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EPA Looks at Flea, Tick Products

WASHINGTON (AP) — Products intended to treat cats and dogs for fleas and ticks kill hundreds of pets each year and injure tens of thousands, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday as it outlined plans to make the products safer. The EPA said it will develop stricter testing and evaluation requirements for flea and tick treatments ...

Showing Off at the Dog Show

Brad Nading/Telegram   -   Robin Currier, Stillwater, Okla., holds a hair dryer between her neck and shoulder while brushing out "Zepher," a miniature schnauzer, before showing Saturday during the annual American Kennel Club dog show at the Finney County Fairgrounds Exhibition Building.

By MONICA SPRINGER mspringer@gctelegram.com As people walked past Brogue they couldn’t help but smile. Holding his face in their hands, children and adults asked his owner, Carrie McLean of Black Forrest, Colo., more information about him. Brogue, a 170-pound Irish Wolfhound, didn’t mind the attention. His gray, woolly tail wagged as people pet him. Brogue was one of hundreds of ...

Dog Show Starts Friday

Brad Nading/Telegram   -   Tina Star, Paradise, Texas,left, and other handlers move boxer breed dogs around a show ring for the judge during one of the categories at last year

By MONICA SPRINGER mspringer@gctelegram.com Dog lovers in western Kansas will get a chance this weekend to see the 19th sanctioned American Kennel Club dog show at the Finney County Fairgrounds in Garden City. The three-day show is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Friday through Saturday, with rally and obedience in the West Pavillion. Confirmation judging is scheduled for ...

K-9 Units Surviving Cuts

Associated Press  -  Jesse, a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois and a member of the Sacramento County Sheriff

LOS ANGELES (AP) — One hundred sheriff’s deputies and 400 part-time deputies were laid off. SWAT officers were ordered back to the streets. Narcotics and gang units were disbanded. Helicopters were grounded. K-9 survived. To absorb more than $30 million in losses, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department had to focus almost exclusively on answering 911 calls, but ...

Agility Competitions for Cats Gaining Popularity

By LINDA LOMBARDI For The Associated Press Dog agility competitions make great TV, with pooches racing around an obstacle course, jumping through hoops and dashing through tunnels. If you’ve seen it, though, your reaction probably wasn’t, “What about cats?” But that’s exactly the thought that Kim Everett-Hirsch of Portland, Ore., had before launching her first cat agility competition ...

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