Cleaning up pet accidents (Seattle Times)
Easy steps for removing pet urine from carpet.
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Wright-Patterson AFB conducts training exercise (Dayton Daily News)
Base officials are conducting a training exercise through Friday, Sept. 5, meaning it is possible that neighbors may hear muffled booms and announcements coming from the training area.
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Think Twice Before Taking Your Pooch to a Picnic (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - This scenario plays out everywhere. You're about to head out to a picnic or other outdoor gathering and you know that dog of yours loves going to the park. It can be difficult to leave a beloved pet at home.
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Hopkins hopes you’ll take him home (Pearland Journal)
Hopkins is the Brazoria County Pet of the Week. This 2 year old Corgi/Dachshund mixed-breed is lively and loves to play. He is small but mighty and would be a great running/jogging partner.
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Saturday Soapbox (Alamosa Valley Courier)
Pet dogs have been a big part of my life since I first learned to walk. And while three wives and various friends and employers have been unable to train me to do things the way they wanted them done, I’ve certainly had a lot of pet dogs in my life that were pretty good at it.
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Preschool: Should they stay or should they go? (Dayton Daily News)
DAYTON — They've been walking and talking for just two short years and are barely finished potty training. Then a parent down the block decides it's time to jump start their 3-year-old's formal education and starts a half-day preschool program. Another family joins a Montessori school, and yet another goes to day care. Who made the right choice?
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Your dog's bite could bankrupt you (MSN Money Canada)
If your pet attacked someone, you could owe tens of thousands of dollars -- or more -- and your insurer might not pay up. You could even land in jail.
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Actions speak louder than words for mascots (The Virginia Gazette)
They generally avoid the media, brushing off inquiries with a shake of their oversized heads or wave of their fin. Reveal their true selves? Team mascots never would do that. Instead, they meet chatter with complete silence, letting their actions in the game or around the community speak for them. Makes you wonder what, exactly, Captain Fear does in his office at the Bucs ' training camp complex ...
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Coaching: Achieve accountability (Small Business Times)
First, a confession. You know that one of my pet phrases is “Speak your truth.” Speaking mine, I must admit that this article with a focus on accountability is going to be one day late arriving in my editor’s email. Ahem.
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Nearly Half of Americans Won't Flee Without Fido (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
A 2007 survey by the American Humane Association found that 47 percent of Americans would refuse rescue assistance if it meant leaving without their family pet. With Hurricanes Hanna, Ike and Josephine moving towards the U.S. coast, residents and officials should begin properly planning for their pets' care during an evacuation.
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