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| Pets evacuated in fire at animal hospital - msnbc.com Posted: 08 Jan 2011 09:10 AM PST IRVINE -- A fire at an Irvine pet hospital forced the evacuation of 17 animals on Friday night, as firefighters quickly brought the blaze under control, authorities said. Firefighters responded to the blaze at Camino Pet Hospital in the 5400 block of Walnut Avenue about 6:30 p.m., Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Greg McKeown said. About two-dozen firefighters brought the blaze under control within 15 minutes, limiting damage to a sign and a portion of the building, McKeown said. The 17 pets were evacuated from the building during the fire, McKeown said. No animals or people were injured during the blaze. The operators of the pet hospital will decide whether to bring the animals back tonight or move them to a separate facility, McKeown said. The fire, which caused about $10,000 in damage, looks accidental, McKeown said. Contact the writer: 714-796-7939 or semery@ocregister.com 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 |
| Wichita State coach, his wife have eye for pets - Salina Journal Posted: 03 Jan 2011 04:44 AM PST 1/3/2011 By DIANE McCARTNEY | The Wichita Eagle WICHITA — It was in South Carolina during the 1989-90 basketball season — Gregg Marshall recalls time in terms of sports seasons, "not by regular human years," says his wife, Lynn — when the Marshalls first met Penny. Gregg was working as an assistant coach at the College of Charleston when his wife wanted him to go look at a dog she'd seen advertised in the paper. The dog was a sickly-looking beagle with no hair on her ears, and although she was covered up to her chest in brick-red mud, "you could see all of her ribs," Lynn said. At the time, Lynn said, Gregg was making about $17,000 a year, and she was in graduate school, studying for her MBA. They had another dog at home, and "pets are expensive," Lynn said. Gregg looked at Lynn and asked, "This is the dog you want?" "Yeah," said Lynn, tears in her eyes. "OK, we'll take her," Gregg said, then asked, "What's her name?" "I just call it Skinny," the man said. Renamed Penny "We are not calling her Skinny," Lynn remembers saying. "How mean." They tried to think of a name that rhymed with Skinny. They settled on Penny. One of Lynn's first memories of Penny was when the beagle stole a big peanut butter and jelly sandwich she had just made for herself. "I went to get something and looked back, and she had eaten the entire sandwich. That's my first memory of her, just being so hungry." Lynn tries to make sure that Penny never goes hungry now, even if that means making home-cooked dog meals, a talent she learned from her mom. Penny can be picky at times but loves to stand by Lynn in the kitchen while she cooks bacon or "beef cube steaks — I know she likes that." Penny, who was a full-grown adult when the Marshalls adopted her in that 1989-90 season, shares their home today in Wichita, where Gregg is in his fourth year as men's basketball coach at Wichita State University. That would make Penny almost 22 years old. The Marshalls, who got married in 1994, share a passion for animals and for, oh yes, one other thing — basketball. Marshalls met in KC Over the years, their family has grown to include son Kellen, 14, and daughter Maggie, 11, both animal lovers. They also have added three other dogs — Jack Russell terriers, two of them rescues — and two cats. Gregg found Zoie, the oldest terrier, eight years ago along the side of the road in a foot of snow. "He stopped his car and she jumped into his arms," Lynn said. They later adopted Patches, a puppy, and then Hurley. "We care very much about our dogs," Lynn said. "We treat them like they're friends, good friends." Although Gregg is attached to their pets, he's "not as crazy about dogs as I am," Lynn said. "Thank goodness, or we'd probably have 12 or 13."  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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