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Adult dogs need to play to maintain physical and emotional health. Games that dogs and their owners tend to like include fetch, flyball and frisbee. Directions for playing the games are included. Organizations that can provide further information are listed., PUPPIES LOVE TO PLAY. SET A GROUP OF puppies loose on each other, and they will chase and wrestle each other for hours. But what many dog owners don't know [...]

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The National Canine Defence League is launching a direct mailing and above-the-line campaign to encourage dog owners to have their pets neutered. The pounds 350,000 campaign will feature TV and [...]

The difficulties in the job of walking a dog are narrated. Dogs generally assume the characteristics of their owners and can be quirky, but become a friend if its eccentricity is understood and overcome.

Q. How can I tell a new young colleague that he needs to wash? He and I share an office and he is exceptionally nice but the smell in our [...]

A guide to caring for a dog is a better Christmas gift than a new puppy. The American Kennel Club offers a video called 'A Beginner's Guide to Dog Care and Training' that includes tips on shampooing and administering medicine., Giving a puppy to someone for Christman is heart-tugging stuff worthy of a Norman Rockwell painting. That glowing picture fades, though, as the recipient realizes he may not be prepared--or [...]

There are few types of infections that can infect humans and their pets at the same time. A case report is described of a man and his dog with pulmonary infection with the fungal organism Histoplasma capsulatum. The histoplasmal infection resulted in pneumonia in both patients and infiltrations of the lungs were seen on X-ray. Before onset of their illnesses, the patient was cutting down a dead tree with a chain saw in an area endemic for histoplasmosis. The infection occurred as a result of inhalation of fungal spores from the dead wood while the man was being accompanied by his pet. Although the man took his pet to the veterinarian two days after it developed fever and cough, he delayed his own medical care until two weeks after the incident. The dog was given antibiotics, but both patients recovered without specific antifungal medication. Histoplasmosis should be considered when a human and a pet develop pneumonia at the same time. Although the acute illness resembles bacterial pneumonia, most cases occur in men with outdoor interests and in hunting dogs. Decaying wood can harbor the fungus and cutting the wood can aerosolize the spores, causing an illness similar to the one described in this case report. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

The grand opening and services provided at SkyBark, a nightlife party from PetaPotty in Los Angeles, a place where pet dogs and their owners can spend some free time, pets can mingle among themselves, etc, is discussed.

One little doggie is safely back home in Cincinnati, and the man who brought it back is a lot richer. Joni Statzer and her husband, Kevin, of suburban Whitewater Township, [...]

Marcy Christmas, 51, who has been rescuing dogs for decades, beamed as four skinny puppies and their mother tumbled out of an Air France plane. They had survived war, hunger [...]

A recent survey of more than 1,200 pet owners revealed that 41% of dog owners take their poaches on vacation with them, and this promises to be a banner year [...]

With illustrations reminiscent of The New Yorker biting wit, and articles by canine experts, The Bark is the thinking dog owner's quarterly. Insightful columns on behavior and profiles on rescue [...]

Women can play different games with their pet dogs. These include skijoring which involves cross-country skiing with the dog, tracking or asking dogs to find and object, and flyball. However, dogs must trained in basic obedience before these games are tried out.