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Cheney’s Dog Darth Vader for Halloween

Email to a Friend Email to a Friend Darren October 31st, 2007

Darth VaderABC News’ Jennifer Duck Reports: The Vice President’s dogs may beat the President’s dogs in the best dressed category this Halloween.

Late night TV shows have ridiculed and compared Vice President Dick Cheney to Darth Vader.

So in a wicked response, Cheney dressed one of his dogs, Jackson, as the famous Star Wars character.  Cheney’s other Labrador retriever, Dave, is dressed up as superman.

The canine costume may also be a jab at Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.

In September after the Democratic-led Congress failed to persuade congressional Republicans to force the President to change course in Iraq through legislative means, Clinton told supporters at a New York fundraiser, “You can always tell when the Republicans are restless — because the Vice President’s motorcade pulls into the Capitol. Darth Vader emerges. And honestly I’m not invited to their meetings I don’t know what he says or does.”

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Laika the Amazing Frisbee Dog

Email to a Friend Email to a Friend Darren September 27th, 2007

One of the most incredible Frisbee dogs ever, seen here in some of her early years. Laika is from Colorado.

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Fun Dog Trivia

Email to a Friend Email to a Friend Kristi September 25th, 2007

How many did you know?

  • Rin Tin Tin was the first American dog movie star and signed his own contracts for 22 movies with a pawprint.
  • Toto’s role in The Wizard of Oz was played by a female Cairn Terrier named Terry.
  • In the late 1800’s, Lassie type Collies were known as Scottish Sheepdogs.
  • George Washington had 36 foxhounds, and one was named Sweetlips.
  • Former President Lyndon Johnson howled with his favorite dog, Yuki, a stray rescued by his daughter, Luci, at a Texas gas station. He also had two Beagles named Him and Her.
  • Teddy Roosevelt’s pit bull, Pete, once ripped off a French ambassador’s pants at a White House event.
  • Franklin D. Roosebelt once spent $15,000 to have a destroyer return to the Aleutian Islands and retrieve his Scottie, Fala, who had been accidentally left behind.
  • Davy Crockett’s dog was named Sport.
  • According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the smallest dog on record was a Yorkshire Terrier in Great Britain who, at the age of 2, weighed just 4 ounces.
  • The longest lived dog, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, was an Australian Cattle Dog, named Bluey, who lived to be 29.
  • The first living being to travel in space was a small mixed breed dog named Laika, who gave her life orbiting the earth in the Russian Sputnik in 1957. http://www.novareinna.com/bridge/laika.html
  • John F. Kennedy’s terrier, Charlie, sired 4 puppies with Laika’s daughter, Pushinka.
  • The Lundehund breed has 6 toes and can close its ears.
  • Dalmation puppies are pure white at birth.
  • Chihuahuas are born with a ‘molera’, or ’soft spot’ like a human baby, which usually closes as they mature.
  • Dogs do not have an appendix.
  • An adult dog has 42 teeth.
  • The only sweat glands a dog has are between the paw pads.
  • A dog’s normal body temperature is 100.5 to 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • If none are spayed or neutered, a female dog, her mate, and their offspring can produce 67,000 dogs in 6 years.
  • The most successful mountain rescue dog ever was a St Bernard, named Barry, who lived during the early 1800’s and saved 40 lives.
  • A 12 lb Yorkshire Terrier named Oliver once defended an elderly woman from an 80 lb Akita. The woman escaped to safety and the Yorkie survived with only nine stitches.
  • A German Shepherd guide dog, named Orient, led her blind hiker the entire 2100 mile Appalachian Trail.
  • The Basset hound made famous in the Hush Puppies shoe commercials was named Biggles.
  • Biggles’ grandson, Mr. Jeffries, earned fame as the dog with the longest ears in the world. His ears measured 11 and ½ inches each and he often tripped over them.
  • Tia, a 2 year old Neopolitan Mastiff gave birth to the world’s largest litter in 2005. She delivered 24 puppies by caesarean section. Twenty of them survived, setting another record of the most surviving puppies.
  • The world’s tallest dog is a Great Dane from Sacramento named Gibson. He measures 7 feet when standing upright.
  • Andrew Larkey of Sidney Australia, walked 11 dogs at once on leash for one kilometer.
  • Twelve veterinary science students from the University of Sydney set a record bathing dogs when they scrubbed 848 dogs in eight hours.
  • The real hero of the 1925 Serum Run was really Togo. The 12 year old husky led his sled dog team through 260 miles of blowing Alaskan blizzard to deliver emergency diphtheria serum to Nome. Balto received most of the fame because he led the final 55 miles.
  • The first search and rescue dog on the scene of the World Trade Center disaster on September 11. 2001, was Bear, an 11 year old Golden Retriever. He began recovery efforts immediately, working 18 hour days in the beginning.
  • Endal, a yellow Lab, helped rehabilitate a Gulf War veteran. He also saved Allen’s life, when Allen was struck by a car and knocked from his wheelchair, unconscious. Endal pulled him into the recovery position, covered him with a blanket and grabbed his cell phone. After no response, he walked to a nearby hotel and raised the alarm.
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    Farm Animals And Animal Assisted Therapy

    Email to a Friend Email to a Friend Kristi September 22nd, 2007

    A person can do something when they are looking for mental and health benefits from. This would be the animal assisted therapy program and it is a very useful way to help people feel better about them and get the help that they are looking for no matter what. Companionship is a great example of how you can overcome problems in your mind or body.

    Having animals is one way to make a person feel good about them and give them the security that they need. Making sure that a person is physically able to feel good and do the things that they need to be important. However sometimes this is a very hard goal to achieve. This is why the animal assisted therapy programs are out there and are designed to help people feel better.

    There are more and more farms that are being introduced to the animal assisted therapy program. There are many different things that you can do to find these places. If you are feeling low or you know a child or handicap individual that needs to have some assistance, pointing them in the direction of one of these great farms is a good idea. These great farms are made especially for the people that need to have some emotional support in their life.

    With the farms that have the animal assisted therapy programs, people can spend time there and play with all the animals. This is a place that you can spend time and does the things that you would do on a farm. You can feed the animals, pet them, maybe even ride the horses if you so desire. There are so many great things that you can do on one of these special farms.

    So many special birds are also great for this plan. These birds are a great way to allow people to see the different beauty of wildlife and all that is out there. Many times people will look at these great beauties and see the way that wild life can help them feel good about who they are and what they are doing in life. It is amazing at the amount of fun and entertainment that one of these great farms can have for them.

    Farm animals and the assisted animal therapy program have been working together for many years. There are many special needs children that have gone to these farms and been able to spend time there and have a great and very enjoyable experience. They have made memories and created friends from all over and in the farm animals that they are caring for. It really is an amazing opportunity for anyone to participate in.

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    Dog Stops Bull From Killing Man

    Email to a Friend Email to a Friend Darren September 13th, 2007

    I found this story quite amazing. This little dog helps save a man from being gored and beaten to death by a bull. “When [the bull] got me I thought I was going to die”, the man said. Things were looking bad “but then a dog came out of nowhere and saved me…”

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    Although it is in Spanish, a man is being gored to death by a bull when a dog comes out of no where and locks with the bull to save a man’s life. Another piece of evidence that shows who is man’s best friend.

    Check out this little dog in action:

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