Showing 118 posts from March 2009
The Federal Hill home of Kenneth Munzert sold at auction today for $808,500 — the bulk of which, under the terms of his will, now goes to an animal shelter in Richmond, Virginia.
It took auctioneer Tim Jennings, who stood on the house’s marble steps, less than 5 minutes to complete the sale to Mahlon Apgar of [...]
Who needs children when a puppy can provide a similar emotional experience?
New Scientist magazine recently asked that question in an article about a Japanese study that showed relating to dogs causes a surge of the same hormones triggered by nurturing an infant, romantic love and close friendship.
Oxytocin, also known as the “cuddle chemical” and the [...]
You can’t consume media these days without tripping over this story — roughly 240 Americans wind up in emergency rooms every day for sprains, fractures or other injuries from a fall caused by a dog or cat.
Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said dogs and cats account for about 1 percent of [...]
Timi came back from the war in with some serious “readjustment issues,” including nightmares characterized by violent kicking — but none were serious enough to prevent him from being returned for another tour of duty in Iraq.
Or at least that’s what his veterinarian said.
Dogs, like human soldiers, can carry the burden of war back home, [...]
Nick Cannon gave his wife Mariah Carey the gift of dog for their one year aniversary, Us Weekly reports.
Although the anniversary isn’t until May, Cannon already procured and gifted the pup — an eight-week-old female Jack Russell terrier named Cha-Cha. The couple was secretly married last spring in the Bahamas.
Cannon laughed off rumors that he and Carey [...]
