Well some of us at Ragazzi News were a little surprised to read this article. We know times are tough for everyone these days but a city decided to start charging to let dog owners use the dog parks and we feel bad for all the dogs who won’t have a place to run and play at the parks because their owners can no longer afford to take them.(full article)
Ragazzi loves when new discoveries are made that help us understand that history of of the domesticated dog. A jaw fragment has been found in a Swiss cave that dates back between 14,100-14,600 years ago. ‘Researchers claim it’s the earliest evidence of a domesticated animal’
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There are many risks that can befall our dogs but this is very sad. Allegedly a dog walker let a dog die from heat exhaustion by moving it in a hot van. The owners of the pet have no children and are suing for the loss of their pet.(full article)
A woman walking her 2 dachshunds off-leash, was upset to see one of them run into the woods and not return. A search party did not locate the dog and the owner assumed her older dachshund with a heart condition would not survive. Ragazzi News is happy to report her dog was found, a bit scraped up but happy to be reunited with his mom.(full article)
Ragazzi News hopes these recent findings will help dog owners identify heart issues in their pets. The first step in raising awareness has been the Mobile Heart Health Tour, scanning dogs for heart problems across America by bringing the machine to them.(full article)
Aqua-therapy is helping dogs and even cats who aren’t afraid of the water at Water 4 Dogs (and cats!) in TriBeCa. Ragazzi News found this touching story about a cat who is showing signs of improvement after water treatments.(full article)
Airlines don’t have the best safety record when it comes to transporting dogs in the belly (cargo) area of the plane. Some dogs that are forced to travel ‘for work,’ like Georgia’s mascot (a bull dog), that happens to be a breed that is of risk thanks to the length of its nose. Ragazzi News was surprised by the fact the so many dogs go ‘missing’ by the airlines every year let alone how many die. What a terrible loss.(full article)
Ragazzi News is horrified and intrigued at the same time by the love and devotion for an old american t.v show, that compelled people to stuff the horse and dog stars which have now been auctioned off by Christie’s.(full article)
We all want to feed our animals the very best and in our quest to do that some go to extremes. “The diet has to be balanced,” says Dr. Francisco DiPolo of Worth Street Veterinary Center in TriBeCa. ‘“You can’t just feed your dog whatever is left from the table.”’ Still Ragazzi News found some folks who are going that extra mile to prepare elaborate dishes for their dogs and swearing by the extra health benefits.(full article)
