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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 94 November 30, 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 guide to DOGS in the NEWS 6. The Straight Poop featured DOG COMIC 7. The Straight Poop featured DOG BOOK An IMPORTANT word from Frank: Many of you don't know that your computer has been infected by the latest virus. This one can infect your computer without your even opening an email attachment. Please, I beg you, get an anti-virus program installed on your computer immediately and use it. If you already have one, run it's update and scanning utilities to be sure you're not infected. There are several resources; I use eTrust EZ Antivirus, available very reasonably at http://www.my-eTrust.com. You can also go to http://www.symantec.com/, http://www.mcaffee.com or http://www.antivirus.com. But PLEASE, do one of them, NOW! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a trusted sponsor Do you REALLY know what's in your pet food? For many of us, I'll bet my bottom dollar the answer is NO! And shame on us! How about this: instead of spending a half-hour wasting your time on some silly sit-com, use it to listen to this presentation on how to read a pet food label, plus some reflections from some happy folks who have switched to HealthyPetNet products to feed and care for their true best friends. After clicking on the link, look for "Do you really know..." in the left column on the web page and click there. http://www.bestpetfood.info/ Fetch Link 111111111111111111111111111111111111111 The Straight Poop featured WEB SITE I get questions all the time about dogs in movies. What breed of dog was it in "As Good as it Gets"? Who played opposite Tom Hanks in "Turner and Hooch"? What was the real name of the collie that played the original Lassie in "Lassie Come Home"? Well here's where I find the answers ... "MovieDogs". (Don't be put off by the ad window that pops up when you go to the site ... just click on the little upward-facing arrow in its corner to make it go away). http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1910/moviedogkr.html Fetch Link _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a trusted sponsor The Straight Poop recommends Kuranda dog beds. 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, and now they offer a healthy, supportive dog bed for home use plus dog bed mattress pads as well. Visit their web site to see what makes a Kuranda bed different. http://www.kuranda.com/straightpoop.htm Fetch Link 22222222222222222222222222222222222222 The Straight Poop about DOG HEALTH Some angels have come together in Culver City, a Los Angeles suburb, to help low income seniors with taking care of their pets, whether it be for financial assistance for a vet's services, vaccinations, pet food, supplies...whatever is needed. How about taking a look and giving some thought to spending some of your time and energy to forming something like that in your community? A.N.G.E.L.S. Day (Animals Needing Generous Endowments of Love and Support). http://www.angelsday.org/ Fetch Link 33333333333333333333333333333333333333 The Straight Poop about DOG NUTRITION From the allpets.com PetCyclopedia, here's the straight poop on feeding puppies. http://www.allpets.com/petcyclopedia/dogs/topic.asp?id=458 Fetch Link _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a trusted sponsor The Straight Poop Recommends SitStay.com 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. Watch for the great savings at the CLOSEOUTS section. http://www.straight-poop.com/sponsors/sitstay.html Fetch Link 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 The Straight Poop about DOG TRAINING and ACTIVITIES Judging from the portion of the day they spend doing it, I'd say sleeping is just about any dog's favorite activity. So what's a fitting subject for our Dog Activities section? Why, dog houses, of course. Here's a serious and informative discussion about Selecting a Dog House, from the Oxford-Lafayette Humane Society in Oxford, MS. http://www.oxfordpets.com/doghouse.htm Fetch Link _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ trusted sponsor The affordable holiday gift - a beautiful calendar! Calendars.com has the "the BEST SELECTION of Calendars in the Known Universe". Everyone needs one. Whether it be puppies, your favorite dog breed, art from deco to Rembrandt, you'll find it here. http://www.straight-poop.com/sponsors/calendars.html Fetch Link 5555555555555555555555555555555555555555 The Straight Poop guide to DOGS in the NEWS Just like the figuring out the meaning of life and trying to understand the opposite sex, I'm sure you've always wondered, just like me, what the straight poop is about hats and dogs. Finally, "Slinger" brings us the answer in The Toronto Star. http://thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar /Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1006988669321 &call_page=TS_GTA&call_pageid=968350130169&call_pagepath=GTA/News Fetch Link 6666666666666666666666666666666666666666 The Straight Poop featured DOG COMIC Marmaduke http://umweb2.unitedmedia.com/comics/marmaduke/ Fetch Link 7777777777777777777777777777777777777777 The Straight Poop featured DOG BOOK Here's a great gift for the literary dog lover in your life...especially one who loves to read about outrageous characters. A reviewer tells us, "Daniel Pinkwater of National Public Radio fame introduces the tale of his Uncle Boris, a small time hoodlum from Warsaw, Poland, as a jumping off point about the author's life-long relationship with dogs. According to Pinkwater, Uncle Boris left Europe to pan for gold in the Yukon where his only companions were his team of malamutes with whom he would carry on two-way conversations in Yiddish. Unsuccessful in his hunt for gold, and later a talking dog act, Boris ends up settling in Brooklyn, New York making a profitable side line of faking and selling purebreds. "When the newborn Daniel arrives on the scene, Bobby, a 'sort of' Pekingese, appoints himself the infant's guardian, protecting him from being eaten during that period of his life when Pinkwater described himself as resembling a meatloaf. According to Pinkwater, Bobby and the other dogs, taught me what I needed to know about becoming a human being." "Uncle Boris in the Yukon and Other Shaggy Dog Stories" is devoted to the accounts, both hilarious and poignant, of Pinkwater's journey to and through adulthood, and the critters that have shared and shaped his life and outlook. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? "Uncle Boris in the Yokon and Other Shaggy Dog Stories", By Daniel Pinkwater. Get it at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684856328/ref=nosim/dogbreeders3-20 Amazon.com _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a trusted sponsor It's time to get Rover's holiday gift! No better place to do it than at DogToys.com, with over 400 toys, and you can browse by breed! Or maybe "Dog-opoly for the whole family (just released version of the traditional "opoly" game with some great doggie twists. http://www.straight-poop.com/sponsors/dogtoys.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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