‘Comfort Dogs’ Come to Emotional Rescue
THURSDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) — Dogs perform lifesaving jobs every day. They sniff out bombs, locate lost children and even find people buried by avalanches.
A new Dog Census web site is now available. CountMyDog.com is an unofficial dog census created by a small group of dog lovers. The idea is to collect information about as many dogs as possible so we can gather meaningful statistics such as popular names and breed popularity by location. No personal information is requested or stored – just doggie data. Entry is voluntary and no sign-up or login is required. Browse over to CountMyDog.com to enter your dog. Tell all of your dog-loving friends to do the same.
‘Elvis the Calculus Dog’ to visit U.Va. math department
The Department of Mathematics and the Institute of Mathematical Science at the University of Virginia are sponsoring a free talk, ‘Do Dogs Know Calculus?’
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Breckenridge police: Mountain Outfitters burglar arrested
BRECKENRIDGE – Police arrested a local man they caught burglarizing Mountain Outfitters early Wednesday morning, and merchandise was later discovered in his home from two previous burglaries at the same location. Jason Roger Oberg, 23, is charged with four counts of theft and second-degree burglary and resisting arrest, according to [...]
My dogs jump at the fence and bark at the neighbors’ dogs, and their dogs do the same to outs, and it drives me crazy! It’s also dangerous. My dogs are small/medium (34 lbs and 14 lbs) but the neighbors have huge Goldern Retrievers and a really vicious-looking pit bull type terrier. My dogs are [...]
Cedar Rapids K9 unit nabs $500,000 worth of pot
A Cedar Rapids police K9 unit named Marco recovered 500 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $500,000 in a one incident this week, authorities said. Marco and his handler Officer Al Fear were…
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Don’t know why I didn’t tell everyone about this great place to get bargain books! Not sure this is the section to place this post but since my main reason has to do with books about dogs–although there are many subjects this place has books about, thought I’d give this section a [...]
