our futures file. We have several
interviews scheduled with contacts at Green Chimney's, a
residential treatment program involving animals and children in
New York. A wonderful story on a young boy whose life has been
positively changed through his work with a dog there is in
progress for a future issue. Our excellent writer/journalist,
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bad pricing experience with Pet Med Express, the pet
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