Archive for August 4th, 2008

4 Factors Blamed in Death of Police Dog (The Lakeland Ledger)

Monday, August 4th, 2008

MULBERRY | Four things likely contributed to the death of<0×00A0>Sam Diesel, the Mulberry police dog who died of heatstroke July 21 in a squad car when the air conditioner failed:Officer Sara Movahedi, Diesel’s handler, was told that morning by Mulberry Chief Larry Cavallaro to get the dog out of the police station because it stunk.

Training Camp Begins (KOLD News 13 Tuscon)

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Arizona football training camp kicked off bright and early.

Bark Busters Announces Dog Safety Program to Help Businesses Keep Employees Safe (Centre Daily Times)

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Bark Busters — the world’s largest, most trusted dog training company — today announced the launch of the Bark Busters Dog Safety Program(TM), a unique program designed to help employers keep employees safe and dramatically reduce costs associated with dog-related injuries.

NEW – City firemen rescue dog (The Tribune-Democrat)

Monday, August 4th, 2008

JOHNSTOWN — Johnstown firemen rescued a big, black dog this morning from four-feet of water in an old catch basin along railroad tracks near Sandyvale Cemetery.

Dog poo stops discus champion’s training (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Two-time Olympic discus champion Virgilijus Alekna encountered an unusual problem at a final pre-Beijing training session in Lithuania at the weekend — his practice venue was covered in dog poo.