Issue Number 164June 21, 2003
This Week in
The Straight Poop:

1. Featured Web Site: Picking Out the Right Dog Name!

2. Dog Health & Nutrition: Pet Health Care

3. Dog Activities and Training: Bathing a Dog

4. Dogs in the News: Hospital using dogs for recreational therapy

5. Featured Dog Humor: Comics

6. Featured Dog Book: Positive Puppy Training Works

7. Featured Rescue Site: United Yorkie Rescue

8. Little Poops: Little Poops

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Featured Website: Picking Out the Right Dog Name!

Don't be like everyone else, naming your new best friend "Max" or, heaven forbid, "Fido". Follow the advice on dog-name.com and maybe you'll come up with something really meaningful and useful, like Asparagus, or Xylophone (I'm not kidding -- both these name are on their list).
Dog Health & Nutrition: Pet Health Care

From About Dogs Online, we get some straightforward advice about regular vet visits, emergencies, spaying and neutering, how to tell if Bingo (yes, Bingo!) is sick, and Fido Gets a Makeover (about grooming). Good, useful stuff.
Dog Activities and Training: Bathing a Dog

"Dogs love sprinklers, puddles, rivers and oceans, so what's the big deal about the bathtub?" So begins this outstanding 5-page site about bathing a dog, covering stuff you need, the bath, location and the finishing touches. Follow the menu under "Getting Your Feet Wet" on the upper right part of the page.
 
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Dogs in the News: Hospital using dogs for recreational therapy

I've taken Katie to visit a local retirement home, so I can resonate with this story. From The Herald (Pittsburgh) comes this heart-warming tale of how four wonderful dogs (a Golden Retriever, a Lhasa Apso, and two Newfoundlands) are helping a recreation therapist boost morale for long-term patients at a Veterans Administration Hospital.
Featured Dog Humor: Comic Strip

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Featured Dog Book: Positive Puppy Training Works, By Joel Walton

How to manage, relate to and educate your puppy. Using puppy friendly methods, this book teaches basic commands, crate training, housetraining, dealing with play biting, what to chew, socializing, other dogs and much more, with very gentle, positive training methods.

Get it at Dogwise.com, home of the largest and best selection of dog books on the internet.
Featured Rescue Site: United Yorkie Rescue

My how those Yorkie folks love their little guys. What's not to love? United Yorkie Rescue does a fabulous job of taking in stray, abandoned or surrendered Yorkshire Terriers or Yorkie mixes and providing them with foster care, behavior screening, rehab, health care and ultimately placing them in "loving forever" homes. They also educate the public about Yorkies and responsible Yorkie ownership. They sell some great stuff for little dogs in the Yorkie Shoppe, to raise funds for their activities. Two paws up!
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