“Dog owners ignore warnings of girl's allergy to their pets - Ashland Daily Tidings” plus 3 more |
- Dog owners ignore warnings of girl's allergy to their pets - Ashland Daily Tidings
- Pamela Anderson helps pets abandoned after spill - Fresno Bee
- Randolph veterinarian uses new stem cell therapy on ailing pets - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
- CDC: Tainted pet food poses danger to young children - KOB.com
| Dog owners ignore warnings of girl's allergy to their pets - Ashland Daily Tidings Posted: 13 Aug 2010 02:00 AM PDT Today's Most Read Stories Posted: 2:00 AM August 13, 2010 DEAR ABBY: My 6-year-old daughter, "Meg," has severe eczema. She's highly allergic to a long list of things, including dogs. Recently, at a basketball court and at an outdoor restaurant, we encountered some dog owners who refused to pull their dogs back after I informed them about her allergy. Both said, "It's a public place!" as if my daughter should not be in public. One man even argued that my child "couldn't possibly" be allergic to his poodle. I take my children out in public often, and I never allow them to touch other people. Why can't dog owners understand the concept? Other than avoiding public areas that are dog friendly, and pulling my daughter away whenever she's touched by a dog, what can I do? — MOM KNOWS BEST, IRVINE, CALIF. DEAR MOM: The idea that dog owners would fail to pull their animals back after being told someone was highly allergic shocks me. However, because you can't make everyone behave responsibly, you will have to "dog proof" your daughter. At 6, she's old enough to understand the reason she's broken out and itching is because she came in contact with one of the things to which she is allergic. Teach her to stay out of reach and to announce loudly, "Please hold your dog back! I'm allergic!" when the situation calls for it. And if you are with her and see someone with an animal approach, YOU should take the initiative and say emphatically, "My daughter is highly allergic to dogs. PLEASE keep it away from my child!" And while I'm at it, no child — or adult — should ever touch a strange dog without the owner's permission because you never know how the animal might react. DEAR ABBY: I work at the front desk of a construction company. My work area is located in the lobby. I'm responsible for greeting visitors, answering the phone, typing letters and other administrative tasks. The only thing separating me from the visitors is a 12-inch-high counter that surrounds my desk. Quite often, visitors must wait several minutes for the person they're seeing to come to the lobby. When they do, they often plant both arms on the counter, drape themselves over the top and scan every piece of paper on the surface of my desk, including what's showing on my computer screen. They also try to converse with me while I'm trying to work and answer the phone. I find this rude, inappropriate and an invasion of my personal work space. How can I convey this to visitors without coming across as rude and jeopardizing the company's relationship with them? Desk modifications are not an option. — BITING MY TONGUE IN UPSTATE NEW YORK DEAR BITING YOUR TONGUE: Ask your boss how sensitive the correspondence you are handling is, and explain that it is being viewed by clients who walk in. Some offices handle the problem by keeping documents face down when they are not being worked on. Also, consider tilting your computer monitor and installing a privacy screen to block the view. Because client relations is part of your job description, do not allow your annoyance at chatty clients to show. Smile and say, "I'd love to talk, but I have a ton of work I have to finish. Would you like a magazine-newspaper-water while you wait?" If that doesn't do the trick, find out from your boss which of your tasks takes precedence. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Reader Reaction We reserve the right to remove any content at any time from this Community, including without limitation if it violates the Community Rules. We ask that you report content that you in good faith believe violates the above rules by clicking the Flag link next to the offending comment. New comments are only accepted for two weeks from the date of publication. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Pamela Anderson helps pets abandoned after spill - Fresno Bee Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:41 AM PDT Similar stories:
NEW ORLEANS -- Most of the roughly 50 abandoned dogs parading under the oaks at New Orleans City Park on Monday were bound for a pet adoption program in Virginia, but two were headed for California with their new owner, actress Pamela Anderson. "My son was hoping we could take all 50," Anderson said before latching on to her two new charges - two small brown dogs tentatively identified by shelter officials as Chihuahua mixes. Anderson named them in honor of fellow actresses Gina Lollobrigida and Brigitte Bardot. Anderson helped walk the dogs as part of a news conference calling attention to a program aimed at helping deal with an overflow of abandoned pets since the BP oil spill. "We couldn't find homes for all the dogs that were being surrendered before the spill," said Bridgette Verdin of the Humane Society of Louisiana, which is working with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and several New Orleans area shelters to find homes for the dogs. Verdin said the spill, which has caused people to lose jobs and income in southeastern Louisiana, only made the existing animal adoption problems worse. Anderson is the honorary director of PETA. The organization, based in Norfolk, Va., said in a news release that it is working with the Virginia Beach SPCA on an emergency "adopt-a-thon" to find homes for the animals, some of which were given up by people affected by the spill. Several southeastern Louisiana animal shelters have reported a spike in the number of animals brought in since the April 20 drilling rig explosion that sent millions of gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf. In coastal St. Bernard Parish, for instance, an official reported that 117 animals were given up in June, up by 100 from the 17 reported in June 2009. Organizers of Monday's event said shelters from the coastal parish of Plaquemines and from other parishes farther inland were represented. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Randolph veterinarian uses new stem cell therapy on ailing pets - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Posted: 12 Aug 2010 05:22 AM PDT New Jersey News Videos » When it comes to improving the lives of the animals he treats, veterinarian Brian Voynick isn't afraid to try something new. He's been doing acupuncture on dogs for some 15 years. So when Voynick first heard about stem cell therapy for small animals like cats and dogs four years ago at a conference on holistic veterinary medicine, he was intrigued. A year later, he become the first and only veterinarian in the region to use stem cells derived from an animal's fat to treat pain and inflammation from ailments like arthritis and hip dysplasia. Now he's taking the therapy to the next level, processing and activating the derived stem cells on site at his clinic, the American Animal Hospital in Randolph. The procedure uses adult stem cells from the patient, not embryonic stem cells, which are far more controversial. (Video by Nyier Abdou/The Star-Ledger) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| CDC: Tainted pet food poses danger to young children - KOB.com Posted: 10 Aug 2010 07:50 PM PDT Posted at: 08/10/2010 8:49 AM The Centers for Disease Control is reporting a link between salmonella in dry pet food and infection in children under the age of two. For Dr. Peter Richel, the head of pediatrics at New York's Northern Westchester Hospital, the findings aren't a huge surprise. He says contact with dirty pet food bowls is common. According to the CDC almost half the patients who became sick with salmonella in an outbreak between 2006 and 2008 were two years old or younger. While dogs and cats sometimes don't exhibit severe illness, the infection can be dangerous to infants and the elderly. Dr. Richel offers three tips to prevent cross-contamination. He says you should be careful not only with the pet bowl, but also the bedding, and hand washing is essential. Other measures that can be taken including feeding pets outside of the kitchen. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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