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How to Pair the Perfect Dog Collar Pet ID Tag Combo

Finding the right collar ID tag combination can be tricky. You might have had the cutest little collar and bone-shaped ID tag all picked out for your pup, but upon putting it on your dog, it didn’t go down so well.

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Valentine’s Day Gift Guide for Pets

7 Unique Valentine’s Day Gifts for Pets and Petlovers: It’s February! Whether you love to spoil your dog or the dog lovers in your life, here are seven creative ways to say Happy Valentine’s Day in 2013. From dog hats to dog treats to dog art, here are our suggestions for unique and fun presents that you can’t go wrong with.

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A Dog Walker is Always On Doody

“Who’s going to pick that up?” raged a woman, pointing to the sidewalk deposit left by a German Shepherd guide dog. The owner whimpered in defense, “Lady, what do you want me to do? I can’t see it.” She let out a humph and stomped past the blind center in Chelsea. I felt sorry for … Read more

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Dog Lover Cleans Up After Her Pooch and Dodges the Wrath of the Public

circled back to where I’d seen the blind man and his guide dog. When nobody was watching, I leaned down with a biodegradable baggie and picked up the German Shepherd guide dog’s deposit and put it in the trash. That may not be earth-shattering news, but I felt redeemed—as if I’d done my share to bring some peace into the world.

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Dog Chef

A Raw Food Diet Plan May Make Your Dog Live Longer

Your dog will be healthier eating raw meat and vegetables. Wild dogs ate raw meat and vegetables. I looked up the world’s first dog and that was 31,700 years ago. There have been many pooches since then and they’ve been around long before packaged dog food, riddled with fillers and preservatives, hit the shelves. Packaged dog food contains wheat, rice, soy, or corn,” Kevyn said. “That’s not what dogs would be eating in the wild. Dog owners figure if the kibble comes from a big bag and a big company, it must be good. Most people don’t know if they’re feeding the dog healthy food or not because they don’t read what’s in it. Dog food was created for convenience to humans, not what’s best for a dog.

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Doggies For Anthony by Dorri Olds

Doggies For Anthony

A Facebook page seeking dog photos, like this one of Dusty from Australia, for Anthony Lyons, an Arizona teen with leukemia, went wildly viral. To date, there’s been about 1 million photos posted.

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The Most Popular Working Dog Breeds

Working dog breeds have been developed over time to perform a wide variety of tasks, such as guarding, rescuing, hunting and herding. Headstrong and intelligent, these breeds are usually, although not always, large, strong dogs, that have a close association with humans. While many of the jobs that working dogs were originally bred for are … Read more

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Family of Girl Killed By Dogs Crowdfunds Animal Shelter

Jayla Marie Rodriguez (May 8, 2006-Nov. 18, 2014) was an 8-year-old member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. She attended the Red Cloud School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota and had many friends, myriad interests and loved life. Tragedy struck on Nov. 18 while Jayla was sledding behind her grandmother’s trailer house. The little girl was killed by a … Read more

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The 2014 Annual Strutt Your Mutt Fundraiser Was a Parade of Cute Dogs

Packs of people and their pet pooches converged in New York City’s Hudson River Park’s Pier 84 for the 2014 “Strut Your Mutt” fundraiser by Best Friends Animal Society. This was the 5th annual Strut Your Mutt.

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What to Do When Your Pet is Not What You Expected

Written for Pet360 Bringing home a new pet is supposed to be a joyful event. You’ve been anticipating fun walks, games of catch, snuggling, purring and playing. But what if your new dog howls from separation anxiety? Or your cat scratches and pounces? What if your dog’s leash pulling nearly snaps your arm from its … Read more

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