The Daily DOg

Wish list

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:34:21 -0800

I so want this for Christmas. In fact I suggest them for every dog on your list!

http://www.dogtagart.com/pet-tags/walk-me-dog-tag?page=1

A little reminder of what they want to do for the people in their lives who can’t talk and need pictograms and charades to help them understand why they are barking and walking toward the leash.

Look before you cross and other important reminders

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:09:21 -0800

It’s been a while since we went to Kansas to visit, but last time we were there a funny thing happened to my mother and my dog.
She and Gary were out for a walk. They paused at an intersection and she made him look both ways before she let him cross the street. (When he and I walk he is rewarded for looking for traffic by being allowed to run across the street. In Grand-doggie mode he is much better behaved. Apparently you NEVER even think about crossing your alpha’s alpha in the dog world.)

Someone walking by laughed and said, “You can’t teach a dog to look for cars.”
“Seeing eye dogs do,” my mother replied cheerfully and continued across the street leaving her small town heckler standing on the sidewalk mouth agape.

Today we dedicate our post to German Shepherd Dogs and their long tradition as service animals. K-9 units, seeing eye dogs, etc. Many breeds are used now, but as I understood it they have blazed the initial trail of paw prints.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seeing_Eye
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guide_dog

Presidential Barking

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:06:41 -0800

Dogs of the white house...woof!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1565129369/ref=s9_simz_gw_s7_p14_i3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1B01H7JDQGRVMYHBJEQB&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938811&pf_rd_i=507846

Good Boy, Trakr, Good Boy.

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:05:53 -0800

In our world of daily dog worship and celebration every canine is a hero and K9 units in general are heroes, but one that passed this spring deserves special mention:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trakr

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2231765/911-hero-dog-to-be-cloned.html

Dog History

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:00:49 -0800

We recommend sniffing out a copy of this
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594742014/ref=s9_simz_gw_s0_p14_t1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0HBQ3APQWKVZ5QXRG7BM&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846