Showing 19 posts from April 2009
As Dorothy watched, her little dog was swept away by the wind.
No, not that Dorothy — a woman named Dorothy Utley. And her dog is not Toto but Tinkerbelle, a 5-pound Chihuahua.
The Utleys were at a flea market in Waterford, Michigan when a storm blew in with winds over 70 miles per hour. One [...]
A Thai jewelry designer has created a tiara for his Maltese dog using precious stones left to him by his mother.
Kanune’s tiara, which was made by Riwin Jirapolsek, includes 153 karats of emeralds built with a titanium body and decorated with more than 100 karats of diamonds.
Jirapolsek has no plans to sell the tiara, which [...]
With all the media attention given to Bo, the First Family’s new Portuguese Water Dog, we’ve heard a lot about allergies.
But what are hypoallergenic dogs, and do they really solve the problem? What should dog lovers with allergies do?
The Seattle Times has the lowdown. And as long as we’re talking about Bo, USA Today [...]
Well, yes. It’s true. A South Korean research team has created Ruppy (short for “Ruby Puppy,”) the first “transgenic” dog, and the glow is proof that their engineering worked. (Photos at the link.)
The scientists created Ruppy’s special effect by adding a fluorescent protein to a cell, which they then implanted. They say that [...]
Hello, Denver Dogblog readers! If you’d like to see some newly trained therapy dog teams, now’s your chance.
On Saturday, April 4th — that would be tomorrow — Denver Pet Partners (DPP) will host the new teams at the Medical Center of Aurora, South Campus, Rooms 1&2, located at 1501 South Potomac Street.
The teams will receive [...]
