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Sharon Sakson is a lifelong pet owner and journalist. Author of six books, including Paws & Effect: The Healing Power of Dogs, her household includes two horses and ten dogs. She can be reached at healingpowerofdogs@mac.com.

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The best vet is a good diagnostician

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The very best veterinarian you can have is one who is a good diagnostician. It’s what you want in a doctor for yourself, too. The best way to...
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Cancer and Bio-Detection Dogs centre, training dogs to detect disease

About twenty people crowded into the small building of the Cancer and Bio-Detection Dogs to listen to tall, dark-haired Claire Guest, director of...
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Looking for your new dog -- is every dog a rescue?

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People have good reason not to get puppy mill dogs -- they may have had a bad start in life in the crucial early weeks that will show up as...
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Finger Lakes dog shows of New York

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The four shows in the last week of September in upper New York state call themselves, “The Wine Country Circuit.” But I’ve noticed...
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Thousands of New Yorkers spend the day meeting 160 breeds of dogs and cats

160 breeds of cats and dogs joined together for two days in the Javits Center in New York City for a peaceable and enjoyable event called Meet the...
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Risks associated with spaying or neutering a young dog

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The huge uptick in neutered dogs in the US has been accompanied by an equally huge increase in number of dogs with bone cancer. Researcher Laura...
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Dog show judges study coonhounds with an expert in the breed

0 0 0 Black & Tan Coonhounds were originally registered in the American Kennel Club as Black & Tan Coon and...
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Georgia on your mind - the Atlanta Dog Show in September

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The Atlanta Kennel Club dog show has been nominated by exhibitors three times for “Best Show of the Year” in Dogs in Review magazine. The...
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Many dogs of 9/11 served quietly behind the scenes

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On the eighth anniversary of 9/11, there are many memories of K9s, SAR dogs, and therapy dogs who served on that awful day, and for many months after....
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Pets in the city: the healing power of pets

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The clerk in Borders Book Store said, “I hate books about dogs.” She was searching the computer to see if they had Paws & Effect: The...
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