I caught a new bug recently. Unfortunately, it was not the kind I could skewer with a pin and put in a frame, but the kind where you’re supposed to drink plenty of fluids and get some rest. So I took the opportunity to do a bit of online research to answer a question recently […]
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Dogs Dosed By Junkie Poop? Naaaah. Well, Maybe.
A few weeks ago, while scrolling through Facebook to research our article on digilantism, we ran across a passionate comment from a Hammond Trail hiker whose pup had been “poisoned” by eating human poop. “Later that afternoon my dog almost died. Vet took samples of what my dog threw up and her diarrhea…Found mushrooms and […]
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Hero Dog Given (Imitation) Purple Heart
The Eureka Police Department reports that plucky pooch K-9 Vex was presented with a chew toy and a dog-sized purple-heart medal today for his bravery on July 31, when he helped clear a local residence after a burglary. Vex cut his paw on broken glass in the course of duty and left several bloody paw […]
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Algae Toxins in the Trinity
These may be the dog days of summer, but ol’ Rex and Rusty better be careful about what rivers and lagoons they go jumping in to celebrate: The poor dogs don’t want to encounter toxic blue-green algae, which can thrive in the low flows and warm water conditions we’re seeing now on local rivers including […]
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Dog Owner Fail [Update: Suspect Identified]
UPDATE: From the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has positively identified the suspect in this case as Salvatore Ted Arena, age 42, of Freshwater. The three dogs, Angel, Becky and Ginger, had belonged to Arena’s brother who passed away suddenly in February of this year. Arena began trying to surrender the […]
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Off the Leash
Your dog loves you, but sometimes it feels like everything is about you: Seeing you out the door, waiting for you to come home, listening to you complain about how someone’s chewed your remote. Let’s not be so self-centered, shall we? Woofstock is back in Halvorsen Park this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. […]