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.

Tell me what is the most popular dog name in your town? Just drop me a comments if any.

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

Happy New Year 2007!

Dorothy
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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.

Tell me what do you think about Dog Cloning? is it ethical? Just leave a comments

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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.

Tell me Dog care center you know at your country. So I can add to my Blog.

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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.

Do you have anything about puppies vaccination story to share? Any comments is welcome.

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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.

Do you have any Dog experinces to share? Leave me a comment. Thanks

Dorothy
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