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DoodleDog's
nose is permanently bent out of shape so keep your letter succinct or
he'll bury it! He likes your letters signed but if he knows you, and
if you toss him a
bone, our editor says he can withhold your name. The Dog Press
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Warning - Bad Whippet Breeder:
I am
not to sure if there is anything that you can do for me
but I purchased a puppy from a breeder on the dog place
website. I received this puppy late on a Sunday night I
noticed that the puppy was quite skinny and wasn't
wanting to play around at all but I am aware that the
whippet breed is thin as it is and that the puppy took a
long drive with my brother so I was not worried about
it. The next morning I was not able to get her to eat
anything so I called the breeder and told her what was
going on and she said that it was alright as long as she
was drinking she would be fine and assured me that the
puppies have a hard time adjusting to the long drive,
new climate, and new home and she would come around.
But as the day went on I was not able to get her to even
come out of her kennel and she was VERY lethargic and
basically not a puppy. So I called some of my other
contacts with this breed for some info on what might
help her to get to eat. I tried EVERYTHING!!! As the day
went on she got much skinnier and had less motivation to
even move. She started throwing up and had bad diarea.
I woke up to her throwing up in the middle of the night
around 1 am Tuesday morning and I called the emergency
vet and informed them what was going on and they said
that she might have parvo! They confirmed that she had
parvo... I called sue and informed her what was going on
and she said that there was no way that her puppy had
parvo so I had her talk to my vet and she authorized him
and gave a credit card number to pay for the services..
I was VERY grateful the puppy unfortunately didn't make
it.
She passed away late Wed night. After that I talked to
Sue and she said that she would be able to give me
another puppy but I would have to wait a bit and said
that i would need to CLEAN my house. So I spent the
next 4 days bleaching EVERYTHING, throwing dog toys,
bowls, beds etc away and tearing out patches of grass,
bleaching dirt and bringing in new soil so that I could
prepare my house for a new puppy... that was the last
time that I have heard from her. I have called many
times and sent a lot of emails. As I have been
gathering information after the fact, she has giving my
vet a bad credit card number and is ignoring their calls
as well. I called to AKC as my puppy was supposed to be
registered and they have no litters from her since
2003!!! The whole situation has been very hard on me
and my family as we LOVE dogs and we can no longer have
a puppy for a bit in our house, not to mention that we
are out quite a bit of money now. Any info or really
anything you might be able to help with would be greatly
appreciated! Thanks, --
Caleb Gwilliam, Simple Expressions Photography
Editor: The breeder’s name is
omitted but if anyone would like to write to him before
he goes to a pet shop or shelter… I’m sure it would
help. I have corresponded with Caleb and we have
removed that woman from the Dog-e-Book. If I had a pet
Whippet I would send it to this family! His last note
was:
I
actually live in Utah and … the breeder lives in
California. That is part of the thing that is making it
hard. Up to this point I have not heard from her but I
have contacted the district attorney of her county and
the small claims court to get the information that I
need to be able to file with both parties. I hope that
this will maybe wake her up and get her to call me and
talk with me. Thanks again for helping I just don't
want anyone else to have to go through what I just went
through!! It was HORRIBLE! If you could email me the
link to my story when it is published that would be
wonderful!
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Bad
Sheriff Joe:
2008 election results of 55.2 % for Crazy Joe are a long way
from the 83% you report in your article.. 2004 results gave him
just 56.4%.. The balance of your article RE Crazy Joe is
similarly loaded with exaggeration and 1/2 truths that amount to
lies as they mis-state the crazy Joe story to such an
extraordinary degree that conclusions reached are simply
contrary to fact..
The 56 Million in lawsuits filed by the judges and county
administrators who Crazy Joe has harassed and persecuted because
they dared to oppose the most ridiculous of his actions will far
outweigh any savings he has achieved by feeding his inmates
green baloney and denying them medical care.. Your Story RE
Crazy Joe is NOT substantiated by the Snopes folks, contrary to
your claims!
Bob Gleason
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Roses For
Press:
You can check my name against my AKC number … It would be funny if not
serious that I must request that consideration when all I want to say is
how much my wife and I enjoy your publication. She had planned to apply
but with the state of the economy for clubs and a better understanding
of what she would be applying for, she has decided against it. (She)
calls you the “Glenn Beck” of the dognet and asked me to thank you for
the information that we get from The Dog Press. She accompanied me to
shows last weekend and did her thing as a spectator. She said people
were talking about things they learned in the press. I think that is
healthy. We have enough filtered news … we appreciate a measure of
reality. We get the insider articles but they have been infrequent of
late. Keep up the good work. (name withheld) |
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More Probiotics Info:
While I agree with her that claims for benefits of probiotics,
especially the dried forms, need to be documented (prebiotics seem a
waste of time/money as normal diets provide plenty), I was very sad that
in her August 2010 column
PROBIOTICS: FOOD OR DRUGS? Nel Liquorman
engaged in scare tactics rather than reasoned information. For example,
she said "After decades of trying to kill bacteria . . . , why would we
consider feeding any kind of bacteria to our pets?" Surely she is aware
that yoghurt's well-known benefit comes from the same live bacteria used
in probiotics. GOOD bacteria form part of mammal immune systems and
finish digesting food. The author also made this misleading statement:
"Twenty-four patients treated with probiotics died. The cause of death
in each case was narrowed down to one of these three reasons: use of
probiotics on gravely ill patients, probiotics were administered through
feeding tubes into the intestines, or patients were in the acute phase
of the disease when the bacteria was administered. But the bottom line
is that they used probiotics and the patients died as a result."
Liquorman does not have the data to make the direct connection that
patients died as a "result of" probiotics rather than experimental
method effects. The reference Liquorman provided says 9 of the untreated
group died, so the probiotics group had about 2.5 times as many deaths.
However, were control and experimental groups matched perfectly on
disease severity? The probiotics were administered directly into the
intestines of severely ill patients. Unless we know that the control
group also had a matching mock procedure, say with saline solution, then
the deaths could have been due to failure of experimental method. The
results (as provided) actually indicate: (1) probiotics should not be
inserted directly into intestines; (2) probiotics should not be
administered to patients with severe acute pancreatitis.
Janice Koler-Matznick, M.S., A.C.A.A.B. The Dog Advisor
Behavior Services
Editor’s Note: Nel Liquorman responds to this information in a follow-up
column. We thank both Janice and Nel for expanding on this complex
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Automatic Grand Champions?
So far, from just observing, not
showing any dogs right now, it seems to me that some judges are
finding it much easier to give BOB to inferior dogs handled by
professionals and then hand out the 'consolation prizes' to the
owner or amateur handlers in the ring. Some statistics should
accumulate to prove or disprove my theory in the next few months.
The anecdotal evidence that I witnessed in my breed found a very
inferior, professionally handled 'new special' receiving BOBs and
4 consecutive group placements over a group winning, specialty show
winning very correct champion that had defeated the newcomer at
other shows prior to its finishing and prior to the advent of the
pale blue/white also-ran ribbon. The quality of these two dogs did
not change. The playing field did. Some have said that the point
of the exercise is to encourage owners to show more specials - Maybe
there will be some less pleasant unintended consequences also?
Wouldn't be the first time. KE
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