Adopt while you shop
Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:53:57 -0800

Hinman is a volunteer with Paw Placement of Northern Arizona, a nonprofit pet adoption organization. It was the big brown eyes of a thin dog that caught Hinman's attention during a November visit to the shelter. "I was immediately drawn to her," Hinman ...

Having a pet-safe winter
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:12:20 -0800

Hair around the paws and pads should be kept trimmed so dirt and ice cannot collect around the pads. Check the pads for cuts and cracks.Dog boots can provide great paw protection, but make sure you give your dog time to get used to wearing them. ...

A helping paw : Syracuse residents shoot "American Bear" documentary
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:15:06 -0800

While on a road trip, Greg Grano said one phrase multiple times in his sleep, awaking his girlfriend, Sarah Sellman. "We have to go to Bear, Colorado." Grano couldn't remember the dream or why he uttered the words. Instead, the couple saw it as a sign. ...

Community Favorite: Regal Velvet kangaroo paw
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:07:18 -0800

Snapshot: An evergreen perennial, kangaroo paw thrives in well-drained, sandy or rocky soil with little care. This Australian native features shiny grasslike foliage that forms a 2-foot clump. But it's the unusual red, green and yellow fuzzy flowers ...

Tough home loss
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:15:33 -0800

Paw Paw held Three Rivers to single digits in three of four quaters and handed the lady Cats their second loss of the season 50-24. We just didn't match their intensity level and they make you pay when you turn the ball over, coach Jason Bingaman ...

Art-Casso Hosts Online Pet Video Contest
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:24:10 -0800

Art-Casso was founded in 2006 with the idea that pets and owners could create paw paintings to cherish without making a mess. Recently, Joanna Sasso joined as the Company's new president with the goal to revitalize the Art Casso image. ...

Paw Print: Seeing Eye puppy named in honor of Betty White
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:04:01 -0800

For more information on the Seeing Eye and its programs, go to seeingeye.org or call (973) 539-4425. Shelters interested in placing a pet in the Paw Print adoption column or submitting news should call (973) 392-5950 or e-mail ...

Wildcats, Falcons sweep
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:35:18 -0800

By Brandon Watson The Three Rivers wrestling team went 2-0 Wednesday, beating Paw Paw and Dowagiac in impressive fashion. Every Three Rivers wrestler picked up a win Wednesday. Going 2-0 on the night was Derek Tulla at 112, ...

Pacific Wildcat Resources Corp.: $6 Million Private Placement Fully Subscribed
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:06:46 -0800

PAW will issue up to 17142857 units at a price of $0.35 per unit (the "Unit"), for aggregate gross proceeds of CDN $6000. Each Unit will now consist of one common share in the capital of the Issuer (a "Share"), one half of one non-transferable ...

Luxurious home decor fit for furry friends
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:03:42 -0800

With some pets riding around in luxury bags, sporting paw -fitting sneakers or swaddled in clothing inspired by the Sex and the City stars, the 16th-century phrase has long enjoyed a major reversal in North America.Indeed, the industry saw people fork ...

Dog found with ears cut off
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:39:19 -0800

His puppy paw stretches after a nap and you can smell his puppy breath. He's just starting his life, but a turn of his head reveals an already painful past. The tenacious tyke was found without ears. Someone had cut them off. "When I came upon him, ...

Paw Print: A special-needs cat seeks a home in 2012
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:08:28 -0800

Shelters interested in placing a pet in the Paw Print adoption column or submitting news should call (973) 392-5950 or e-mail or $ $0101 Gus . jpg.

Home Needed: Tiny, A Petite Black and White Cat
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:49:21 -0800

By PAWS (Protection of Animals in Wakefield Society) When you meet Tiny, you will immediately notice two things about her: her petite physique and her uncanny resemblance to a Maneki Neko, the Japanese cat with its big eyes and waving paw . ...

Paw Point off-leash dog park off to running start at Robert E. Lee
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:13:41 -0800

By Jon Meoli, com Paw Point Dog Park was more than 11 years in the making, and just a few months after the new dog park at Robert E. Lee Park opened with much fanfare, more than 500 dog owners have registered to use the park, ...

paw prints: BC SPCA launches lost and found site
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:48:40 -0800

A few years ago I was pet-sitting two much-beloved beagles for a friend of mine. For two weeks I carefully watched over their every move, making sure they were safe and happy. The day she was scheduled to pick them up, I let them out into my fenced ...

New England All-Breed Rescue specializes in second chances
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:43:25 -0800

At one adoption event earlier this month, volunteers and dog foster parents brought 10 dogs to the Paw Planet pet supply store in Whitinsville, hoping to match up some humans and canines. Chewy, a 3-year-old white Pekingese, was adopted by an older ...

Cat's Paw Decision Puts Fable in Employment Law
Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:19:29 -0800

Reflecting back over the last year, perhaps one of the most interesting employment cases involved The Cat's Paw fable about the perils of allowing oneself to take action without regard to consequences due to the manipulative encouragement of another. ...

Offbeat: The tale of the calming paw
Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:52:12 -0800

Cat place his paw on top the crying baby and give it a number of calming strokes. Cat place his paw on top the crying baby and give it a number of calming strokes. Indigenous Maya communities in southern Mexico have begun a year-long countdown to 21 ...

MPR report lays out gory details of GOP money woes
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:28:31 -0800

Our Guy T- Paw , a big Bruce Springsteen fan he has said, is also up on his Kardashiana. Says Mary Jane at Gather.com: Pawlenty used Kris' name at a South Carolina Republican event for presidential candidate Mitt Romney. And it seems that Minnesota's ...

Donations making ultimate difference for dogs, cats in Macon and Bibb County
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:08:00 -0800

The young dog, named Blackie, then put a paw up on a gate at the Macon-Bibb County Animal Control shelter as if to say hi. Blackie and Clements hit it off right away, and a donation made the adoption -- along with spaying and a rabies shot -- free to ...