How to Keep your Pets Safe during the Holidays

Don't let this cute picture fool you! While we all love the holidays and our pets, sometimes the two can be hazardous to your pet's health when put together.

Holiday decorations that can make your pets sick:
-Mistletoe
-Holly
-Christmas tree stands that contain fertilizer
-Lilies
-wiring of holiday lights out where pets may be able to chew on it
-Poinsettias

Food to keep away from your pets

-Chocolate-toxic
-Macadamia nuts-also toxic
-Turkey, chicken or duck bones: may cause choking
-Onions: These can cause heart problems when eaten in large quantities
-Raisins and grapes: can cause renal failure if eaten in large quantities
-Alcohol: make sure its not left out where pets can get a sip of it.

So be careful and have a safe and fun holiday!

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BTW

It was a certain celebrity's birthday this week. Who was it?

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DS Nintendo Virtual Pets

Nintendo USA announced Nintendogs, a dog breeding game, was sold over a quarter of a million times. This means that 15% of all DS nintendo owners in the USA are making some virtual puppies!

That's a lot of lovin' going on.

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International News: Pet Lovers Beware of Puerto Rico!

Two men are charged for taking pets from a public housing project and. . . throwing them off a bridge! No wonder this cat's pissed!

What happened to these horrible people? Click here.

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Dog-napping!

Three Australian Sheperds were stolen while sleeping in thier owner's pick up truck Wednesday night in Cape Girardeau County. Stealing.. around X-mas? Tsk Tsk.

These three dogs are worth about 10,000 each: Jenny, a girl with a black and white coat; Blue, a rare black and tan Australian shepherd; and Freckles Brown, a blue merle shepherd with brown spots on his face.

The owner-Bob Vest a trainer, is offering the reward of 2,500 big ones. If you have any information please contact the Sheriff's department at 573-243-3551.

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Nude Celebrity for PETA

Caliente!!!

Read here how Ms. Mendez got educated on the rights of animals by a "beautiful" letter by PETA, her bilingual pet, the pressure to wear fur in Hollywood, and her latest project.

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Television For Dogs

Feel guilty when you leave the house no more!

The Dog Companion series is a set of DVD's designed specifically for dogs that are left alone in the house for long hours ( such as the time it takes you to go to work, hate work, be bored with work and come back home).

Just don't expect to be able to have a nice movie night. They have no specific plot, and the camera angles and content are arranged with the dog's point of view in mind.

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Young Teen Dies Saving Dog

I read this story, and was just floored. This dog owner really did do everything she could have for her canines. Wallace, a 19 year old dove into a frozen pond in Commerce City to save her two dogs. The dogs survived, but Wallace unfortunately passed away Sunday.

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PETA Fights AKC: Round 2

Ding Ding!

In November a California state wide sterilization bill barely passed and is now on its way to Senate. This bill would mean owners must spay or neuter thier dogs and cats by the time they are 4 months old, or pay a $500 fine.

PETA's Side: This would reduce the thousands of animals in shelters.

AKC's Side: This bill would do little to stop "backyard breeders" ( think of them as the black market on animals). Plus, they've threatened to pull thier Annual Dog Show from California and with them, all that publicity, tourism and money California gets from this internationally televised event. Ouch!

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Cool Pictures of Dogs as Art

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas-and for good reasons! What would you do if you saw an owner walking that down the street?

Pictured above is just one of the competitors in Vegas in a dog competition where pooches where bleached, temporarily dyed, shaved and cut to look like anything but themselves. And that dog wasn't even the winner!

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