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Past Articles for Pets Jun-13-2008One of the most common reasons that dogs are taken to shelters is that they were never properly potty-trained. Puppy or adult, house-breaking will usually take about three weeks if you follow these steps written by Rhoda Tucker from Park Avenue Pups. Apr-09-2008 Adopt your companion from one of the area animal shelters. Thousands of pets are killed each year due to over population in the shelters. Save a life today... Apr-09-2008 Although U.S. animal shelters are busting at the seams, Puerto Rico (P.R.) suffers from a devastating overpopulation and homelessness of dogs. Animal rescue groups in the U.S. work hand in hand with Puertorican shelters such as Salinas Rescue in Puerto Rico, to help find homes for these homeless dogs known in Puerto Rico as “Satos” slang for mixed breed animals... Apr-09-2008 Every day in the United States thousands upon thousands of puppies and kittens are born because of the uncontrolled breeding of pets. Add to that number the offspring of stray and abandoned companion animals, and the total becomes even more staggering. Every year, between 8 and 12 million animals enter U.S. shelters; some 4-6 million of these animals are euthanized because there are no homes for them. Apr-09-2008 You know how your dog loves to play, play, play? Well, there are some very environmental friendly parks around us for your playful dog. In most of the parks, pets need to be on leashes but some allow them off-leash. These parks are Brambleton Dog Park, Cambridge Dog Park, Dune Street Dog Park, Red Wing Park Dog Park and Woodstock Park Dog Park. Want to find out more about these parks? Go to www.dogfriendly.com for the directions. Once there, go to off-leash dog parks, then select Virginia, then click either Northern VA, VA Beach Area or Charlottesville and it gives you a list of parks. But you have to scroll down some. |
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