Akita that kept 10-year vigil inspires books, movies - South Coast Today

If you’re a dog lover or just enjoy a heartwarming tale, don’t miss “Hachiko Waits,” a children’s book inspired by a true story about a loyal Akita, one of seven canine breeds designated as natural monuments in Japan. The 90-page book (Henry Holt and Continued

It was billed as the happy reunion of a stolen puppy and his loving owner–the perfect heartwarming story for the evening news. But it ended up as something more tawdry, the second setback in a day for animal welfare workers who rescued 50 dogs from Continued

Students put their hats on to raise $11K

Worcester Telegram & Gazette - day last week as Alex, now 5, and his 7-year-old sister, Jennifer, played with their dog, Brady, an 18-month-old bichon fris More money would be needed for transportation and lodging during a two-week training session with a dog, which Mrs Go

Asbury Park Press - A Brooklyn native, Manning said his interest in training and exhibiting dogs began when he was young, when his father Eventually, Manning narrowed the field to four: the standard poodle, the bulldog, the bichon frise and the Tibetan terrier. A Go

A conversation with Richard Rhea, Chartwell Properties

Nashville Business Journal - overwhelmed, I jump schedule. Favorite hobbies? Books, snow skiing, developing resort properties, studying art and architecture. Pets? We just lost our Locksley, our bichon friend of 16 years, who proved that with proper training, man can be dog’s Go

February 2008

Palm Beach Interactive - puppy Ellis? Oscar de la Ruff-ta? Puttin on the doggie Fashion Show hound By Lynn Kalber | Thursday, February 14, 2008 The poodles are here, the sharpei, the bulldog (no. 10 in popularity now), the bichon frise, the dalmatian, the schipperke
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Lake Linganore girl uses website to help pets find new homes

Frederick News-Post - In her Lake Linganore home, she has Rupert, a bichon frise; a hermit crab; two birds; and fish. She would have a cat, but her dad, Richard Lupkin, is allergic. She also takes riding lessons and hopes to own a rescue horse one day. Her first match was Continued

San Francisco Examiner - The sixth-grader at Oakdale Middle School in Ijamsville has several pets herself: a bichon frise, a hermit crab, two birds and fish. Her father is allergic to cats or else she said she’d have one of those, too. She wants a rescue horse one day so she Continued

Palm Beach Interactive - Also in the Pet Pavilion will be the Peggy Adams Animal rescue, Elite Greyhound Adoptions and Bark Busters, a dog training 10:13 p.m. And it s the bichon in the finals, the English bulldog, sharpei, chow-chow, dalmatian, the standard poodle and Continued

Everett Herald - Bentley and Doozie, both male bichon fris s, were among 74 dogs and cats implanted with identity microchips during the city We’ll never know exactly what happened to her,” said Joyce Gonzalez, a volunteer at rescue Pup, headquartered at Pet Pleasers Continued

Spotlight on breeders

Wisconsin State Journal - what some people say about him, that he ’s some kind of male Cruella De Vil running one of the state ’s largest puppy hybrids like puggles, the pug-beagle cross that is his claim to fame , Peke-a-poos and “teddy bears ” (a Shih Tzu-bichon frise Continued

Bozeman Daily Chronicle - DEIRDRE EITEL /CHRONICLE Cherry Eustace trained her 3-year-old bichon frise, Bouy, from the time it was a puppy to work as a therapy dog. Bouy provides a distraction for injured skiers in the Big Sky first aid room, and calms people in crisis Continued

Owners ‘giving rottweilers away’

BBC UK News - A rescue centre says it has been contacted by the owners of several rottweilers whose owners no longer want them after a boy No dog - rottweiler, poodle, bichon - should be left alone with a child. “That is, to me, common sense and I think to any More

IC Wales - A rescue centre said yesterday it had been contacted by the owners of several rottweilers whose owners no longer want them was vital for owners but that they would still not necessarily listen to advice. No dog rottweiler, poodle, bichon More

Sequim Gazette - Connie Hixson and her bichon fris pal Rex visit at the Sequim dog Park with fellow dog owners Al and Rosemary Ruffner and Check out the local Humane Society or other local rescue groups for loving and more mature companions. Consider the senior?s More

In line all night for puppy love

Newsday - of the North Shore Animal League shelter Friday cuddling a 1-year-old, tan-and-white shih tzu — one of 132 refugee puppies Rosado left with a white, 10-month-old bichon frise to join her other two dogs. Prospective pet parents, walking the halls to
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Animal magic
Scotland on Sunday Online - Consider an older dog from a shelter too these are usually house-trained and calmer than puppies. dogs for allergy-sufferers Bichon fris s, malteses and poodles are all known for having beautiful coats that shed little and produce little dander
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rescued dogs up for adoption
WABC - Those dogs include: Yorkshire Terriers, Lhasa Apsos, Poodles, Jack Russell Terriers, bichon frises and several other highly In addition to the Virginia rescue puppies, the League offers over 200 puppies and dogs available for adoption. Adoption
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Dog involved in attack must be removed from town

Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - But her 12-year-old daughter, who was walking the little bichon frise in the family’s front yard, still has psychological Nearly $1,000 in boarding costs have accumulated at the Cedar Bend Humane Society shelter, where Cleo has been kept since
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A Personality Test for Pets
Time - On the other end, each animal’s personality is categorized by shelter workers. The assessment tools include a four-minute In the brightly lit kennels, where a one-year-old fluffy little bichon frise mix might sit sweetly alongside an adorable
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Waterloo eyes animal control changes following dog maulings
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - control ordinance for months after a pit bull attacked a bichon frise on the city’s south side in August. That pit bull, Cleo, was deemed dangerous by animal control officers, who seized the animal and kept it at the Cedar Bend Humane Society shelter
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