This week we are giving away a selection of new Pet Munchies Chicken Twists, Duck Strips, and Salmon Bites to five lucky winners!
Each winner will receive the following…
New Chicken Twists are a 100 percent natural premium gourmet dental stick with succulent twists of chicken breast. They are designed to satisfy your dog’s natural instinct to chew, and can help to reduce tartar and plaque for healthy teeth and gums. These twists are naturally low in fat and delicately roasted to perfection. They contain no artificial additives, preservatives, flavours, or colours – and are wheat, cereal, and gluten free.
The Duck Strips are made from 100 percent natural duck breast meat. These succulent strips of duck can be given as a chew, and are easy to break up for training and rewards. They are naturally low in fat, delicately roasted to perfection in their own natural juices, and contain no artificial additives, preservatives, flavours, or colours. They are wheat and gluten free.
The Salmon Bites are made from 100 percent natural quality wild salmon skins. This super healthy treat is low in fat and calories and is a rich source of vitamins – including Omega 3 and 6, and selenium. They are rough in texture so help to keep your dog’s teeth clean. The Salmon Bites are the ideal size for small regular rewards – they are easily digestible and naturally hypoallergenic.
Visit the Pet Munchies website for further details. www.pet-munchies.com
This competition closes at 9.00am on Friday May 6, 2016, and is for UK residents only. One entry per household – multiple entries will automatically be deleted. Good luck!
Diabetic alert dog smells girl’s sugar drop from 5 MILES away then warns mum of danger.
Michelle Anderson Brooks was baffled when her daughter Sadie’s service dog was agitated because she was far away at school.
Sadie’s HeroDiabetic alert dog smells girl’s sugar drop from MILES away Hero and her owner Sadie are the best of friends thanks to his special skills
The parents of a little girl with diabetes were alerted to a dangerous blood sugar drop by her medical dog – who was more than FIVE MILES away.
Sadie’s mum Michelle Anderson Brooks was at home with Hero when the pup started to wail and agitate.
The four-year-old, who has Down’s syndrome , has type one diabetes and is constantly monitored by her parents and pup.
If Sadie’s blood sugar falls below 100, Hero will let her mum and dad know by whining as he paws their left hand.
The opposite issue – high blood sugar above 200 – will see the dog instead paw their right hand.
Hero really lived up to his name when Sadie was attending her special needs class at Deerfield Elementary School in Cedar Hills while Hero was at home in Pleasant Grove, Utah.
Sadie’s Hero Diabetic alert dog smells girl’s sugar drop from MILES awaySadie’s diabetes is handled more easily with Hero to monitor her blood sugar levels at all times
Michelle says she was concerned when he started acting up.
“He’s normally a very quiet dog . Whining is not in his protocol. But he just started whining and he would not stop,” she told KUTV .
He was giving all the signs that Sadie was in trouble, but the little girl was miles and miles away.
Michelle called Sadie’s teacher Kimberly Stoneman and asked her to check her readings.
Sadie’s HeroDiabetic alert dog smells girl’s sugar drop from MILES awayLittle Sadie was at school five mils away when Hero warned her mum about her blood sugar
“I tested her and it was fine. Then within half an hour she went down,” she says, the little girl plummeting from 122 to a dangerous 82 in minutes.
Knowing that a drop like that could mean a diabetic coma for little Sadie, she immediately got assistance – all because of Hero’s apparently super-canine sense of smell.
The pup’s trainer – KC Owens of Tattle Tale Scent Dogs – says dogs could sense the issue up to two miles away, but she is baffled as to the five mile distance that Hero managed.
Roughly 200 dogs have been liberated from a farm in Wonju, South Korea, courtesy of the Humane Society International, and all should be able to find homes in the United States. The dogs were awaiting slaughter at the time, slated to become meat for human consumption, when HSI stepped in.“It’s a dying business,” the farm’s owner Gong In-Young said in a piece at Phys.org. “In the past, people ate dogs because there was nothing else to eat but nowadays, young people don’t have to eat it,” he said. “It’s becoming something weird for people.”The dogs — huskies, rotties, retrievers and other breeds among them — were bred for consumption. The piece asserts that between 1.5 and 2.5 million dogs are consumed in South Korea annually, but the farms are in decline. This is the fifth and largest operation to be shuttered by HSI. Gong expressed relief at its closing.
The dogs are expected to be adopted out through shelters in the U.S. and Canada. Photo: Humane Society InternationalThe dogs are expected to be adopted out through shelters in the U.S. and Canada. Photo: Humane Society International
Farmers can received up to $60,000 in exchange for shutting down their operation. The money is often used to start new businesses, farming fruit or vegetables instead of animals. HSI campaign manager Andrew Plumbly said that the rescues and farm closings raise awareness about the farms’ cruelty. They hope to “initiate a conversation with South Korean policymakers.”The Patch reported that 120 of the dogs are receiving medical care at St. Hubert’s Animal Shelter in Madison, N.J. The entire group is expected to be put up for adoption at shelters throughout northeastern U.S. and Canada.
DOG RULES
Bark Softly,
Don’t Roll in the Mud,
Ask to go Outside,
Do Tricks when Asked,
Fetch,
Chase your Tail,
Show Affection,
Lick Often,
Don’t Beg,
Guard the House,
Always Be Loyal!
Dog Walk yesterday with Four Paws dog Max. High Hall nr Wimborne.
Max and I had a wonderful walk yesterday. Our walk to us from his home in the town centre and followed the track left after you have crossed the bridge by Tice garage. We then headed across the fields following another track. Max had a great time exploring and discovering new smells!
Great walk! Thank you Max!
Play our Spring R-r-r-raffle, help train cute puppies to help deaf people, and win great prizes!
Play our raffle today and you can help us train hearing dogs and change the lives of children and adults across the UK, and be in with a chance to win £8,000. There are six other fantastic cash prizes, plus 20 runner-up prizes of a Hearing Dogs soft toy.
Play today, change deaf people’s lives tomorrow
At Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, we train cute puppies to become amazing hearing dogs, which alert deaf people to important sounds such as the doorbell and fire alarm. Significantly, they also give deaf people independence, confidence and companionship.
Each entry costs just £1 and can really make a difference!
It’s easy to enter the raffle. Visit their website www.hearingdogs.org.uk
The draw will take place on 6 May 2016.
Thank you again for your wonderful support and good luck in the raffle!
Dog Language Chart.
Calm and Relaxed or shut Down?
A REVIEW of the borough’s dog warden service has been agreed following concerns it doesn’t ‘justify itself.’
A report before the borough council’s scrutiny committee says there are two full time posts covering west Dorset and Weymouth and Portland and the cost to the borough is £43,000 including vehicle, equipment and kennelling costs.
The committee agreed a joint scrutiny review of the dog warden Service with West Dorset District Council (WDDC) should go forward.
Cllr James Farquharson said: “I have been trying to work out what the dog warden service delivers since last May. One team did provide a table which was not brilliant.
