Max, The most popular Dog name in New York

If you’re a dog in New York, the chances are you’re a mongrel named Max.

According to the latest figures released by the city’s health department on Wednesday, there were more than 1,200 dogs named Max, making the name the most popular among the city's more than 100,000 registered canines.

Max was followed by Lucky, Princess, Rocky and Buddy. Mutts, meanwhile, outnumbered their pedigree counterparts, with Labradors, Pit Bulls, Shih Tzus and German Shepherds the most popular purebreds.

Under New York law, all dogs must be licensed and have a licensed tag on their collar while in public.

However, many officials estimate that only around 20% of owners adhere to the rules.

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Wishing you and your family that includes your Dog have a great year ahead.

Happy New Year 2007!

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Scientist Cloned Female Dog

Lee Byeong-chun, a veterinary professor of Seoul National University, center, and his researchers show three female cloned dogs Bona, left, Hope, center, and Peace at the university's Veterinary School in Seoul, Monday, Dec. 18, 2006.

Lee, a former key collaborator of disgraced South Korean cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk, claimed Monday that he succeeded in cloning a female dog, following last year's breakthrough of creating the world's first cloned dog, which was male.

This was a process that must be done to see if a cloned dog has reproduction capabilities," Lee told The Associated Press.

Lee was a key member of Hwang's research team, whose purported breakthroughs in creating human stem cells through cloning were found to be fake. But the team's success in cloning the world's first dog, Snuppy, was confirmed.

Lee, who had been suspended from his university for three months over the stem cell scandal, was the main scientist in the dog cloning. He has been on trial, along with Hwang and other former team members, on charges of misappropriating research funds. If he gets a prison term, he could lose his job as professor of the top South Korean university.

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Dog Care Center

If you have a dog and need to turn to someone else to look after your dog at least once on your life. You have option to consider whether your dog needs regular day care as you work long hours ad can’t be at home to walk your dog of feed him, or you have to travel oversea for work assignment for a month or more, or simply you need someone to look after your dog due to vacation.

Although some dogs do best in their own home with a pet sitter, others do better in a boarding kennel. Consider your dog personality and temperament before making a decision. If you are not comfortable having a stranger to take care of your dog, perhaps you can find a friend who willing to take care for Free.

Ensure the facility or care taker you are hiring will keep your animal safe. Price, comfort and health and safety are all valid concerns when choosing a caretaker center for your dog. After all, you are entrusting someone with one of the most emotionally valuable things of your life,so it’s only normal that you feel wary.

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Puppies Vaccination

It’s important to understand that no vaccine is 100% effective all the time. Factors that can affect immune response in a puppy include his health and the level of maternal antibodies still circulating in his system. If a puppy is exposed to a virus shortly before or approximately the same time a vaccination is given, the vaccine is likely to fail.

This occurs for any number of reasons. Some puppies simply don’t have adequate immune function. Stress, poor nutrition and other factors can interfere with immunity for short periods of time as well.

Puppies are born with some degree of natural immunity to disease which some degree of natural immunity to disease which they received form the rich colostral milk their mother produces the two or three days of a pup’s life.

The Colostrum contains antibodies to disease, which provides the pups with limited protection during the first weeks of life called passive immunity or sometimes maternal immunity.

This protection gradually decrease and may diminish by as much as 78% by the time a pup is 2 weeks old. Most puppies complete loss passive immunity by the time they’re 14 to 15 weeks old.

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Military Dog

Dog has been used in war through recorded history. The Roman bred large mastiffs and affixed them with spiked collars before going to battle. During the first World War, the French, Germans and English all used dog sis battle. By the Second World War, the Americans also had inducted canine combatants.

Although the American did not officially use dog in wartime until World War II, they were unofficially present in every battle in American History. During the American Revolution, soldiers routinely brought their hunting dogs with them into battle as companion and as watch dogs.

During the civil War, soldiers on both sides were known to have dogs in their company. Some American soldiers adopted dog while serving during World War I, stray dogs were common in the bombed out European cities and on the battlefields.

Some of these dog ended up serving as messengers, other become mascots for military unit and most served unofficially duties as guards and therapy Dog.

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Low Sodium Dog Food

Sorting out your dog food options can be confusing. Should you choose kibble or cannel and which brand?

Most Dog Owners choose to feed their dogs a commercially prepared diet, but even a dog food labeled Premium or Super Premium is not guarantee that the manufactured used only the highest quality of ingredients. The Dog food industry is well regulated but many terms often applied to dog food or not. The more you know about dog food and the better you understand what dog food label really means.

The Two nutritional choices of commercial dog food you have are kibble and canned varieties. Kibble and canned dog foods have some basics differences but both contains protein, carbohydrates, vitamin, minerals and fat. Kibble however has the water removed through the process of extrusion or baking, making the food hard and crunchy and giving it a longer shelf life. Canned food retains its original moisture content so it must be sealed in a cap to keep it fresh.

Kibble and canned food each have their advantages and some people like to mix them, giving their dog a little of each.

The following chart displays some differences and considerations when comparing kibble and canned food.

Kibble

• Less expensive than canned
• Lasts longer than canned once open
• Doesn’t require refrigeration
• Higher in fiber than canned
• Available in many different custom formulas
• May help teeth cleaner than canned

Canned

• No extruded so many retain more vitamin and enzymes than kibble
• Longer shelf life
• Cans are easy to open
• More portable to picky eaters
• Easier to chew
• High moisture contents help hydrate dogs
• Easy to store

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Small Dog

Almost a third of American Kennel Club( AKC’s) 153 breeds could be considered small Dogs. With these print size pets spread throughout five of the seven AKC group, twenty are tiny enough to be proud members of the Toy Group and all frothy eight will fit nicely in your lap.

If you are considering adding a small dog to your family, you will be joining millions of other small dog owners who know that as with other dog in life, good things come in as small packages.

How small is small? Since there is no official definition of “small” when it comes to canine companions, the designation must be subjective. For the purposes of this Blog, small means under 25 pounds and no taller than 6"10 inches at shoulder.

Of course small dog don’t have to be purebred, Countless varieties of mixed breed small dogs are among the most appealing and unique pets you could find.

As millions of devotees will attest ,small isindeed beautiful. When it comes to size of young dog, there is absolutely no correlation between its height and weight and the love and joy will bring to your life.

Looking for the right small dog is like choosing mate. It all boils down to the looks and traits that you find appealing, plus that indefinable something that lights a spark in your heart.

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Dog Camp

Do you want to take a fun vacation with your dog? Improve your Dog Skills, explore your Dog new activities? Then a Dog camp may be the right place for you and your Dog. Camp normally run for weekend, a few days or sometimes a week. Though dog doesn’t need to be highly trained to go to a camp. Dog should be under your voice control and not be aggressive towards other dog or people.

You can choose among wide variety of camps that offer wither specific canine activities or combination of activities such as agility, tracking,lure coursing, carting, heading and disc catching. Some camp are focused on the serious canine competitor while others are focused on providing a fun experience for dogs and owners.

Most camp also offer workshop on such topics as canine nutrition,clicker training,behavior and holistics dog care.To find dog camp, talk to your veterinarian or a dog trainer in your area,peruse dog magazines and other publication or contact the organization representative the sport which you are interested.

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Search and Rescue Dog

Search and Rescue Dog may be media sweethearts but they’re also highly trained, highly efficient workers. Search and rescue dogs search fro living or dead human beings who are missing. They may search in wilderness or in suburban areas, in snow or in water.

Search and rescue dog must have a strong play and toy drive. Although they have been used for centuries in Europe, they only been embraced during the last 20 to 30 years in the US. Most search and rescue dog are handled by private citizens. Although there is an increasing number of search and rescue dogs owned and trained by ski patrol units, firefighters and rural police department.

The training for search and rescue dog is done in increments. The dog is taught first to alert by barking, sitting or scratching for a toy or other object. He then progresses to alerting on a toy in a handler hand. It is gradually made more complex when the handler hides the object in increasingly difficult location.

Trainers sometimes use what is called a bark box. The handler hides inside a wooden box and the door opens when the dog exhibits an alert. The dog then learns to exhibit the same alert on any human smell. Some dogs are also taught to search for human remains through the use of cadaver scent.

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Dog on the Web

Dog have a high presence on the Internet with Websites, Web Blogs, message board, articles, Ezine and many more media. Dog caretaker use the internet to ask questions about Their Dog Health, Dog Training, Dog Behavior and Dog General care.

Sometimes just to relate anecdotes and show off their pup’s photo. Enter almost any dog related subject into an internet search engine. Expert however caution that much of the information on the internet is untried or not tested.

For veterinarian or behavior questions, it is safe to visit a qualified veterinarian or qualified trainer. At the same time, researching a breed or new activity is a snap with the internet and undoubtedly has led to a greater knowledge of our canine companions.

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World Ugliest Dog

World Ugliest dog “Sam” died in November 2005 due to heart failure, lung and kidney problem. Sam win few animal contest in Sonoma Marin Fair in California in 2003,2004 and 2005.

Sam made few appearances on TV show in Japan, radio show in New Zealand and in Britain's Daily Mirror tabloid and even lived in luxury hotels and met Trump on a talk show.

Sam is a tiny dog with no hair if you don't count the yellowish-white tuft erupting from his head. His wrinkled brown skin is covered with splotches, a line of warts marches down his snout, his blind eyes are an alien, milky white and a fleshy flap of skin hangs from his withered neck.

Give some comments if you have anything to said to Sam. Hope all dog lover out there know the existing of this unique dog species.

Agility Dog Training and Equipment

Some Dog lovers work with dog that have special skills. Other helps dogs develop such skills. These are Handlers and trainers.

There are many different kinds of dog trainers, Most are obedience trainers but there are also those who train services and working dog ,those with advanced degrees and specialized skills such as applied animal behaviorists.

Some trainer work mainly with individual animal, other teach large classes. Trainers work in many setting such as shelters, private business, home and even the sets of movies and television shows.

Handlers on the other hand work with dog after they have been trained and sometimes continue train the dog ongoing basics. These job range from exhibiting dogs at how to working as part of dog human team in police K9 Unit.

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Dog Grooming

Dog Grooming like regular healthcare and nutrition is an essential part of caring for your dog. All dog from pedigreed poodle to lovable pound pub, required some level of grooming, brushing and bathing your dog keep in skin and coat healthy and make him more pleasant to live with and to love.

Daily tooth brushing and regular nail clipping prevent future health concerns such as periodontal disease and foot problems. For some dog professional dog grooming is almost a requirement. For others, a monthly bath and a weekly brushing is sufficient.

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Dog Museum

Dog Museum is located in an antique mall near Waco, Texas. It claims to house the world's largest public collection of dog items with over 7,000 on display. Museum includes more than 1000 categories. Some of the items in the museum are an18th century rifle with a dog head stock, acast iron dog head hitching post an aluminum Scottie-Shaped heater.

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History of Dog

Human and Dogs cross paths more than 10,000 years ago. After that, dog have been lived within villages, worked with us guarded us, share our leisure time and our family lives. Dog share our lives more completely than does any other animal.

The role of dogs in human society has changed dramatically since we first encounter one another, but throughout recorded existence dogs have been significant our myths and folklore, religions and cultural memories. In modern time, dogs are celebrated in movies and art, firm comics strips to great literature. Yet their presence in our lives is not always simple. Sometimes disparate needs have necessitated that we protect dog from human and humans from dogs through animal rescues efforts and through laws.

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