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If you are a fan of the beautiful Doberman breed, you’re going to love the story of Precious, the Miracle Puppy, and perhaps you will know of just the right person to give Precious her “free to good forever home”.

Precious, the Miracle Puppy

“The Story of Precious”

Precious was one of a litter of 15 puppies born at Ravenhill Dobermans in Maple Ridge, a most enchanting, loving and wonderful place for a puppy to spend their first months of life.

Sadly, when Precious was just two weeks old, her mother accidentally jumped on her and broke her little back. The veterinarian wanted to put her to sleep, but Sadie, the lovely lady breeder at Ravenhill, wanted to give her a second chance at life. With much care and attention, and much to the surprise of the vet, Precious’ spinal cord repaired itself, and although she is smaller than the rest of her siblings, she is a happy and active little soul.

Now, Sadie wishes to find a FREE to loving home for Precious and would like to place her with someone who is retired and always at home, who doesn’t lead an overly active lifestyle, because extreme activity or a lot of jumping about could possibly re-injure her spine.

Precious is now a 3-4 month old miracle puppy who doesn’t know she is any different from her brothers and sisters and is waiting to find the right human for whom she can be a faithful and loving canine companion.

If you know someone who may be the perfect match for Precious, please call Sadie at Ravenhill Dobermans in Maple Ridge at 604-462-0481 or e-mail Sadie at: doby39@shaw.ca or go to: Ravenhill Dobermans

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Please help...I really miss my beach...

Please support the request to amend Bylaw #8556 that bans dogs on Cordova Bay beach May to October.

We are asking for the same access to the beach as Cadboro Bay dog owners now enjoy, where you can walk your dog on the beach “before 9:00 a.m. on any day.”

Did you know that dog walkers make up the highest proportion of beach users year round, and that a significantly high proportion of seniors use the beach to walk their dogs?

With respect to the beach area at Cordova Bay, many parents drop their kids off at the Cordova Bay School and then walk their dogs at the beach in the morning.

The only alternative for these many dog lovers while their beach is off limits (May to October) is to drive to Beaver Lake Park or Dallas Road in Beacon Hill Park – not a very “green” choice for the environment.

This is a matter which should be dealt with before we move further into the summer season. If an amendment to the current Bylaw cannot be dealt with in a reasonable amount of time, then a relaxing of the Bylaw should be in place throughout the months of June, July and August while the matter is resolved, so that dog owners and their best friends are not penalized for living near the wrong beach.

If you agree, please send an e-mail to the Mayor of Saanich District with copies to the following addresses:

Mayor@saanich.ca
council@saanich.ca
Rae.Roer@saanich.ca
cba.president@cbasn.com

For more information, please contact :

Peter Spearman
E-mail: pspearma@gmail.com
Phone: 250 380-6930
or
Sheenagh Rose -
E-mail: anthonyr@telus.net
Phone: 250 658-0603

Thank you for supporting this very worthy request to have more beach time for our best friends, because when you’re a dog “Life’s a Beach!”

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Strategic planning is underway for Greater Victoria Regional Parks and because so many of our 4-legged friends are major users of our parks network, please be aware that your voice is the only one that will be heard on behalf of your dog with respect to how regional park planning plays out.

The Capital Regional District (CRD) has already held community meetings in various communities, with the next one coming up tonight (Monday May 17th) in the Westshore at Langford Church of the Rosary, and another this Tuesday, May 18th, at the Mary Winspear Centre (Sidney). As well, if you live on Saltspring Island, there will be a meeting this Wednesday, May 19th at the Anglican Church.

If you can’t make it to any of these meetings, your voice can still be heard, because you can download and complete an online response form:

Parks Strategic Planning

You can also go to the CRD Parks website to find out more:

CRD Parks

Please be a voice for your best friends and let others know they can have a voice, too. The deadline for receiving your response is May 28, 2010.

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Although there are certainly many varying ideas amongst the human population about what constitutes a “dangerous dog”, for those living within the Capital Regional District, there is a very specific Bylaw (No. 1465) that might surprise you.

The CRD Bylaw quite clearly defines a dangerous dog as being “any animal that has attacked or bitten, attempted to attack or bite or chased any person, or animal or wildlife; but excludes any attack by a dog on other animals or wildlife engaged in molesting livestock.”

If you think that your dog falls under this definition or you’re not sure, it’s long past the time that you became proactive about it and hired a professional to help you before the unthinkable happens and your dog is ordered destroyed by the Provincial Court or before you find yourself fined up to $2,000. and/or imprisoned for five years. You can also be charged with criminal negligence if you fail to control your dog that has any sort of “vicious propensity”.

You might also be surprised to learn which canine breeds are deemed to be amongst the top 15 most dangerous.

Although any breed of canine has the propensity to become dangerous if not properly trained, and/or under the control of the wrong human, and any breed also has the ability to be the most loving companion when it’s particular needs are fulfilled, there are breeds that rank higher on the scale when it comes down to them possessing a more natural propensity to fall into the “danger” category.  Owners should always do their research and be aware of the natural tendencies of a particular breed when choosing a family pet, and even more so if you may be a first time dog owner because “cute” is not always the best choice.

According to a recent study carried out by the University of Pennsylvania who surveyed 6,000 dog owners, researchers determined that the breed who was the “most dangerous”, ranking #1 out of 15, is the Dachshund. This German breed was originally “designed” by humans to hunt badgers (Dachs meaning badger) and badgers can be very viscious creatures. Researchers discovered that “one out of every five Dachshunds have bitten or tried to bite strangers and a similar number have attacked other dogs…”, while one in 12 have even display aggressive tendencies toward their owners.

If you’re thinking that the #2 dog on the list is probably a Pit Bull or Doberman, according to this study, you’d be wrong, because Chihuahuas have “similar statistics to Dachshunds when it comes to biting strangers, their owners or other dogs.”

And another dog which you might not guess, that ranks in the #3 position, is the Jack Russell Terrier.

Most people assume that the dangerous dogs are the big ones, such as the Dobermans, Rottweilers or Pit Bull types, when in fact the smaller dogs can certainly inflict a great deal of damage simply because they are small, tenacious and fast.

As well, it’s usually the larger breeds that are at the top of the doggy hit list because when a large breed attacks, simply because their mouth and teeth are larger, the wounds they create are larger and the attack itself usually much more traumatic for dog and human concerned that it’s generally the larger dog attacks that get reported. Because medical data is used as a basis for much dog attack research it then inaccurately appears that most attacks are from larger dogs.

We humans tends to give way too much leeway to a smaller, cuter-looking dog and will generally allow these cuties to get away with bad behavior that there would be no question of tolerating if they were a larger breed. In fact many of us humans laugh and think it’s “funny” to see a very small dog displaying signs of aggression because they just don’t see this pint sized pup as any sort of real threat.

If you are curious about which breeds are genetically more likely to become dangerous dogs if they are not properly trained, here is the list of the top 15, deemed by this study to be the most dangerous dogs, in alphabetical order, after the top 3.

Dachshund, Chihuahua, Jack Russell Terrier, (4) Akita Inu; (5) Bull Mastiff; (6) Chow Chow; (7) Dalmatian; (8) German Shepherd; (9) Giant Schnauzer; (10) Llahsa Apso; (11) Miniature Pinscher; (12) Old English Sheepdog; (13) Papillion; (14) Pit Bull; (15) Rottweiler.

Remember, just as all dogs can be great dogs when you humans give them what they need to be happy and fulfilled, all dogs, no matter what the size, also can become very dangerous dogs and it’s the responsibility of the human who adopts the dog to make certain they take whatever steps may be necessary to keep everyone safe.

Written by K-9SuperHeroes.com Dog Whispering

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My name is Titus

(26Mar10) Titus has found his new home in the country!

(10Mar10) My name is Titus and I’m a city dog who longs to live outside in the country.

I’m a large, goofy, playful 17-month old German Shepherd Cross with yellow eyes and lots of energy.  I love humans of every size and am very sociable with other dogs  and other animals.

I have had all my shots, am tattooed, neutered and healthy.  I am crate trained, walk really nicely on leash, sit and lie down on command and know that I must be calm before I get my dinner. I get car sick if I have to ride inside the car, but I am fine if I can ride in the back of a pickup in my crate.

The city life is just not for me. I’m a big guy that needs lots of room to roam.  I was born outside and I want to be outside most of the day where I can smell the fresh air and hopefully play with other dogs, go for very long walks or go running with my humans.

I like to bark when strangers appear, so I would be a very excellent guard dog.

If you think you can give me a nice, forever home in the country, or know a kind  human who might, I’d love to be your “free to good home” dog. Please call my current humans [Lyin & Richard at 250-294-6320] who live in a very tiny house in the city that just got much smaller because they now have a new baby and don’t have enough room or time to spend with me.

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