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“Bud is a dachshund-Yorkie mix,” Ms. Kocher said. “We call him a dorkie.”
It is Bud that has taken up the steady task of murdering the boxwoods. Ms. Kocher planted a few of the evergreen shrubs last year, with the notion that their foliage would brighten the yard in winter.
Yet, under a steady stream of Bud’s attention (to use a polite term), the leaves have browned and wilted.
“They’re doing what dogs like to do,” Ms. Kocher said. “You can’t get angry with them. You just have to kind of work around them.”
The nitrogen in dog urine would seem to be a helpful fertilizer. In fact, the concentration of ammonium is often toxic to plants. “If you get one of these trees that every dog has to pee on, they can actually burn the bark,” said Nina Bassuk, program leader of the Urban Horticulture Institute at Cornell University.
In Maine, the Portland Fire Department, the Portland Downtown District and Planet Dog Foundation have just kicked off a $3,000 fundraising effort to equip fire trucks with pet oxygen masks.
The masks, which cost $40 apiece, are designed to fit dogs and cats, and come in a variety of sizes. Officials say the goal is to have all sizes on each fire truck in Maine’s largest city.
Chief Fred LaMontagne ) says the first priority of firefighters is protecting people. But he says pets are important, too. He says that often the first words out of homeowners’ mouths during a fire are pleas to help save their beloved pet.
City Councilor Dave Marshall and Mocha, his long-haired mini-dachshund, attended a news conference Monday to demonstrate the masks.
The Daily Doxie is trying to hunt up some TV coverage of this event so we can see Mocha’s moment in a mask.
A professionally drafted pet trust is vital to responsible pet ownership for several reasons: First, it ensures the well-being of your pet. Second, it reduces the burden orphaned pets put on organizations like the humane society, which ends up taking responsibility for them. Third, a trust is more secure than a clause in your will, which is an ambulatory document that can be changed, both Meek and Reed explained.
How hard can it be to find the world’s oldest dog and why do the Guinness World Records people seem to have botched it so badly when they awarded the longevity title to Chanel? Now, there’s a German woman claiming to own a 25-year-old Bernese Mountain Dog and Eric Shackle, who shared his scoop on ...
The Boys, originally uploaded by Tobyotter.Dachshund lovers know that wiener dogs come with three types of coat: wire-haired, long-haired or short-haired, according to their genetic make-up. Now researchers have learned that wire-haired wieners have the RSPO2 variant, long-haired Doxies have the FGF5 variant, while short-haired Dachshunds have neither. The Times of London reports: A study ...
A summer barbeque turned life threatening for a North Carolina Dachshund: A great time was had by all – until one of the kebabs landed on the ground. The Princes’ 2 1/2-year-old, 15-pound dachshund, Rommel, rushed in and gobbled down a roasted onion. Big mistake: In no time, the dog was deathly ill. The Princes ...
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