Pets and Animals
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Tips for how to stop your dog from barkingMay 02, 2013 9:04 am - The windows are open, the curtains are fluttering in the spring breeze. After the weather ups and downs of the past couple of weeks, it feels good to have fresh air and ...
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Animal chiropractors offer pet care alternativeApr 28, 2013 5:49 am - LOS ANGELES — Thirty years ago, Dr. Gene Giggleman was a veterinarian who thought chiropractors were quacks. Since then, he says he’s straightened out thousands of dogs ...
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New Kitten Bowl will be the cat’s meowApr 27, 2013 5:50 am - LOS ANGELES — It’s a Super Bowl matchup for the ages: cats vs. dogs. The Puppy Bowl, a fixture on Animal Planet during the Super Bowl for nearly a decade, will have new ...
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Elk Grove woman’s mission to save dogs continuesApr 26, 2013 12:54 pm - The effort of a former Elk Grove Village woman to save stray dogs in Mali continues even while she has been redeployed to other duties. The Daily Herald ran a story on F...
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Poll Vault: Where did you get your pets?Apr 26, 2013 12:30 am - A story by our Mike Riopell this week on a possible “lemon law” covering animals stoked a mini debate among copy editors at the Daily Herald. Some said they wouldn’t buy...
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Biting, chewing and scratching — oh my!Apr 25, 2013 12:04 pm - When our pets are itchy it can drive us crazy, not to mention how it affects our cats (and dogs). Skin issues are the number one medical reason cats and dogs go to the v...
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Pet owners may receive protection from 'lemons'Apr 25, 2013 5:30 am - SPRINGFIELD — The state's first “Puppy Lemon Law” would seek to protect consumers who purchase a sick dog or cat from an Illinois pet store was approved by an Senate com...
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Northwest Community Healthcare to use more therapy dogsApr 24, 2013 2:47 pm - The waiting rooms at Northwest Community Healthcare’s Medical Group office in Arlington Heights are more cheerful these days as patients enjoy visits from dogs in NCH’s ...
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Citizens group hopes to buy Hoffman Estates a new police dogApr 23, 2013 10:48 am - When Leigh Bartkowiak and other members of the Hoffman Estates Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association heard that Bundo, the police department’s only dog, retired this...
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Meet Huckleberry, the ‘Beautiful Bulldog’Apr 22, 2013 3:52 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa — If at first you don’t succeed, wipe the slobber off and try again. Just ask 4-year-old pup Huckleberry, who was crowned Monday as this year’s “Beautif...