Archive for September 2013
Dog Yawning
More clues in this story from Nature World News about what’s really going on with dogs… by STAFF REPORTER Dogs yawn when they see their owners yawning, a new study found. We have all experienced that moment when one person yawns and everybody in the group starts yawning. Experts say that group yawning is empathetic and might help increase…
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ESAH on ESTV!
El Segundo Animal Hospital is featured this month on El Segundo Television’s “Business Matters”… El Segundo TV airs locally on Time Warner Cable channels 3 and 22, and on AT&T U-verse local channel 99. Go to the ESTV website for details or catch ESTV programming on Youtube.
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The Seen:
The New Yorker Magazine, October 7th cover…
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Surf City Surf Dog
Canines take to the water for three days this weekend for the 5th Annual Surf City Surf Dog competition in Huntington Beach… From the press release: “Pooches will be able to ‘hang 20’ in surfing competitions and strut their stuff in a variety of dog-gone fun activities and contests throughout the three-day weekend, all while raising…
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Stray Dogs in Detroit
A startling story from Bloomberg.com about an epidemic of canine overpopulation… by CHRIS CHRISTOFF As many as 50,000 stray dogs roam the streets and vacant homes of bankrupt Detroit, replacing residents, menacing humans who remain and overwhelming the city’s ability to find them homes or peaceful deaths. Dens of as many as 20 canines have been found in boarded-up homes…
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Thanks to The MOMS Club!
We are proud and excited to announce The MOMS Club of El Segundo has included the El Segundo Animal Hospital in their Best of El Segundo Honorees and named the ESAH Best Veterinarian of 2013… Thank you for the honor, we look forward to further serving you and this great community! For more information on the MOMS…
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Dogs in Literature:
Under the pen name Hergé, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi created “The Adventures of Tintin” featuring Snowy, one of the most popular dog characters of the 20th century… from TINTIN.COM Snowy is Tintin’s faithful companion, traversing continents with his adventurous master and saving his life on numerous occasions. Throughout all 24 Tintin adventures, reporter and dog are…
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Pet Spotlight: September
JAMES BOND! Ten month-old Bond is a 15 pound Seal Point Himalayan from El Segundo
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Special Pet Products
Check out this interesting piece from the New York Times… by ALINA TUGEND Back in March, I wrote about a wily raccoon that kept sneaking into our house through a swinging cat door. We thought we had solved the problem by installing a new door that opens by radio frequency emitted from the tags on our…
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Dogs in Film
“Marmaduke” (2010) With Owen Wilson’s voice, the famous comic strip great dane comes to life getting into the kind of trouble only a two hundred pound dog can. Directed by Tom Dey. read Rodger Ebert’s review here…
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