Monthly Archives: July 2008

Hot cars and pets don’t mix

Animal Control officials are asking everyone to please leave their dogs at home when running errands on hot days. Brad Tally, an Animal Protection and Regulation Supervisor, says many dogs love to go on car trips with their owners, no matter how short. However, these car trips can be risky, especially if the dogs are [...]

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The perils of pet sitting

Now I remember why I didn’t like babysitting much as a kid. There is just too much to stress about when one is entrusted with the care of other people’s precious babies. The other night my border collie, Twirley Jane, and I were pet sitting my niece’s two dogs - a young Catahoula hound, Bella, and an aged Sharpei mix, Daisy. Things start out well enough with young [...]

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Missing pets? Go look for yourself

On my drive into work each morning, I make sure to catch a local country radio station’s lost-and-found pet news. A KRRM deejay gives listeners a rundown of lost and found local pets. From Ashland to Merlin and beyond, Cuzzin Keith offers a list of dogs, cats and birds in a lazy country drawl. I’ve never met ole Keith, but he sounds genuinely distressed that there [...]

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Fireworks freakouts

Do you have a dog or cat that goes bonkers at the crash, bang, boom of fireworks? Watching Fifi or Fido freak on the 4th can be heartbreaking. We can feel helpless. But we’re not. There are things you can do to protect your pet. Depending on the degree of discomfort, from turning up the music to putting cotton balls [...]

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    Sanne Specht

    Sanne Specht is the Mail Tribune's courts and social services reporter by day, and companion to her five mutant goldfish, two rowdy parrots and a pushy cat by night. And sometimes vice versa. Read about the finned, feathered and furred in the Rogue ... Read Full
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