Archive for December 2014
3-D Printing for Dogs
Read about this amazing breakthrough technology in a post from The Dodo… by STEPHEN MESSENGER Some might say Derby the dog is disabled, but clearly they haven’t seen him in action. “He has always been the happiest dog I know,” Derby’s adopted human, Sherry Portanova, tells The Dodo. But before he met Sherry, things weren’t so bright for…
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The Seen:
Paw prints, Los Angeles…
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Pet Spotlight: December
LOLA! Four year-old Lola is a 50 pound Afghan from El Segundo.
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Merry Christmas!
Special Holiday Hours…
Dogs in Art
An ancient Egyptian carved ivory dog toy, circa 1400 b.c., housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City… The museum describes its features: “this leaping hunting dog can be made to snap it’s mouth using the lever beneath the chest. Originally secured by means of a thong tied through the hole in the back of…
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Dogs in Art:
An ancient Egyptian carved ivory dog toy, circa 1400 b.c., housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City… The museum describes its features: “this leaping hunting dog can be made to snap it’s mouth using the lever beneath the chest. Originally secured by means of a thong tied through the hole in the back of…
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Old Drum
The story behind Senator George Graham Vest‘s “Eulogy on the Dog”… from WIKIPEDIA George Graham Vest (December 6, 1830 – August 9, 1904) was a U.S. politician. Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, he was known for his skills in oration and debate. Vest, a lawyer as well as a politician, served as a Missouri Congressman, a Confederate Congressman during the…
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Cats in Film
“The Shadow of the Cat” (1961) A black-and-white “naturalistic horror” film starring André Morell, produced by legendary U.K. company Hammer Films about a domestic tabby named Tabitha who witnesses a murder and becomes hell bent on revenge against the greedy evil-doers. Beware the kitty lurking in the darkness! Directed by John Gilling. read the Blackboxclub review here…
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Saying Goodbye
by ANDREW M. STREIBER, DVM Q: Sadly, I believe my family and I are nearing the end of our beloved dog’s long, happy, love-filled life. He is showing all the signs of aging – graying beard, increased sleeping, difficulty rising on his hind limbs, less exercise tolerant and weight loss – but the signs seem…
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