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Asheville Citizen-Times - Miniature dachshund, English mastiff. Memorable first job: Cropping tobacco. Professional tip: Learn from those who have traveled the road before you. Key education/training: I ve learned the most when I have failed. Role models: Parents, grandparents
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Thank you, Thank you, Thank You
PRWeb - John Boe is offering a limited-time promotional giveaway of his newly released online audio sales training program The Hobo character appears in top hat and tails along with his faithful dachshund at his side on their attractive yard signs
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August 2006
Palm Beach Interactive - the Federal Highway Administration will be conducting education campaigns to encourage drivers to get proper training and ads feature three different breeds of dogs delivering three helpful messages. Aviator dog has a brown-haired Dachshund
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Pet owners discovering massage for pets
Bradenton Herald - But he was willing to try almost anything to help his 8-year-old dachshund walk again. So Charlie began a regimen of therapy More people are starting to understand the benefits,” says LaMonica, who received pet-massage training through a one-week
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What To Expect When Your Dachshund Has Kidney Disease

Once dogs reach eight years of age, their kidneys are less likely to function as well as those of younger Dachshunds are. Diseased kidneys have sustained damage that inhibits their ability to strain and eliminate waste products. Kidney disease can be sudden (acute) or long-term (chronic).

Acute kidney disease is the result of a potent underlying cause, such as a significant drop in blood pressure, loss of fluids or blood, shock, ingestion of a toxic substance, heart failure, or infectious disease. In treating a dog with kidney disease, the goal is to first deal with the underlying cause. Usually, such treatment results in the restoration of urine production.

Chronic kidney disease is a much slower, degenerative process, with subtle signs that can often take years to surface. Common causes include infection, heart disease, diabetes, poisoning, or physical trauma. Because the kidneys contain plenty of reserve tissue normally capable of toxin disposal, about two thirds of the organ must be damaged before symptoms can be detected. However, it is essential that the disease be checked as early as possible.

A dog suffering from chronic kidney disease may finish her water bowl more quickly than usual and look to you for refills. She may urinate more frequently than normal, and may begin to accidentally urinate in inappropriate places because the kidneys are no longer capable of holding urine.

As the disease progresses, uremia will develop, characterized by lethargy, poor appetite, dull coat, darkening of the tongue, diarrhea, vomiting, and anemia. You may also think you are smelling ammonia on her breath. With chronic kidney disease, while he or she will not be able to restore the kidney itself, there are several steps your veterinarian will recommend to keep your Dachshund as healthy and functional as possible.

Strict attention to diet will help the kidney work as well as possible. You will have to reduce the amount of protein your Dachshund ingests. Nitrogen waste is the by-product of protein metabolism. This waste leaves the kidneys as urea. If the kidneys are faulty, urea will back up and enter the bloodstream. However, your dog needs protein for cell production, so you must work with the veterinarian to create a diet (perhaps a specially packaged food program acquired through veterinary hospitals) that will be beneficial to your Dachshund.

This diet will include proteins that are easy to digest, and may be supplemented by foods like cooked eggs and cottage cheese. Carbohydrates will also be suggested. Useful supplements include pasta, potatoes, whole wheat bread, and oatmeal.

Pets on parade in Dover 

Kathy Brommeland was out shopping for unique Halloween costumes for her two young children, Olivia and Linzi, when she had an idea: get an outfit for her cocker spaniel, Yankee, and the entire family could participate in the pet parade.
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Don’t Choose Pets Based On ‘Cute’ 
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Talib Ilaahee loves dogs, but there is one breed that he adores more than any other - the Doberman. “I love the Doberman pinscher. They are loyal. They will give their life for you.
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PETS: Little dogs are big again 
Being a lap dog today is not always as easy as it looks. Thanks to Paris Hilton and other toy-dog-toting celebrities, pint-sized pooches have become important fashion accessories.
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Activist vows to fight eviction 
A local activist suing Riviera Beach is being evicted by the city from the slip he leases at the city marina for his houseboat.
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Dogs are treated better than people

North County Times - are really dogs at all, even though our own recently departed Sparky was a mixed breed of Chihuahua, cockapoo and dachshund Communities can find the wherewithal to pamper our pooches and shelter homeless pets, but not our own species. Churches Find Out More

Columbia Daily Tribune - Boonville s Festival of Lights combines fundraising for the Santa Fe Trail Food Bank and WINGS women s shelter with a Watch the Dachshund Costume Contest and Race at 3 p.m. Saturday. Their legs might be short, but they re zippy. Don t miss Find Out More

Delaware Online - of Newark, brought three dogs — two they adopted from the association and another dog they got at a Maryland shelter. Robert Dean, of Bear, brought his 7-pound miniature dachshund, Kitty, to the walk, and he demonstrated how he would let her Find Out More

Across Kansas

Kansas City Star - KansasWhen Jeff Cox saw the car pull up last week next to his dachshund, Elky, he thought it was a nearby landowner, opening the door to let Elky in. Instead, a stranger pulled out a handgun, aimed it at 4-year-old Elky and fired, hitting the dog s More

San Jose Mercury News - During a hymn, a dog in its Sunday best — a brown knit sweater with a pink-and-orange butterfly on the back — whimpered Amber and Brandy went up together, and a dappling of water on top of Amber’s nose seemed to quiet the dachshund’s puppy energy More

IF YOU GO

El Di rio La Estrella - I Mini Dachshund puppies - 09/18/2006 09:43 PM EDT These are longhaired. Have 3 puppies, 2-Females and 1-Male will be ready on October 5th. Will have kitten to good home - 09/18/2006 09:43 PM EDT I have one kitten left to a good home
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Gamespot News - Well, Nintendogs is here at last, and it’s tearing up the sales charts. This free-form pet simulator can be quite addictive if you’re into raising virtual puppies, but it can also be a bit confusing at first, as you’re kind of thrown into the rigors
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shelter spotlight
Winchester Sun - Also available for adoption is Princess, a 3-year-old, black and tan Rottweiler-Dachshund mix who weighs about 30 pounds. She In addition to these two, the shelter has many other dogs, puppies, cats and kittens “waiting for a second chance,” Bowman
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Jefferson City, M nchberg leaders tap kegs to kick off festival

Jefferson City News Tribune Online - Canine contestants think better of all that running business as their owners urge them to give it a try Saturday afternoon during a Dachshund Derby heat at the Old Munichburg Oktoberfest. (Kelley McCall/News Tribune photo) Thousands of Mid
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dogs available at county shelter
1960 Sun - She will probably be a good companion with most other dogs because when we found her as a stray, she had made friends with the property owner’s mini Dachshund. Sugar got her name because she is so sweet and she will be a lap dog if you let her. We
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Movie review: ‘Open Season’
Times Herald-Record - There are shell-shocked French Canadian geese and a Deutsch-accented dachshund. And whoever thought to make the squirrels “defenders of the righteous, guardians of the pine” Scottish should get a raise today. The sight gags include
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