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			<title>Dog Spay</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=274</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:07:56 +0300</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[What age should I spay my dog at?




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"You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us." - Robert Louis Stevenson - http://www.doggietech.com]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[What age should I spay my dog at?




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"You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us." - Robert Louis Stevenson - http://www.doggietech.com]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Puppy eating his own waste</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=273</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:51:18 +0300</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Why does my puppy eat his own stools?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Why does my puppy eat his own stools?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Hello Everyone</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=272</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:26:14 +0300</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi my name is beatriz and I look forward to learning about dogs from all of you.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi my name is beatriz and I look forward to learning about dogs from all of you.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>hello</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=271</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:49:57 +0300</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi my name is armani and I look forward to learning about dogs from all of you.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi my name is armani and I look forward to learning about dogs from all of you.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Hello!</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=270</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:05:21 +0200</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hello, I'm Stimpy and I have a dog for 2 years now. He's a male, crossbreed between a Schanautzer and a Cocker. He is a very active dog, he likes to jump around and run. I call him Pufy, he is quite fluffy. His hobby is, of course, eating all day long.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello, I'm Stimpy and I have a dog for 2 years now. He's a male, crossbreed between a Schanautzer and a Cocker. He is a very active dog, he likes to jump around and run. I call him Pufy, he is quite fluffy. His hobby is, of course, eating all day long.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Abbey and Meredith</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=269</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:28:10 +0200</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The following in an article I recently read and enjoyed. Wanted to share it with everyone who loves animals.

Our 14-year-old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died, my 4-year-old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I thought we could so she dictated these words:

**Dear God,
Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick.

I hope you will play with her. She likes to play with balls and to swim. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her, you will know that she is my dog. I really miss her.

Love, Meredith**

We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven.

That afternoon she dropped it into the letterbox at the post office. A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet. I told her that I thought he had.

Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, "To Meredith", in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called, "When a Pet Dies." Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God in its opened envelope. On the opposite page was the picture of Abbey & Meredith and this note:

**Dear Meredith,
Abbey arrived safely in heaven. Having the picture was a big help. I recognized Abbey right away. Abbey isn't sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog. Since we don't need our bodies in heaven, I don't have any pockets to keep your picture in, so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by.

Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you.

I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much. By the way, I'm easy to find, I am wherever there is love.

Love,

God**

I agree. There is a loving soul working in the post office.

Have a great day.

P.S. If this touched you, forward it to a friend and share.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The following in an article I recently read and enjoyed. Wanted to share it with everyone who loves animals.

Our 14-year-old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died, my 4-year-old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I thought we could so she dictated these words:

**Dear God,
Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick.

I hope you will play with her. She likes to play with balls and to swim. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her, you will know that she is my dog. I really miss her.

Love, Meredith**

We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven.

That afternoon she dropped it into the letterbox at the post office. A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet. I told her that I thought he had.

Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, "To Meredith", in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called, "When a Pet Dies." Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God in its opened envelope. On the opposite page was the picture of Abbey & Meredith and this note:

**Dear Meredith,
Abbey arrived safely in heaven. Having the picture was a big help. I recognized Abbey right away. Abbey isn't sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog. Since we don't need our bodies in heaven, I don't have any pockets to keep your picture in, so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by.

Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you.

I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much. By the way, I'm easy to find, I am wherever there is love.

Love,

God**

I agree. There is a loving soul working in the post office.

Have a great day.

P.S. If this touched you, forward it to a friend and share.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Hello You All!</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=268</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:30:57 +0200</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I just found this web site this evening. It seems to be a great place to talk about dogs. I am a vet tech, so I love talking about dogs.

I have a 2-year-old Pomeranian (white), named Powder Puff, and a 5-year-old Pekingese who is blonde sable. I adopted the Pekingese, named Suki Fu, from the shelter. She is blind, having a shrinking eyeball on one side and a luxated lens in the other eye. She is one of the best dogs I have ever owned. She is sweet, playful and has perfect manners. She was a little shy at first, but I have had her for 1 1/2 years now and she is really starting to blossom. I got her as a companion for my Pomeranian and they have gotten to be best friends. :D]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I just found this web site this evening. It seems to be a great place to talk about dogs. I am a vet tech, so I love talking about dogs.

I have a 2-year-old Pomeranian (white), named Powder Puff, and a 5-year-old Pekingese who is blonde sable. I adopted the Pekingese, named Suki Fu, from the shelter. She is blind, having a shrinking eyeball on one side and a luxated lens in the other eye. She is one of the best dogs I have ever owned. She is sweet, playful and has perfect manners. She was a little shy at first, but I have had her for 1 1/2 years now and she is really starting to blossom. I got her as a companion for my Pomeranian and they have gotten to be best friends. :D]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Caius</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=267</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:12:37 +0200</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hy, my name is Caius, and except my little dog I have tree turtles :) .
I was a part of 'Santi' project.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hy, my name is Caius, and except my little dog I have tree turtles :) .
I was a part of 'Santi' project.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Hello To All..</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=266</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:52:15 +0200</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hello I'm new here. Just joined!

I have a 8 year old Dobermann and I adore him. Looking forward to knowing more about all members here.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello I'm new here. Just joined!

I have a 8 year old Dobermann and I adore him. Looking forward to knowing more about all members here.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>IMM NEW! &amp;&amp; help me</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=265</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:16:58 +0200</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hola! Im new to this site I have a three year old dog. I just got him last week his name is casper. He's a keeper! he loves to run and hide under things and he is a lap dog. He's ten pounds and the last owners were nice christians who saved him from a HORRIBLE HOUSE HOLD.

HE wont eat any type of dog food...treats,can,wet,dry =/

what do i do.

I mix rice,ground beef,and,dog food up

he eats around the dog food]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hola! Im new to this site I have a three year old dog. I just got him last week his name is casper. He's a keeper! he loves to run and hide under things and he is a lap dog. He's ten pounds and the last owners were nice christians who saved him from a HORRIBLE HOUSE HOLD.

HE wont eat any type of dog food...treats,can,wet,dry =/

what do i do.

I mix rice,ground beef,and,dog food up

he eats around the dog food]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Happy birthday, Dojo !</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=264</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:35:31 +0300</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Happy happy birthday to Dojo ! :)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Happy happy birthday to Dojo ! :)]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>hi</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=262</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:47:13 +0300</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hello, I am Shawnee, the person owned by 3 dogs.  Dozer is a fine mix of a lab and boxer, he is 3 years old.  Rudolph Valentino(aka Rudy) is a Australian Shepherd aged 9 months, she is beginning her agility training.  And Charles Chaplin(aka Charlie) is a Blue heeler(Australian CAttle Dog, age 4 months, and a puppy through and through.  We also own cats that live in the barn, its a  large family, with 3 dogs, way to many cats and 4 children and 1 grandchild. The animals enjoy owning us, and treat us well.  :lol:

Well just wanted to say Hi.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello, I am Shawnee, the person owned by 3 dogs.  Dozer is a fine mix of a lab and boxer, he is 3 years old.  Rudolph Valentino(aka Rudy) is a Australian Shepherd aged 9 months, she is beginning her agility training.  And Charles Chaplin(aka Charlie) is a Blue heeler(Australian CAttle Dog, age 4 months, and a puppy through and through.  We also own cats that live in the barn, its a  large family, with 3 dogs, way to many cats and 4 children and 1 grandchild. The animals enjoy owning us, and treat us well.  :lol:

Well just wanted to say Hi.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Hello Everybody!</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=261</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:52:51 +0300</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[

Hey Ya'll!
Wow! A website strictly devoted to the love and adoration we feel for our four legged kids? I LOVE IT! My name is Marlene and I can't wait to introdue ya'll to Coco. My 2 1/2 year old Am Eskimo. Since I don't have a scanner or a Kinkos ya'll are gonna have too use your imaginations when I tell you what he looks like. k? :D[/size][/color][/font]]]></description>
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Hey Ya'll!
Wow! A website strictly devoted to the love and adoration we feel for our four legged kids? I LOVE IT! My name is Marlene and I can't wait to introdue ya'll to Coco. My 2 1/2 year old Am Eskimo. Since I don't have a scanner or a Kinkos ya'll are gonna have too use your imaginations when I tell you what he looks like. k? :D[/size][/color][/font]]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>I have a new dog :D</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=260</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:15:02 +0300</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I found a new dog a few days ago... it's a female and is 1 month old... I wanted to keep her, but when my dad saw her, he got angry cause he doesn't want another dog... :(
Anyway, she is really healthy and eats a lot. That makes me really happy. I will post some pictures with her in the following days...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I found a new dog a few days ago... it's a female and is 1 month old... I wanted to keep her, but when my dad saw her, he got angry cause he doesn't want another dog... :(
Anyway, she is really healthy and eats a lot. That makes me really happy. I will post some pictures with her in the following days...]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Generate more members</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=259</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 02:49:14 +0300</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Would everyone go to PET PEOPLES PLACE banner click and vote for this site.Will help generate more members to help with the mission that has been started here. Votes are once daily and if join up can also write a review.

Thank You.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Would everyone go to PET PEOPLES PLACE banner click and vote for this site.Will help generate more members to help with the mission that has been started here. Votes are once daily and if join up can also write a review.

Thank You.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Summer Vacations/Holidays</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=258</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 02:35:16 +0300</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[What do you do with your pets?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[What do you do with your pets?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Top Names for Dogs</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=257</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 03:20:04 +0300</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[let's look at the top male, female, male dog, female dog names.


Top 10 Male Pet Names

1. MAX
2. BUDDY
3. JAKE
4. ROCKY
5. BAILEY
6. BUSTER
7. CODY
8. CHARLIE
9. BEAR
10. JACK

Top 10 Female Pet Names

1. MOLLY
2. MAGGIE
3. DAISY
4. LUCY
5. SADIE
6. GINGER
7. CHLOE
8. BAILEY
9. SOPHIE
10. ZOE

Top 30 Male Dog Names

1. MAX 
2. BUDDY 
3. JAKE 
4. ROCKY 
5. BAILEY]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[let's look at the top male, female, male dog, female dog names.


Top 10 Male Pet Names

1. MAX
2. BUDDY
3. JAKE
4. ROCKY
5. BAILEY
6. BUSTER
7. CODY
8. CHARLIE
9. BEAR
10. JACK

Top 10 Female Pet Names

1. MOLLY
2. MAGGIE
3. DAISY
4. LUCY
5. SADIE
6. GINGER
7. CHLOE
8. BAILEY
9. SOPHIE
10. ZOE

Top 30 Male Dog Names

1. MAX 
2. BUDDY 
3. JAKE 
4. ROCKY 
5. BAILEY]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Working-Class Animals</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=256</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 03:11:06 +0300</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[By one estimate, some 200,000 canines are employed in the United States, many of them committed government servants.

Sixteen years ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture formed its Beagle Brigade to sniff out illegal fruits, plants and meat at airports. The dogs are comfortable in crowded, noisy places such as baggage-claim areas; they have an acute sense of smell and don't intimidate the average airline traveler the way a larger, more aggressive animal might. In fact, most people find the dogs endearing. But no matter how innocuous they seem, they get the job done: The Brigade makes about 75,000 seizures of illegal agricultural products every year. 

Texanna is one of the most remarkable of them. An 8-year-old who, for the past seven years, has worked out of Charlotte, N.C., she can recognize about 50 odors – the usual apples and oranges, herbs and hot dogs, not to mention the canteen cover she once sniffed out made of reindeer skin.

Take Harriet, a 25-year-old umbrella cockatoo who works at the Helen Woodward Animal Center near San Diego. The bird is especially good with paralyzed adults. If a patient can't reach out and touch her, Harriet moves right in, cuddling against a chest, nuzzling a nose, tweaking an ear or stroking a cheek. “Harriet offers unconditional acceptance,” says Robin Cohen, outreach services manager for the center. “She doesn't care that patients may not be able to move. She accepts them for who they are at that exact moment, which is a gift only animals can give." 

One man who was unable to speak after a stroke started practicing speech with Harriet. After a month of tender loving beak and feathers, he could almost say the cockatoo's name.

Horses, of course, have traditionally been the heavy lifters of the animal workforce, transporting backbreaking loads and, in the days before the internal-combustion engine, providing mass transit.

Today, their jobs – like everyone else's – have moved into a tighter niche. The Helen Woodward center has a staff of ten trained to help people with disabilities. Patients range in age from four to over 70 and may even be wheelchair-bound (there's a special mounting ramp for the wheelchairs). 

The horses help their riders develop balance, muscle tone, posture and learning skills such as hand-eye coordination, concentration and short-term memory. There are also the added benefits of increased self-esteem, independence and control. As for the horses, they know when they're on the job. Whenever Questa, a horse who has been in the program for nine years, gets an able-bodied rider, she's "not very cooperative," says Lisa Orcutt, therapeutic riding administrative supervisor. But when someone with a disability gets on, she becomes a model employee. 

Although the U.S. War Department waited till 1942 to start an official canine program, there were four-footed recruits long before then.

One of the most famous was Stubby, a bull terrier-boxer mix, the only American dog known to have served in World War I. Stubby was adopted by the Army's 102nd Infantry in Connecticut in 1917 and soon became one of the boys, eating with the soldiers, sleeping with them and, in February of 1918, sailing with them to Europe (having successfully smuggled himself aboard the troopship).

He proved his mettle under fire, comforting wounded soldiers on the battlefield, sniffing out impending mustard-gas attacks (and barking ferociously to warn his mates). Once, Stubby even stopped an escaping German spy, grabbing him by the seat of his pants and hanging (doggedly) on. 

After the war, presidents Wilson, Harding and Coolidge all had audiences with Stubby; and General Pershing awarded him a gold medal. The dog led more regimental parades than any other dog in American history, writes Mary Elizabeth Thurston in her book, The Lost History of the Canine Race, and was promoted to honorary sergeant, becoming the highest-ranking dog ever to serve in the Army.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[By one estimate, some 200,000 canines are employed in the United States, many of them committed government servants.

Sixteen years ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture formed its Beagle Brigade to sniff out illegal fruits, plants and meat at airports. The dogs are comfortable in crowded, noisy places such as baggage-claim areas; they have an acute sense of smell and don't intimidate the average airline traveler the way a larger, more aggressive animal might. In fact, most people find the dogs endearing. But no matter how innocuous they seem, they get the job done: The Brigade makes about 75,000 seizures of illegal agricultural products every year. 

Texanna is one of the most remarkable of them. An 8-year-old who, for the past seven years, has worked out of Charlotte, N.C., she can recognize about 50 odors – the usual apples and oranges, herbs and hot dogs, not to mention the canteen cover she once sniffed out made of reindeer skin.

Take Harriet, a 25-year-old umbrella cockatoo who works at the Helen Woodward Animal Center near San Diego. The bird is especially good with paralyzed adults. If a patient can't reach out and touch her, Harriet moves right in, cuddling against a chest, nuzzling a nose, tweaking an ear or stroking a cheek. “Harriet offers unconditional acceptance,” says Robin Cohen, outreach services manager for the center. “She doesn't care that patients may not be able to move. She accepts them for who they are at that exact moment, which is a gift only animals can give." 

One man who was unable to speak after a stroke started practicing speech with Harriet. After a month of tender loving beak and feathers, he could almost say the cockatoo's name.

Horses, of course, have traditionally been the heavy lifters of the animal workforce, transporting backbreaking loads and, in the days before the internal-combustion engine, providing mass transit.

Today, their jobs – like everyone else's – have moved into a tighter niche. The Helen Woodward center has a staff of ten trained to help people with disabilities. Patients range in age from four to over 70 and may even be wheelchair-bound (there's a special mounting ramp for the wheelchairs). 

The horses help their riders develop balance, muscle tone, posture and learning skills such as hand-eye coordination, concentration and short-term memory. There are also the added benefits of increased self-esteem, independence and control. As for the horses, they know when they're on the job. Whenever Questa, a horse who has been in the program for nine years, gets an able-bodied rider, she's "not very cooperative," says Lisa Orcutt, therapeutic riding administrative supervisor. But when someone with a disability gets on, she becomes a model employee. 

Although the U.S. War Department waited till 1942 to start an official canine program, there were four-footed recruits long before then.

One of the most famous was Stubby, a bull terrier-boxer mix, the only American dog known to have served in World War I. Stubby was adopted by the Army's 102nd Infantry in Connecticut in 1917 and soon became one of the boys, eating with the soldiers, sleeping with them and, in February of 1918, sailing with them to Europe (having successfully smuggled himself aboard the troopship).

He proved his mettle under fire, comforting wounded soldiers on the battlefield, sniffing out impending mustard-gas attacks (and barking ferociously to warn his mates). Once, Stubby even stopped an escaping German spy, grabbing him by the seat of his pants and hanging (doggedly) on. 

After the war, presidents Wilson, Harding and Coolidge all had audiences with Stubby; and General Pershing awarded him a gold medal. The dog led more regimental parades than any other dog in American history, writes Mary Elizabeth Thurston in her book, The Lost History of the Canine Race, and was promoted to honorary sergeant, becoming the highest-ranking dog ever to serve in the Army.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Owners look like their Pets</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=255</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 02:16:02 +0300</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[They say that people look like their pets. I've certainly seen a few that do. Does the breed of dog you choose say something about your personality, though? Perhaps it does. Certainly we prefer different traits in different breeds because they match what we like best in a friend. It could be that you like Labradors best because you are happy-go-lucky and always looking for a good time.

Wonder if the dogs we choose to share our homes with really do say something about our personalities?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[They say that people look like their pets. I've certainly seen a few that do. Does the breed of dog you choose say something about your personality, though? Perhaps it does. Certainly we prefer different traits in different breeds because they match what we like best in a friend. It could be that you like Labradors best because you are happy-go-lucky and always looking for a good time.

Wonder if the dogs we choose to share our homes with really do say something about our personalities?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>Favorite Pet Movie</title>
			<link>http://www.lovingdoggies.com/showthread.php?tid=254</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 02:12:27 +0300</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[What better way to relax with your favorite dog than a movie with a handsome dashing hero? You know the kind. He is compassionate, energetic, protective and pulls at the heart strings. We mean that hero is a dog, of course!

There are so many great pet movies out there and many of them are a definite must for quality time with your favorite pooch. Wondering what to watch? Want to see if your favorite movie is on the list?

Here are the titles of some:
Benji
Where the Red Fern Grows
Lassie Come Home
Lady & the Tramp
White Fang
Kayla
TopDog]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[What better way to relax with your favorite dog than a movie with a handsome dashing hero? You know the kind. He is compassionate, energetic, protective and pulls at the heart strings. We mean that hero is a dog, of course!

There are so many great pet movies out there and many of them are a definite must for quality time with your favorite pooch. Wondering what to watch? Want to see if your favorite movie is on the list?

Here are the titles of some:
Benji
Where the Red Fern Grows
Lassie Come Home
Lady & the Tramp
White Fang
Kayla
TopDog]]></content:encoded>
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