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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 98 January 4, 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 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 8. The Straight Poop BEST OF THE BEST A Word from Frank: With this issue, we're starting a new chapter in the life of The Straight Poop. It will be distributed to you by SKYLIST, the world's premier list hosting company. If anything seems different, or if you unsubscribed recently and still received this, please bear with us and SKYLIST as we complete the transition. 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"New Knowledge of Dog Behavior" by Clarence Pfaffengberger. >From Dogwise.com, home of the largest and best selection of dog books on the internet. http://www.dogwise.com/DetailA.htm$search?db=catalog.txt&eqskudatarq=DTB154&header1=WSR0414 AOL 8888888888888888888888888888888888888888 The Straight Poop BEST OF THE BEST >From Issue No. 33, August 25, 2000 Katie learned a lesson about cats the hard way, ending up with a bad scratch on her nose. Forget it? To the medicine cabinet? To the vet? Oh, the agony of such decisions. Once again we turn to our good friends at Kansas State University, this time for a brief but very useful article entitled "When to Take a Pet to the Vet". http://www.newss.ksu.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/listpetvet.html Fetch Link _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a trusted sponsor Haven't gotten your 2002 calendar yet? Calendars.com has the "the BEST SELECTION of Calendars in the Known Universe". Everyone needs one. 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