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Pedigree Offering Health and Wellness Line Looking for canned food
tailored to meet the specific health and wellness needs of your dog?
Pedigree now offers a new line of specialty foods targeting specific
proactive concerns you might have about your dog.Look for the following
six recipes where Pedigree is sold:Pedigree +? Healthy Joints
RecipePedigree +? Healthy Immunity RecipePedigree +? Healthy Heart
RecipePedigree +? Healthy Digestion
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SpotLight GPS Pet Locator Launches Using AKC CAR Recovery Services
Are you worried about your dog escaping your yard when you’re at work or
away? GPS devices for dogs have been on the market for a while but now
there’s a new offering: the SpotLight GPS Pet Locator. What makes it
unique? SpotLight is the only product that combines GPS tracking
technology with the 24/7 AKC CAR recovery service.The new device,
developed by Positioning Animals Worldwide, Inc. (PAW),
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High-Rise Living: Going to the Dogs Dogs and downtown living go hand
in paw in many cities–but how about when those dogs are living in a
high-rise? We were interested to hear what one new high-rise opening
next spring, The Austonian in Austin, Texas, were doing to attract pet
families to the 56-story condo building.10th Floor Dog ParkThe luxury
high-rise condo includes a dog park and an area dedicated to pet
grooming. Knowing that
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Cesar Millan Speaks in San Antonio On July 11, 2009, Cesar Millan
presented a one-hour lecture in San Antonio’s Lila Cockrell Theater. The
event capped off the River City Cluster of Dog Shows and Dog Awareness
Week, focusing attention on San Antonio’s goal of becoming a no-kill
city by the year 2012.Millan emphasized the importance of spaying and
neutering during his lecture. "Many dogs die because there is no home
for them," said
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Testing Our Dog’s DNA Have you ever been curious about your dog’s
heritage? If you have a rescue dog or a shelter dog like we do, you’ve
probably wondered just what breeds make up his or her background.Today
we took a DNA swab of our dog Irie’s cheek for the Canine Heritage Breed
Test. This easy-to-use DNA test identifies over 100 breeds.The test was
easy to administer. Using a small cheek swab that was packed in a
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Congratulations to Our Contest Winners Congratulations to the
winners of our Roaming Rovers contest! We had many great entries with
suggestions on where to take your dog all across the US and even as far
away as Australia! We selected four winners at random, each winning a
Beanie Baby of Bo, the First Dog.Our winners are:Freddy & Sammy Love the
Thousand Oaks, CA Dog Park Jimmy Dean Loves Victoria BeachNapoleon Loves
Pulgas Ridge
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Cesar Millan Plans QVC Appearance Cesar Millan, the National
Geographic Channel’s Dog Whisperer, will be appearing on QVC this Sunday
to promote his new products.Ask Cesar a Question Do you have a question
for Cesar? Here’s your chance! The Dog Whisperer will be answering
questions tweeted that day on air.To send Cesar Millan a tweet, visit
his Twitter account at http://www.twitter.com/cesarmillan. You’ll need
your own Twitter
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VCA Animal Hospitals & Hill’s Offer Discount As we call continue to
keep a close eye on the budget, here’s a special offer that caught our
eye.VCA and Hill?s are offering 20 percent back on the purchase of five
Science Diet and/or Prescription Diet food items. You’ll receive a check
for 20 percent of the total purchase price, good toward any product or
service offered at the same VCA Animal Hospital.For More
Information:visit
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New Pet Pro Profile: Dog Powered Scooter Inventor Wonder what it
would be like to take your dog mushing–but in an urban setting? Oregon
inventor Mark Schuette wondered that very thing and put his skills to
work and invented the Dog Powered Scooter.Schuette (in the lead in the
photo at right) has invented a unique scooter that can be used in city
settings to exercise your dog and provide a fun bonding experience for
you and your four-legged
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New Poll: Is Your Dog Frightened of Fireworks? Here at DogTipper.com
we’ve launched a new reader poll: is your dog frightened of fireworks?
Years ago, one of our dog was petrified of fireworks and we dreaded the
Fourth of July celebrations every year. Other dogs of our have barely
noticed the noise. What about your dogs? Take our poll on the right side
of this page and share your experience!
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VPI Releases List of Most Unusual Dog Names As the parents of a dog
named Irie (a Jamaican patois word that means "all’s good"), we love
unusual dog names…but these are REALLY unusual dog names! Veterinary
Pet Insurance Co. (VPI) has issued its list of the 50 most unique dog
names it has seen over the past year.You’ll find the entire list of 50
dog and cat names on their WackyPetNames.com site (which includes photos
and the stories
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Bark Buckle UP Offers Free Pet Safety Kit We’re always on the
lookout for dog freebies and here’s one every pet parent should have:
the new pet safety kit from Bark Buckle UP. The new, greener kit (you
might have seen it announced Saturday on "Fox and Friends" in NYC) is
designed to help first responders protect your pets in case you get in a
car accident. The kit includes:your pet’s emergency informationyour
pet’s shots and other
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Watch for "Get Your Licks on Route 66" Tour If you’ll be traveling
along the old Route 66, keep your eye out for the "Get Your Licks on
Route 66" national adoption tour. It’s traveling the entire length of
the old Route 66, from California to Illinois, and partnering with local
shelters to focus attention on homeless pets and pet adoptions. The tour
wraps up at an adoption event in Grand Rapids, Michigan in early
July.The tour is put on by
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Smithsonian Channel Premiers "Unleashed" This Saturday, the
Smithsonian Channel will be premiering a new show called "Unleashed: A
Dogumentary" that takes a look at Santa Barbara, California’s Big Dog
Parade.From dogs in tuxedos to dogs on floats, this documentary looks at
the longtime event which featured well over 1,000 dogs annually, so
many, in fact, it was called the country’s largest costumed canine
event.Sadly, the Big Dog Parade
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DogTipper Launches Roaming Rovers Contest It’s time for a new
DogTipper contest! To celebrate the start of summer, we’re launching the
Roaming Rovers Contest.Where’s your favorite place to take your dog? The
local dog park? The lake? A dog festival? Or do you have a favorite
vacation spot? Send us a photo of your dog on vacation along with a
description of what makes it a great dog spot and you’ll be entered to
win one of four TY Bo
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Guardian Angels for Soldier’s Pet Works to Find Foster Homes Many of
us worry about our dogs when we go off to work each day–but what if
going off to work meant heading to war zones in Iraq or Afghanistan?
While many soldiers can place pets with loved ones and friends, others
can’t.Guardian Angels for Soldier’s Pet (GASP) steps in to assist in
placing their beloved pets into loving and safe homes across the US. The
organization’s goal is to ensure that
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First Dog Bo Stars in iPhone App to Benefit Humane Society Bo, the
First Dog and newest member of the Obama household, is now starring in a
new iPhone application available for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch.
YakApps has released "TheFirstDog" application giving users the chance
to play with the presidential pooch. Twenty percent of all sales from
the app will support HSUS’ programs to celebrate animals and confront
cruelty."TheFirstDog" (priced at $2.99
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Rachael Ray to Receive North Shore Animal League Award Longtime dog
lover, talk show host and best selling author Rachael Ray (seen here
with her dog, Isaboo) is scheduled to receive North Shore Animal League
America’s President’s Award for Humanitarian Excellence at the eighth
annual Lewyt Humane Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, June 3, 2009.Held at
the Garden City Hotel in Garden City, New York, the award is being
presented by the world’s largest
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Glenn Close Appears on Oprah for Puppies Behind Bars Actress and dog
lover Glenn Close will appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show Friday, May 15,
2009 discussing Puppies Behind Bars (PBB) and its special program, Dog
Tags: Service Dogs for Those Who’ve Served Us. In the program, prison
inmates help raise puppies, teaching them to become service dogs for
wounded veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.During the show, watch
for Glenn Close to present
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GoRVing Launches "Tails from the Road" Contest Do you RV with your
dog? According to a survey by the Recreation Vehicle Industry
Association, half of the US RV owners travel with their pets.Here’s your
chance to capture the fun of RVing with your dog: we just received word
of a new ?Tails from the Road? contest sponsored by the Go RVing
Coalition.The Contest: The "Tails from the Road" contest asks
contestants to create a positive, humorous
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Cesar Millan Exposes Puppy Mills Puppy mills–which breed dogs in
horrible conditions in tiny cages with little or no medical care or even
human interaction–are a growing problem. In an upcoming special episode
of Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan goes undercover with Last Chance for
Animals (LCA), an animal welfare organization, to check several LA
County kennels that may be exceeding their legal limits in terms of
capacity. The
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The Dog Whisperer Heads to Australia If you live in Brisbane or
Sydney, Australia and you have some dog problems, Cesar Millan would
like to hear from you! The National Geographic Channel’s Dog Whisperer
is looking for audition videos from dog families in Brisbane or Sydney;
each video should be five to seven minutes in length and show at least
three examples of your dog’s behavior problem.The deadline for receipt
of the audition
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Cesar Millan Serves as Spokesperson for Adoptathon On May 2 and 3,
2009, the Pet Adoptathon(R) 2009 will take place at over 2,000 animal
shelters worldwide. The shelters are joining the North Shore Animal
League America for the event whose spokesperson is the National
Geographic Channel’s Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan.At Pet Adoptathon
headquarters, 25 Davis Ave., Port Washington, New York, Millan will join
the opening ceremonies for the 36-hour
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DogTipper Launches New Contest It’s time for a new contest on
DogTipper.com! The "Canines Celebrate Spring Contest" will run through
May. Send us a photo of your dog enjoying spring–sniffing flowers (or
is he digging up the ones you just planted?), hiking with you, splashing
in a pool, or just soaking up the sunshine–and you just might win the
new dog movie of your choice! For all the details, check out our contest
page and
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Famed 9/11 Rescue Dog Trakr Dies The dog world received some sad
news today: Trakr, the heroic German Shepherd known for his 9/11 rescue
work, died peacefully early this week of old age at his home. He was 16,
according to spokeswoman Linda Press. First serving as a K9 police and a
search and rescue dog, Trakr was credited with hundreds of arrests and
recovered more than one million dollars in stolen goods. After the 9/11
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