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THE STRAIGHT POOP® Your Free Weekly Guide to the Best of the Web about Dogs ISSN 1527-9766 ©2001 Dog Breeders Online Directory, Inc. http://www.straight-poop.com/ IN THIS ISSUE Number 106 March 1, 2002 1. The Straight Poop Featured Web Site 2. The Straight Poop about Dog Health 3. The Straight Poop about Dog Nutrition 4. The Straight Poop about Dog Activities and Training 5. The Straight Poop guide to Dogs in the News 6. The Straight Poop Featured Dog Comics 7. The Straight Poop Featured Dog Book 8. The Straight Poop Best of the Best A Word from (Grandpa) Frank: Happy birthday to Jordan, Natalie and Rachel! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a trusted sponsor How you would handle a situation where your best friend was seriously ill or injured and needed thousands of dollars of veterinary care? Do you really want to have to make a choice in that situation? I've been searching for months for the perfect pet health insurance plan. 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Before you do, however, be aware of the potential danger to our pets from the chemicals in some of those weed killers. From Rachel's Environment & Health News. http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/index.cfm?issue_ID=884 Fetch Link 33333333333333333333333333333333333333 The Straight Poop about DOG NUTRITION Here's the skinny (an expression I remember from my boyhood, meaning about the same thing as "the straight poop" ... reliable, inside information) about dog food preservatives. A very important topic to understand if you are at all concerned with your dog's well being. Are you? Written by Dr. Lisa Freean, DVM, a veterinary clinical nutritionist at Tufts University, presented by the Branford Miniature Schnauzer web site. http://www.executec.com/nutra.htm Fetch Link 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 The Straight Poop about DOG TRAINING and ACTIVITIES Fantastic! An online, complete, self-contained Puppy Basic Beginners Training Course. Follow this and you'll have the best dog in the whole world (with the single exception, of course, of my Katie). "An Obedience Trained Dog is a joy to own and live with!" By Sherry M. Brown of All Breed Dog Training in Concord, California, on the chazhound.com web site. http://www.chazhound.com/puppy.html Fetch Link _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a trusted sponsor The Straight Poop recommends DogToys.com! Whether it be for a Bullmastiff or a Pomeranian, a toy dog or a scent hound, a sheep dog or a sled dog, DogToys.com has the perfect toy or combination of toys for your dog. Go ahead...be like a kid in a dog toy store! http://www.straight-poop.com/sponsors/dogtoys.html Fetch Link 5555555555555555555555555555555555555555 The Straight Poop guide to DOGS in the NEWS Many of you, particulary you Welsh Corgi lovers, know that the Corgi is the favorite dog breed of Queen Elizabeth. It was big news when she stopped at the Adelaide Hills Kennel Club on her Golden Jubilee tour of Australia and discussed some of her Corgi breeding experiences. From Sky News. http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-10258760,00.html Fetch Link 6666666666666666666666666666666666666666 The Straight Poop featured DOG COMICS Marmaduke http://umweb2.unitedmedia.com/comics/marmaduke/ Fetch Link Peanuts http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/peanuts/#thestrip Fetch Link Not In My Backyard http://www.notinmybackyard.com/strips/?day=4&size=6 Fetch Link Mutts http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/mutts/about.htm Fetch Link Dokie The Dog http://www.dokiethedog.com/ Fetch Link Get Fuzzy http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/getfuzzy/ Fetch Link Buckles http://www.bucklescomic.com/comics.html Fetch Link 7777777777777777777777777777777777777777 The Straight Poop featured DOG BOOK (video) >From what I've seen, agility is just about as much fun as you and your dog can have together. In this 25-minute American Kennel Club video, you'll see over 50 different breeds as they cover the essentials of what it takes to successfully navigate every aspect of the agility course. >From Dogwise.com, home of the largest and best selection of dog books on the internet. "Jump into Agility: AKC Agility Program" http://www.dogwise.com/DetailA.htm$search?db=catalog.txt&eqskudatarq=DTA220&header1=WSR0414 Dogwise.com 8888888888888888888888888888888888888888 The Straight Poop RESCUE SITE OF THE WEEK As I recall, way back in the dark ages when I was a boy (well, not really THAT long ago), dog pretty much meant Cocker Spaniel, just the way luxury car pretty much meant Cadillac. The breed has been surpassed in popularity by some of the retrievers and a few of the smaller dog breeds (same as Lexus and Mercedes ... you get the point), but it is still an immensely popular breed. And the more popular a breed, the more it is bred and the more end up in shelters, in dire need of a new home. Comes the Cocker Spaniel Adoption Center "to the rescue". Lots of pix and details of dogs available all across North America, guidelines, rules and regulations, agreements, and more, in an attractive and well-designed site. Don't miss the "Most Urgent Cases" page. http://www.cockeradoption.com Fetch Link 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999 The Straight Poop BEST OF THE BEST >From Issue No. 52, January 5, 2001 The Straight Poop featured WEB SITE Most dog owners would love to have a public park in their neighborhood designated and equipped for dogs to safely run loose, but politically it is often not easy to accomplish. The Bark Magazine examines the nation's Dog Parks and gives tips on how to create a park of one's own in a series of three articles..."In the beginning there was a dog, a ball and a piece of green...", "A Doggedly Determined Politcal Action Plan" and "Running with a Pack". This is a serious and well written treatise on how to get it done. "Dog Power", by Claudia Kawczynska. http://www.thebark.com/community/advocacy_dogParks/dogParks.html Fetch Link _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a trusted sponsor The Straight Poop recommends DogPhoto.com. Hundreds of dog pictures, all original dog T-shirts, greeting cards, free dog photo wallpaper, stock photography for publication, and an outstanding book: "How to Photograph Dogs" by North America's leading dog photographers. http://www.dogphoto.com Fetch Link THE STRAIGHT POOP® Your Free Weekly Guide to the Best of the Web about Dogs ISSN 1527-9766 ©2001 Dog Breeders Online Directory, Inc. You have received THE STRAIGHT POOP, your free weekly guide to the Best of the Web about Dogs, either because you subscribed to it (probably when you searched for a dog breeder in our directory at www.breeders.NET), or because of your free listing in the directory. 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