Pets

Critter Care: Humane Society advocate for responsible breeding
By Sue Novak
October 25, 2009
It was a gathering of all the finest and fanciest. A recent get-together in Lawrence offered a potpourri of pedigrees, a coterie of captivatingly coiffed canines.
Most pet owners willing to go mouth-to-muzzle
By Sue Manning - Associated Press Writer
October 22, 2009
Most pet owners would leap into action for an injured pet, even if it meant risking dog breath by going mouth-to-snout.
Pawsible Dream benefit is Friday
Staff Reports
October 5, 2009
Lawrence Humane Society will host the 15th annual Pawsible Dream Benefit at 6 p.m. Friday at the Lawrence Holidome, 200 McDonald Drive.
In honor of St. Francis, multitude of creatures blessed
By Christina DeVoss
October 3, 2009
The lawn of St. John’s Catholic Church and School was filled Friday afternoon with dogs, cats, rabbits — and even a turkey.
Furry friends have allergies, too
By Karrey Britt
September 26, 2009
Scratch. Scratch. Scratch. Fall allergies seem to be worse this season for dogs and cats, thanks to the wet weather and cooler temperatures.
Salina Fire dog sniffs out arson
By Gary Demuth - Salina Journal
September 26, 2009
Early in her training, Ashes, the new arson dog at the Salina Fire Department, was sniffing out smoldering embers in the burn room of the department’s downtown training tower.
Wag & wash: Pets prettied up with mobile grooming service
By Meghan Nuckolls
September 21, 2009
To many people, pets are part of the family. And we don’t cage family members. At least that’s what Barbara Szefc, owner of Happy, Handsome Hounds, believes.
A paw and a prayer: Pilots save shelter animals
By Mitch Stacy - Associated Press Writer
September 16, 2009
Lady Di is a lovely purebred collie with a pleasant disposition, just like lots of other dogs dumped at shelters in areas that lack anywhere near enough would-be owners. Unlike all but a lucky few of those animals, she got a plane ride away from death row.
DNA testing of Salina dog saves pet
By David Clouston - Salina Journal
September 13, 2009
Salina animal control officers knew the dog they saw looked like a pit bull.
East Lawrence Farm and Home store to host pet food drive for Lawrence Humane Society
By George Diepenbrock
September 1, 2009
Beginning Wednesday, Orscheln Farm and Home is starting a two-week pet food drive to help the Lawrence Humane Society.
For Bo, it’s a dog’s life, then some
By Darlene Superville - Associated Press Writer
September 1, 2009
He has torn through magazines and stray socks, even sunk his teeth into the president’s gym shoes. Charm school taught him to sit, heel and shake a paw on command. He spent his first summer vacation on breezy Martha’s Vineyard.
Oldest dog dies at 21 — or 147
By Virginia Byrne - Associated Press Writer
September 1, 2009
A wire-haired dachshund that held the record as the world’s oldest dog and celebrated its last birthday with a party at a dog hotel and spa has died at age 21 — or 147 in dog years.
Natural pet care: Acupuncture, herbs alternative treatments for animals
By Sarah Henning
August 31, 2009
Lily the dog was given just three months to live. Six months if she endured round after round of chemotherapy. “She had a torn ACL in her left hind leg, and I had it repaired in Kansas City,” owner Shae Harrigan says of her schipperke. “But after she came back, they called me and told me that they had found a very aggressive cancer on her leg.”
Cat at home in church community
Associated Press
August 31, 2009
How many people does it take to raise a cat? At a church near Manhattan, a whole congregation is pitching in.
Reducing chances a dog will bite
Associated Press
August 23, 2009
Experts say early, positive and thorough obedience training, starting with puppy kindergarten, is one way that dog owners can make their dog less likely to bite.

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