Thursday, May 4, 2006
In 2004, Ohio officials seized 27 pugs from a farm in a “puppy mill” raid. Luckily, a local rescue group was able to get the neglected pug puppies proper medical attention. 22 of the 27 pugs were adopted and given a fresh start at life.
Unfortunately, puppy mills, where dogs are repeatedly breed and kept in horrible conditions, are far too common. To help crackdown on puppy mills, Ohio’s State Sen. Gary Cates has drafted legislation that would:
- set a limit to how many times a dog can breed
- set regulations on cage sizes and the number of food and water dishes that needed to be present
- require commercial kennels to obtain special licenses
- establish special investigation units to look into any complaints of improper breeding
Senator Cate’s legislation is still being refined and drafted, but dog advocates feel that this bill is a step in the right direction in putting an end to puppy mills.
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Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Getting a book published has often been considered a daunting task. But Blurb, a company and a community that believes passionately in the joy books, plans on brining book publishing to the masses. The company created a software program called Booksmart that is available for free via the Blurb website. Booksmart helps any inspiring author create a professional book that is of book store caliber.
The best part is you can publish books on any subject at all. Even if you don’t have time to commit to writing a book, Blurb has a readymade book on Dogs that can easily be completed by adding some of your own pictures and your own text.
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
A pug puppy, rejected by its mother at birth, has found an unusual foster Mom in the cat next door. The cat gave birth to 3 kittens around the same time the pug was born and has happily allowed the pug to nurse. (via EverybodyLovesRiley.com)
See a picture of the nursing pug
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
With 601 members Philly is home to the third largest pug meetup group, ranking only behind pug meetup groups in New York and Austin, Texas. A local Philly paper tries to understand how the charming personality of the pug inspires owners to pamper, dress and seek the companionship of other owners like no other dog breed.
The magical qualities of a pug is tough to explain and I don’t think anyone truly understands until they have had the joy of being owned by a pug.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
The fourth Pug Parliament “Pug Fun in the Sun” event will be held Saturday, May 20th 2006 at 2 pm in Overland Park, KS.
This is an opportunity for Pugs and their owners living in the greater Kansas City area to meet, discuss health and breed issues as well as training and socialization. In turn, we hope to promote good health and breeding practices, and overall Pug awareness and information. We would also like to raise more awareness to the concept of Pug Rescue.
For more information, please contact Mary Crissman at (913) 403-8009 or pugspeak@sbcglobal.net.
Friday, April 7, 2006
On April 10th the ASPCA will be celebrating its 140th anniversary. To help the ASPCA celebrate many buildings in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles will be illuminated in orange on April 10th.
If you don’t live in the Big Apple or the Windy City don’t worry you can still help the ASPCA celebrate such an incredible milestone. The first 20 people to send us a picture of their pug wearing orange will receive an ASPCA orange wristband. You can send your entries to puglines@ownedbypugs.com. Please limit submissions to one entry per family. Also, please be sure to add the e-mail address puglines@ownedbypugs.com to your address books so that if we contact you as a winner our e-mail will not be gobbled up by any spam filters.
Be sure to check out the ASPCA’s photo gallery of pets and humans going orange to help celebrate the ASPCA’s anniversary as well.
Thursday, April 6, 2006
Google is well known for having quite a different work environment than many other companies. Googlers enjoy many perks and one of them is being able to bring their dog(s) to work with them. One dog that enjoys his visits to the Googleplex is Nickey the pug. Nickey recently shared what is like working at Google in a recent post on the Google Blog.
