Pet Monologues

Horses find new homes through the Internet.

Horsemen and women looking for a new mount or companion can now search the Internet for adoptable equines, through a national horse adoption database launched by The Humane Society of the United States(HSUS) and Pets911.com. Read the rest of this entry »

I recently found a site that was both fun and very provocative on many levels. Don’t assume I have come to any conclusions at this point but here is the link. Then read the rest of this article. Please! http://www.grumpybumpers.com/dogs

Coincidently, this past week I’ve had many dog encounters of a hybrid kind. Not the extraterrestrial kind. I don’t mean mutts or mongrels either.

The hybrids I refer to is a labradoodle, a bossi-poo, a foodle, an Irish-doodle. The poodle hybrids are endless. Well they are smart and don’t shed.

But there are others: The bug, the boxador, the dorkie (a person?), and so on. I saw a rather cool looking dog, a cross between a lab and a dalmation, but I didn’t have a camera or a pencil to record look and name. I hope I see dog and owner again this weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

The first article I read on this topic was dated March 2005 from Fairfax County Virginia, so this is not exactly a new idea. Two years later we have the following article revisiting this issue…

Dangerous dogs in Virginia get online registry.

RICHMOND, Virginia: Bear is a golden retriever-shepherd that attacked a bicyclist. Dee Dee, a pit bull mix, killed a cat. Cody, a Labrador mix, bit the neighbor.

Their mug shots, misdeeds and home addresses went online last week at Virginia’s Dangerous Dog Registry, a new Web site modeled after the state’s sex offender registry. It lets residents locate dogs in their county that have attacked a person or animal, and that a judge decided could cause injury again.

Created after dogs killed a toddler and an 82-year-old woman in separate incidents over the last two years, Virginia’s registry is part of a growing effort by states to deal with canines deemed dangerous. Thirty-one states now make owners legally liable if their dogs maim or kill, and in 2006 Ohio became the first state to ban some breeds outright.

In the last two years, nearly 100 municipalities have taken similar steps - banning pit bulls, Rottweilers, English bull terriers and American staffordshire terriers, or passing regulations that require owners to use muzzles or short leashes in public, according to the American Kennel Club. Read the rest of this entry »

Device being tested might warn deer of oncoming cars. SPRINGFIELD — A device using a flashing light and a shrill alarm is being tested on a stretch of road near Fort Dix to see whether it can deter deer. Read the rest of this entry »