Owner Gave Up Dog for Being too Clingy

A dog named Jubilee was surrendered by her owner (who should have fish as pet instead) to a Texas animal shelter because the dog always wants to be by her side. The great thing about this story, she ended up with a new owner who loves her to be always by her side.

Samantha Fewox new owner said "It touched me. She loved so much. I knew I was supposed to have her."

Finally, all those love Jubilee have will be reciprocated.

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Sugar Substitute Xylitol are Deadly to Dogs

Xylitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and are found  in "sugar-free" chewing gums, mints, other candies, and toothpaste. Veterinarians warns pet owners that Xylitol is 100x more toxic to dog than chocolate. It's perfectly safe for humans but not for dogs.

Veterinarian Crystal Decker of Rascal Animal Hospital in Dublin said Xylitol can kill your dog,

“Even a single stick of gum could potentially cause a toxicity, so any exposure at all to Xylitol we really recommend seeking immediate medical attention because even a tiny amount can cause a serious issue,” she said.

Research: Pet Dog may help Reduce Child's Asthma Risk

According to a Swedish research, young children who are raised with a pet dog in the households or farm animals are less likely to develop asthma.

The research suggest exposure to dog dander in infancy might actually be beneficial. Children who grew up living with a dog in their home were less likely to have asthma at the age of 7 than children without dogs. As for those who live on a farm with many animals seemed to have more protection, cutting the risk of asthma by about 50%.

(Animals groom themselves by licking. Skin cells covered in saliva are the animal dander.)

Professor Tove Fall (Lead scientist) of Uppsala University in Sweden, said: "Our results confirmed the farming effect and we also saw that children who grew up with dogs had about 15% less asthma than children without dogs."

She said this fits with the hygiene hypothesis which favors exposure to dust and dirt to improve our tolerance of common allergens. The findings should also provide some reassurance for parents.

"My take-home message from this study is that parents at this point do not need to worry about keeping their dog or getting a puppy when expecting a baby for fear of asthmatic disease," She added. "I do want to be clear that this recommendation is valid only for families without a child already having allergies. If they already have a furred-animal-allergic child, we do not recommend them to get a furred pet."

This is a really good news since a lot of family with pets and expecting a baby are worried about having a pet at home with a new born baby.

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Happy Halloween pet lovers!

I hope you enjoy your Halloween festivities with family, friends, and pets this year and carve some incredible jack-o-lanterns and create some amazing costumes! Have so much fun trick or treating!

New Breed of Dogs that are Stronger and Faster

    
Remember the 1990's thriller movie "Man's Best Friend"? Where a genetically mutated dog escape from the lab of a mad with the help of an animal rights advocate. It's now happening according to a report from "MIT Technology Review"

The experiment was done in China using DNA manipulation (gene editing) to produce faster, stronger, breed of dogs with more muscle mass to be used for police and military application.

Scientist said that using a naturally occurring DNA mutation in the myostatin gene results to more muscled whippets. They have found out how to simulate this gene mutation in other breeds of dogs and have used it to create beagles that have twice the normal muscle mass.

Liangxue Lai, a researcher with the Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, said “The dogs have more muscles and are expected to have stronger running ability, which is good for hunting, police and military applications.”

Lai and her colleagues submitted the results of their study last week in the Journal of Molecular Cell Biology. They said that they intend to create dogs with other DNA mutations, including ones that mimic human diseases such as Parkinson’s and muscular dystrophy.

“The goal of the research is to explore an approach to the generation of new disease dog models for biomedical research.” “Dogs are very close to humans in terms of metabolic, physiological, and anatomical characteristics.”

What they did was directly inject gene-editing chemical agents into more than 60 dog embryos that is designed to destroy the dogs’ myostatin genes that naturally inhibit their muscle growth.

Story of a Frozen Wolf Rescued

Navarre a wolf got stuck in a freezing cold river in Italy. She was suffering from hypothermia, when she was rescued by very brave souls. She was taken out from the freezing water and was brought back to life. She was still conscious while standing in the river.

Rescuers tranquilize her and the team worked quickly to bring her to shore. Unfortunately, her body began shutting down from hypothermia, and she went into cardiac arrest. They performed CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. She was taken to a nearby animal Rescue Center then once she was stable she was sent to St. Michael’s Hospital for exams and testing.

After 4 months of her rescue, she suffered a “sudden malaise” her body deteriorated and passed away.

Small French Bulldog Chase Away Two Large Bears

Two bears who were seen on a cam jumping over the gate maybe searching for food but instead they were chased by an angry tiny French Bulldog. The French Bulldog named Jewels is 5 years old and looked pissed when she saw two bears entering her territory.

The tiny frenchie, scared away the two bear cubs with her tenacity and non-stop barking.

Dog owner David Fernandez said, “I couldn’t believe it, that she turned into the Wolverine." Jewels walked away unscathed. Fernandez has lived in Monrovia, California for more than 10 years he said wildlife encounter has been spiking.