The American Humane Association is running an election to vote for the bravest dogs in categories including guide dogs, hearing dogs, therapy dogs and more. For every vote, cesar® canine cuisine will make a donation to the AHA. So Buddy says cast your ballots!
http://www.herodogawards.org/view-entries.html
Check out the mansion-like dog houses on this Parisian site that definitely caters to the dogs of the rich and famous.
http://www.puppydeparis.fr/
This Friday, June 24th is Take Your Dog to Work Day! This annual event is fun for companies that don’t normally have canines roaming the halls. For all of us at Microdry Pet, where our top dog Buddy and his canine team work with us all the time, it’s just another day at the office. Follow the link below to read about other dog-friendly companies.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/business/local-business/2011/06/20/friday-dog-day-at-the-office.html
For those of you who haven’t booked vacations yet, Buddy just found this travel guide to Nantucket that highlights how pet-friendly it is.
http://nymag.com/travel/weekends/nantucketdogs/?mid=374968&rid=422484842
Perfect for the, um, dog days of summer, this freezable bone offers your dog a refreshingly cool chewing surface that stimulates teeth and gums. It’s great for teething puppies and grown-up dogs like Buddy, who enjoys the subtle Vanilla flavor integrated into the fabric.
Buddy found this hilarious video of two dogs dining in their kitchen “restaurant.” And don’t worry, the ‘busty’ in the title seems to be a typo–this movie is definitely rated G!
Is to buy a dog before having a baby. A new study suggests that the chance of developing a pet allergy is drastically reduced by contact with pets at an early age, in particular during a child’s first year of life. As for allergic grown ups, there are still those expensive hypoallergenic breeds to consider.
http://www.atlanticdrugs.com/news/animal-exposure-decrease-allergies-187.html
Did you know a dog can detect when someone has added a teaspoon of sugar to two Olympic-sized pools worth of water? That’s just one of the interesting facts in this article featuring an interview with the New York Times bestselling author of Inside A Dog.
http://avon.patch.com/articles/dogs-view-world-differently-than-most-humans-think-best-selling-author-says-3
We’ve all had those moments when our dogs seem to know exactly what we’re about to do, but a recent research study reveals that they’re not reading your mind so much as your body language.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/12/canine-telepathy_n_874513.html
Add to the list of seeing-eye, drug-sniffing and therapy dogs a new type of service pup: Allergen-sniffing dog. As more people develop life-threatening allergies to things like peanuts, these specially trained pooches are in demand for sniffing out places and products that could trigger reactions.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/06/09/special-dogs-track-allergens-to-keep-kids-safe/
