IN THIS ISSUE       Number 80      August 3, 2001

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 TRAINING and ACTIVITIES
5. The Straight Poop featured DOG COMIC
6. The Straight Poop featured DOG BOOK

Reminder from Frank: We're on our summer schedule. The Straight Poop will be in your mailbox every other week during July and August. Nonna and I are traipsing around the English countryside, missing Katie very badly. We promise not to bring back any foot and mouth disease!

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I've been searching for months for the perfect pet health insurance plan. I found it in Veterinary Pet Insurance, so I've affiliated with them and highly recommend it to you. Here's why:

* Serving pet owners since 1982
* Available in all 50 states
* Over 1 million policies sold
* Over 6,400 medical conditions covered
* Your choice of any licensed veterinarian worldwide
* Vaccination & Routine Care Coverage available
* Exclusively endorsed by the American Humane Association
* The nation's oldest, largest & most experienced licensed pet medical insurance provider

The primary goals at Veterinary Pet Insurance are your pet's health and your peace of mind. Veterinary Pet Insurance can protect your pet when accident or illness strikes, and you from the high cost of quality veterinary care. Protect your best friend today.

Sorry, Canadian friends, U.S. only. But we're searching.

http://www.petinsurance.com/affiliates/straight-poop/default.cfm
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Fido won't need to sleep on the floor any more!

Kuranda makes a healthy, supportive and virtually chew proof dog bed and it's patented. It can be used indoors or out. This is the preferred dog bed for veterinarians and professional kennels worldwide. Visit our web site to see what makes a Kuranda bed different.

http://www.kuranda.com
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The Straight Poop featured WEB SITE

Most of us in North America know nothing about the Dingo, Australia's native dog breed. It has a fascinating history and is now threatened. Read all about it!

http://www.wwwins.net.au/dingofarm/
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The Straight Poop about DOG HEALTH

From Wegmans (a retail grocery chain in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey) Pet Gazette, a brief look at what we should know about "Care for Eyes, Ears and Teeth" for our pets. By Katie Crane.

http://www.wegmans.com/stores/pet/gazette/column.asp?date=3-19-01
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The Straight Poop about DOG NUTRITION

Again, a compelling case is made for being soooo careful about reading labels before we buy something to put in mouths...our own as well as our pets'. "Dog Eat Dog...What's Inside the Foods We Feed" by Carol Gravenstock-Taylor, from the Fuzzy Faces site.

http://www.fuzzyfaces.com/lfood2.html
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The Straight Poop about DOG TRAINING and ACTIVITIES

If you have more than one dog, is one of them always being picked on by the others? Does your dog roll over on his/her back whenever another dog approaches? If the answer to these questions is yes, your dog is likely an Omega dog...at the bottom of the dog pack hierarchy. This article from the Doggie Door site will help you help your dog build confidence.

http://www.doggiedoor.com/confiden.shtml
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Recommended Product - The Straight Poop Special

SitStay.com is not just another everyday online pet supply store. They sell unusual, interesting items, at bargain prices. Go spend a few minutes there and browse around. There's a pretty good chance you'll find something you can use and enjoy, at an affordable price.

http://www.straight-poop.com/ads/sitstay.html
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The Straight Poop featured DOG COMIC

Peanuts:
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/peanuts/#thestrip
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The Straight Poop featured DOG BOOK

One reader says: "I've never quite accepted the whole 'treat your dog like a wolf' theory of dog training...This book gives you a new appreciation of the dog as a species and as part of human culture - for they are ultimately a product of mankind and like us are brilliant and flawed, trapped in their instincts as much as we are in our presuppositions about the dog."

Dogs: A Startling New Understding of Canine Origin, Behavior and Evolution, by Raymond and Lorna Coppinger

Get it at Amazon.com