Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 at
11:25 am

TEWKSBURY, Mass. (AP) — It’s Thursday morning at Tewksbury State Hospital, and patients are buzzing with excitement, already starting to line up. Patients will sit and wait in the hallways, so as to catch a glimpse of one of their most cherished visitors, who has developed somewhat of a cult following at the hospital: Tucker, [...]
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Friday, July 8th, 2011 at
11:21 am

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Stephen Zawistowski got his first dog 50 years ago, she was the only dog in the neighborhood that was spayed. “She had an incision that must have been a foot long and was sewn up with what looked like piano wire,” says Zawistowski, science adviser for the American Society for [...]
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Monday, July 4th, 2011 at
4:22 pm

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ready for your dog’s days of summer? Everybody seems to have a list of tips. Most are no-brainers. Don’t leave dogs in hot cars or let them walk on hot asphalt, play too hard or get too much sun. Apply flea and tick repellents, and if you’re in a mosquito-prone area, [...]
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Friday, July 1st, 2011 at
4:15 pm
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Despite being told he probably would never walk again, Karen Minton took Franklin the Pug into her home and is using a new veterinary treatment to get him back on his feet. Last August, while chasing his owner, Franklin was hit by three cars. The owner was a college student who [...]
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Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 at
4:14 pm
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — A Maryland dog is raising money for cancer after escaping from his yard and running part of a charity half marathon. The 3-year-old golden retriever-poodle mix named Dozer joined runners near his home, at mile five of the 13-mile race in Howard County near Baltimore on May 15. Runners reported [...]
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