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Coco-bean, toxic mulch products...deadly to dogs.

Warning about Cacao-mulch, coco-mulch and similar, made from cacao-bean shells.
The aroma of these products are irresistable to dogs, with toxic, often fatal results.


"Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman's Garden Supply and other garden supply stores contains a lethal ingredient called 'Theobromine'. It is lethal to dogs and cats. It smells like chocolate and it really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die. Several deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks."

"Theobromine is in all chocolate, especially dark or baker's chocolate which is toxic to dogs. Cocoa bean shells contain potentially toxic quantities of theobromine, a xanthine compound similar in effects to caffeine and theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of garden mulch made from cacao bean shells developed severe convulsions and died 17 hours later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine."

[Rager]

DOG FANCY Magazine Launches First Social-Networking Site for Dog Lovers, DogChannel.com
Monday July 10, 5:53 pm ET
New Site Redesign Adds Interactive Features for Dog Owners


IRVINE, Calif., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The editors of DOG FANCY magazine are proud to announce the redesign of its website, DogChannel.com.
With thousands of exclusive articles, DogChannel.com is the most comprehensive Internet web site covering all aspects of selecting, taking care of and living with a dog.

The site offers breaking news on issues affecting dog owners and expert advice from its advisory staff of veterinarians, professional trainers and groomers. New and informative features include Club Dog -- a rewards program where web site visitors earn points just for having fun. Visitors can redeem points for great prizes or valuable discounts from DogChannel.com partners.

"DogChannel.com is a model web site for special-interest publishers," said Michelle Williams, Director of Internet Marketing. "We've combined the expert information that readers have come to expect from our leading publications like DOG FANCY, DOG WORLD, DOGS USA and PUPPIES USA, with the user-generated content that has made social-networking sites like MySpace, Friendster, Facebook and TagWorld so popular."

"With a large percentage of the population adopting Broadband-speed Internet service, DogChannel.com visitors can learn, communicate and be entertained in ways that were not possible using traditional dial-up service," said Williams. "We've worked hard to create a community that empowers visitors to show others how much they love their dog while educating them with practical information that they can use right away."

DogChannel.com's Grand Opening Celebration runs from July 10th to July 15th and highlights some of the exciting additions that have been made to the site like recordings of questions and answers from site visitors and pet experts, free doggie ring tones for cell phones, funny video clips of crazy dogs and the opportunity to build a personal web page for your dog. Special prizes and give-a-ways will be awarded each day during the Grand Opening Celebration.

Visit www.dogchannel.com for more details.

About BowTie, Inc.

BowTie, Inc. is the leader in special interest pet magazines, trade magazines, books and websites dedicated to pet-loving consumers, pet-supply retailers, veterinarians, breeders, and pet professionals worldwide. Divisions of BowTie, Inc. include BowTie Magazines, BowTie Press, BowTie News, Thoroughbred Times Company, Global Distribution Services, and AnimalNetwork.com.




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[Rager]

New Pet Fashion Line Launched to Color-coordinate Pets With Their Accessories
Wednesday May 31, 8:30 am ET
Looking for the latest in designer pet wear? Want to be the first to color-coordinate your pet with their own accessories? See the latest and one of the hottest trends in pet collars, leads and more. Luxury leather accessories are customized with cut, polished real semi-precious or faux stones to match your pet's combination of colors.


LOS ANGELES, May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- With pet ownership at an all time high pet couture is focusing on enhancing each pet's unique beauty. Couture Accessories offers customized leather accessories individually made to order. Features unique to Couture Accessories are color-matching with stones (real semi-precious or faux), and robust custom-manufactured gold-plated rims that secure stones in all pet rough playing (patent pending).



"Yes, people often spend more on their pet than on themselves," says Nela Kash, President of Couture Accessories Inc. "A pet collar or harness is a pet's most fashionable statement showing the world just how pampered and stylish he is."

Couture Accessories sells its products online with a full catalogue of over 400 detailed photos. Pet owners can select the color-category of their pet online and view only the designs that match the pet's color-combination. Pet owners select a design and their choice of semi-precious (combination of agate, onyx, and jasper) or European faux stones. The product is then custom-made for the pet. Products are made from hand-stitched harness leather (used for horses). Soft leather is used for small pets. Each product has gold-plated hooks, buckle and rim for beauty and durability.

For additional information contact Nela Kash or visit www.coutureaccessories.com. Couture Accessories Inc. has exclusive rights on the company logo, brand name, trademark and designs.

About Couture Accessories Inc.:

Couture Accessories is a European family-owned business with corporate headquarters in Los Angeles, California USA. A percentage of the proceeds are donated to animal shelters.


Contact:
Nela Kash, President
Couture Accessories Inc.
310-446-9746
[e-mail]
http://www.coutureaccessories.com

This press release distributed by PRWEB (http://www.prwebdirect.com/), a service of eMediaWire.




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[Susie924]

grub

[Susie924]

Wow! What a wonderful story!

[ergo sum]

Tossed from a raft and struggling to get to shore as he was swept down the roiling Roaring Fork River south of Glenwood Springs over the weekend, 9-year-old Ryan Rambo was yelling for help and needed a hero.

It came in the form of a yellow Labrador retriever.

Zion - not yet 2 years old and decidedly untrained, according to his owner - swam out to the frightened Glenwood lad and returned to shore with the youngster clinging to his collar.

"He was scared. He said he didn't know if anybody knew he fell in the water. He thought he was out there pretty much by himself, and then here comes this dog," said Ryan's mother, Deana. "It was just unbelievable."

Chelsea Bennett, 13, was playing with Zion at the water's edge when Ryan bobbed past in the currents shouting, "Help!"

The dog "usually doesn't go into the river until someone throws a ball or a stick," said Chelsea's mother, Robin. "I think the dog sensed something was wrong and went out there. The dog isn't well-trained, I can tell you that."

The heroic episode began Sunday afternoon when Rambo family friend Kevin Doran, 47, invited the second-grader to join him on a promised raft trip during the height of the spring runoff.

Shortly into their journey, Doran reported, the raft struck a submerged log and flipped on a rock, tossing them into the water.

"I wasn't really thinking that much. I was just trying to crawl back into the boat," said Ryan, who was wearing a life vest. "The water was very cold, and I was trying to swim."

When Doran surfaced, he could not immediately find Ryan. He swam to shore and flagged down a passing motorist to call for help.

A short distance downstream, Deana Rambo waited for the duo at their pullout spot and saw the overturned raft floating by.

"Needless to say, my heart just stopped," she recalled.

Running upstream along the bank, she encountered a police officer who confirmed that he was looking for a missing boy in the river. Over the next hour, she joined the search for her son, fearing the worst.

"I'm thinking that he's dead because




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they won't tell me anything. It was horrible," she said.
Finally, word came over the police radio that searchers had spotted Ryan walking with Chelsea and Zion toward a footbridge about a half-mile downstream from where he was lost.

Dragged ashore by Zion, Ryan was shivering from his estimated 20 minutes in the water, and Chelsea sat him in the sun- warmed sand of a little beach and covered him with a wrap before seeking help.

"I was happy I was there and could help," Chelsea said.

When she returned home, she didn't mention the incident to her mother until a sheriff's deputy knocked on their door.

"I think she was a little embarrassed by it," said Robin Bennett. "I'm very proud of her."

On Tuesday, Ryan sent a bouquet of flowers to Chelsea and brought gifts to Zion.

Meanwhile, Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario said some commendation is in order for both Chelsea and Zion.

"I've never heard anything like that before," he said, crediting Zion with saving the boy's life. "It's awesome."

The Rambos, who moved to Glenwood from Marrero, La., last fall after Hurricane Katrina damaged their home, had a similar yellow Lab that they had to relinquish to an acquaintance when they moved into a rental property.

"He said it looked just like Zoe," Deana Rambo said of her son's hero. "It was so cool."

Staff writer Steve Lipsher can be reached at 970-513-9495 or [e-mail].

[ergo sum]

"Today I am a dog. Yesterday I was a dog. Tomorrow I will probably be a dog. There is so little chance for advancement"

[ergo sum]

Leadville - Forest ranger Jeff Thompson had crawled into his tent for the night when he heard the noise, a kind of snort or whuff that got his attention.

Bolting outside, he stood face to face with a full-grown mountain lion, with three more staring at him from the background.

"I knew I had to make myself look big, so I reached down and grabbed my sleeping bag and raised it in the air," the veteran Pike-San Isabel National Forest wilderness ranger said in his official report.

Thompson backed up about 5 feet, grabbed a shovel he had left leaning against a fallen tree and started banging it on a rock.

"Two of the lions slowly walked away, and another one came running toward me," he reported. "The lion that ran at me grabbed my sleeping bag out of my hand. ... I took my shovel and struck the lion on the back."
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_2974459#


ATHERTON, Calif. - You would think that if you plunked down $10 million for a home, including millions to buy three adjoining properties, you could count on a little freedom to roam. But then the occasional mountain lion traipses across your land and, if you are Barbara Proulx, you feel trapped, afraid to let your two young sons out by themselves because of the dangers lurking outside.
"I won't let my children go to the tennis court by themselves anymore," Mrs. Proulx said. She does not permit the boys, ages 9 and 11, to walk to the pool on their own, either. Her parents live in a home on her property, but "they're terrified."

"Except to come to my house," she said, "they never go outside."

They are hardly the only ones in the area feeling like prisoners in multimillion-dollar homes. In recent months, there have been a few publicized mountain lion sightings up and down this peninsula just south of San Francisco, especially in the area's rural, more upscale neighborhoods, out of the reach of most people beyond venture capitalists and those made outlandishly wealthy by Silicon Valley's star companies.

Yet nowhere has this fear been more pronounced than in Atherton, the country's second-wealthiest community after Rancho Santa Fe, in Southern California. Here, largely because of the efforts of a single neighbor, vast backyards sit largely unused.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/28/national/28lions.html

[MOPAR10R/T]

G,morning, ya'll! I'm here, at least one year more. Then my FREE sub runs out on 8-19.
Just renewed it this morning!
...and I get a FREE T-shirt, too! SO KOOL!!!
So, ya'll are STUCK with ME, until 8-19-06!

LOL...

MP/Ron
))

[MOPAR10R/T]

Instructions on how to clean your toilet...

1. Put both lids of the toilet up and add 1/8 cup of pet shampoo to the
water in the bowl.

2. Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.

3. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids.
You may need to stand on the lid.

4. The cat will self agitate and make ample suds. Never mind the noises that
come from the toilet, the cat is actually enjoying this.

5. Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a "power-wash" and
rinse".

6. Have someone open the front door of your home. Be sure that there are no
people between the bathroom and the front door.

7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids.

8. The cat will rocket out of the toilet, streak through the bathroom, and
run outside where he will dry himself off.

9. Both the commode and the cat will be sparkling clean.

Sincerely,
The Dog

[Churak]

NICE GURB!

[Susie924]

Yes and I got a little gurb in the process

[Churak]

you tricked me!!!

[Susie924]

I don't think so

[Churak]

is this board still alive?

[Susie924]

That's ok Ray........Even I didn't have it boardmarked anymore.

Thanks.

[rayrohn]

Hi Susie,

I don't have to board mark anymore (bad me lol)
not always enough time to read every thing...

Real sorry to hear about Sammie and will get them in my thoughts.

[Susie924]

I don't know if anyone even reads this board anymore but if you do........

Please keep good thoughts for "Sammie". She is my friend's puppy who was hit by a car tonight and is not doing well.

[rayrohn]

lol we got 4 of them

[Susie924]

There are a lot of cat lover's here on IHUB!

[rayrohn]

nice pics!!!!

this is one of my cats



well I mean one of my wife's lol

[Susie924]

I've seen the one in the hot dog bun before.....but not the other one.

Adorable!

[99Dan]

Okay then here's a couple dogs for ya!

[Susie924]

Awwwww!!!!!

Since I am partial to dogs I like the last one the best but the 3rd one of the kitten is just too cute!!!!

Thanks Dan!

[99Dan]

2nd try...LOL. This time I will try to use just one post.

[Susie924]

Ok and you have a great day also!

[99Dan]

They were really cute animal pics. I'll work it out and repost them.

[Susie924]

That one I can see but now the eyes are gone!

[99Dan]

Uh oh, my bad

[Susie924]

I can't see any of your gifs except for the blinking eyes!

[99Dan]

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[99Dan]

deleted sorry. I'll try later

[Susie924]

Awww!!!!! How cute is that!!!!!!

[AKvetch]

Now there's a doggie that makes you smile just looking at him.

[occams_razor]

Hi Susie!

[AKvetch]

New York goes to the dogs with glossy magazine

Friday, October 1, 2004 Posted: 2222 GMT (0622 HKT)



New York Dog's first issue features
the headline "Dogs on Atkins!"

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- He was a Greenwich Village bon vivant who enjoyed gourmet food, a drop of wine on festive occasions, a silk bed and his velvet collar.

Fido Graham was 11 when he died of heart disease and back problems. The miniature dachshund's ashes were sprinkled on New York's Bleecker Street, where he took his daily walks.

The first obituary column expressly for dogs is just one of the features of "The New York Dog Magazine," a glossy new magazine that debuted on newsstands across the United States on Friday.

"We have used all the standards of a very strong women's title like Marie Claire or Cosmopolitan and transferred it into the world of dogs and dog-lovers," said publisher Gregg Oehler.

Dog lovers can send in behavioral questions to a dog shrink, track their pet's astrological "Doggiescope" and check out makeover possibilities in "Queer Eye for the Scruffy Dog." Groomers Larry and Howie transformed Yorkshire terrier Max in the premier issue.

Bejeweled collars, woolen sweaters and delectable cuts of raw meat for that special canine in your home are found among the advertisements in the polished magazine. The first cover features a pair of Chihuahuas, one draped in pearls and the other wearing a gauzy tutu.

The 108-page magazine, which Gatsby Publishing Inc. will put out six times a year, costs $4.99.

The magazine looks upscale, but it does not cater strictly to owners of pedigree pooches.

In "What I Learned from My Dog," a slew of celebrities, including actresses Mary Tyler Moore, Bernadette Peters, Laura Linney and Shirley MacLaine, wax lovingly about their housemates, many of whom were adopted from shelters.

Special articles in the inaugural issue included "Ruff Justice," on how to keep your dog in a custody battle, and another on how rescue dogs and regular canine denizens of Lower Manhattan coped with the bad air of the September 11 attacks.

The obituaries are not paid for by the dog's owners, but are chosen from tributes e-mailed to the magazine.

Seven obituaries are in the first issue. Among them, Buddy Nolan, a loving mutt done in by his love of people. Recognizing a delivery person he loved, Buddy raced out of his New York apartment building and into street traffic.

He was 14.

[Susie924]

Awwwww.........how cute!

[hasher]

i want these 2

[AKvetch]

Seen Churak's new trailer? ...

[100lbStriper]

Poor dog. How would you like someone to do that to you !! LOL !!

[Susie924]

OMG! They look like clowns!!!

[Churak]

that's terrible!

[Rager]

Dogs At Work And Play

A pet groomer trims the dyed fur of a poodle at a pet grooming parlor in Chongqing, southwestern China, July 30, 2004. Pet grooming, including haircut and coloring, starts at 300 yuan (about $36) for small dogs. REUTERS/Issei Kato




http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1756&e=1&u=/040730/ids_photos_en/r12787...

[Churak]

well, I guess that told me...lol...OK...shave her & have her hide cause she is embarassed...never seen a Havanese cut that short...you should just have bot a rat.

[dropdeadfred]

good, now I know what to picture when talking to raz

[Susie924]

I can see the resemblance!

[occams_razor]

Thanks, she looks just like me.