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Summertime has been more than just vacations and hot weather for NYC pets.

There is a new ad campaign for the Center for Animal Care & Control that really tells it like it is: homeless pets aren’t at fault for being shelter dogs.

In Manhattan, the Pet Fashion Week took place in August. Pups strutting their stuff in designer fashions. It might be time to rename the cat walk. Jen at Gotham Unleashed has your photo highlights.
There have been reports of poisonings at the Chelsea Waterside Dog Park. Hopefully, everyone is doing fine now and park goers are being more watchful.
Oh, and you’ll love this photo of Cimbi (of Harlem Fur fame) enjoying summer in Central Park.

In Brooklyn, there has been a kennel cough outbreak.
At Hillside Dog Run, the community is working together to help a friend in need get the veterinary care he deserves and the Elegant Stinkhorn mushroom has returned to the dog run. Gracie (the lost Italian Greyhound) was reunited with her family after a lot of media coverage and a nearly 4 week search. Hazel(see photo) was voted Brooklyn Industries Top Dog. Congrats to you, Hazel!

On the subway, an ad promoting epilepsy awareness contains a furry friend. Although the intention of the ad is probably to show service dogs for people who have seizures, many epileptic dogs live long, happy lives too.

In local blogs:
Craftzine has a nice pattern for knitting a cat bed. You’ll know the bed is a success if your cat sleeps in it instead of your own bed.

Apartment Therapy gives a nod to the International Gift Fair that happened in August with a post about the Pet Project. They make modern furniture for your design-conscious pet.

Swissmiss shows you it is possible to craft your own dachshund with the Egg Press pillow kit.

Denise Flaim at Animal House has a few tricks up her sleeve when it comes to dogs. Canned pumpkin for constipation or diarrhea is something veterinarians inform dog owners about every day.

And on a sad note, this graphic from the NY CACC website resembles the scene today on West 68th Street when a German Shepherd was left tied up to a street sign in the afternoon. Some resourceful, dog-loving people came to her aide and she is currently being fostered until a new home can be found. Why, oh why, isn’t there a real organization that prosecutes people who abandon animals? Aren’t there enough cameras on us in NYC that these heartless lawbreakers can be identified and sent to trial?

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The savvy people at Dogster’s blog know the importance of taking care of senior dogs. Get annual bloodwork done with wellness exams to stay in the know.

At Animal House, there is talk about breaking up dog fights and the auction at Christie’s that is ending tomorrow is all about dogs.

Gothamist covered dogs and cats recently. The allotment of space for small dogs vs. big dogs in the UES dog run coming to 63rd Street is being debated. Meanwhile, this family of kitties living in a Brooklyn backyard are in need of a home.

You can’t find any more doggy puns anywhere than in the Gizmodo post about a fat counter for dogs now available in Japan.

Over at Apartment Therapy, three eye catching, modern goods for pets were posted:
cat scratch squares, the GO! doggie crate, and the swirl cat scratcher (seen in the slideshow at Avery & Courtney’s home).

Take Your Dog to Work Day is coming up this Friday, June 22nd. Make sure your dog is invited back to work with these tips from Lifehacker.

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If only every adoptable dog had a website like this…what a nice tribute to Daisy!

Gothamist gives an update on abused dog in NJ.

The Mayor’s Alliance for New York City’s Animals is saving lives. Just as they set out to do. While the job will never be done, progress is good and we congratulate them.

Now that it is official, we’ll send you over to the Dog Politics blog for their take on Rudy Giuliani for Prez.

Speaking of politics, at the NY State Legislature website, you can find all of the 22 new bills introduced into the State Assembly this season. (Click on link and search “dog” or “pet”)
~Thanks to Kitty Adair of the Dachshund Club of America for the tip.

Brooklyn dog run groups are photogenic! You can buy the 2007 Dogs of the Run Calendar to support McCarren Park’s dog run and Cooper Bark has both a Flickr group and Katharine’s photos from their Clean Up Day . It looks like more fun than work was had by all.

NY Times Magazine discusses the designer dog fad.

Want to start a dog run in your neighborhood? You could read the how-to article from NYC Dog, or you could attend the final Parks Department hearing on the off-leash dog policies on February 22nd and talk to NYC Dog members directly.

Dogster’s new For the Love of Dog Blog gives us the heads up about one of the contestants in tomorrow’s Westminster Dog Show: the Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Harry, owned by Bill Cosby

Bulldog Rescuer, Laurette Richin, has cancer and a group of friends is trying to give her help like she has done for many others.

Last but not least, here is the knit-along progress for our dog sweater. So far, we’ve got a collar!

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*Denise Flaim (writer for Newsday, still hunting for Vivi the whippet), gives a nice start to 2007 with A New Year’s Preamble.
*On the same subject, learn how to recognize a pet health emergency at MSNBC.
*The ASPCA is living up to the expectations of the animal-loving NYC community after recently hiring a forensic veterinarian and an investigator. We still want to see more investigation and prosecution of animal abandonment and abuse! This NY Sun article boasts a job well done by ASPCA.
*Oh, Slentrol. What can we say? To be honest, there have been a few deserving of Slentrol dogs who have crossed our path, but probably the only time it would be necessary to give this drug is upon adoption of a new, ahem, chunky dog who deserves a jump start on a diet. You can read what Wally, the corgador, has to say about this controversial new drug. Or you can talk with your own veterinarian…
*Sexy Beast: Canine Style Unleashed?
Say what you will about your Sexy Beast. Gary Bogue, pet blogger, finds this very strange, but someone out there is digging it. Especially if it smells like a freshly buried bone.

(Photo of Sexy Beast van from TriciaWang via Flickr)

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The quintessential NYC dog bed!

Annie’s Pooch Porch wouldn’t fit into our apartment, but it would work for one of those Central Park East/West/South/North apartments.

Parrots: Sweet music to your ears or just another kind of barking dog?

Gothamist covered the Cat Show at Madison Square Garden. Thoughts from a friend: “It was not like a dog show at all because all judges look every cat and each cat could receive a variety of different colored ribbons.” Sounds as complicated as cats!

Finally, here is what could happen if you don’t scoop the poop! Miss Heather could make your dog (droppings) famous. (Ed. note: please scoop the poop!)

(Photos: Taxi Bed from Bark Slope, the Crap Map by Miss Heather from her blog, and Bushwick Pup by Kesnerster via Flickr)

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Pawlick: Art as rendered through the medium of dog food. Hang these high (away from all pets) and be proud.

Matthew over at the Hillside Dog Run in Brooklyn Heights reports the dog run is under construction for now, but soon they’ll have water, a new entrance for the small dog run, a community garden and double doors.

Amanda Jones is seeking Black Labs, both fat and skinny, for a photo shoot on October 11-12.

Are you a dog fan?

At Lifehacker, they offer help for conquering cat allergies.

Readers of the Brooklyn Record argue about the politics of dog piss. To curb or not to curb is the question.

The Clinton Hill Blog informs us about the upcoming chocolate benefit for Slope Street Cats on Oct. 16th.

(Image from Houtlust Blog, credit goes to Fundacion Altarriba for their campaign to remind us that dogs are not toys)

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Gowanus Lounge writes about sitings of a pig being walked on a leash in Park Slope.

In any case, we noticed on the Park Slope Forum that people are discussing a pig that has been spotted being walked down Seventh Avenue on a leash. The first report was posted on Monday and there have been a number of follow ups. Does this mean that Park Slope has its own pet pig? Or is it Emmett, the somewhat famous Fort Greene pig, about whom much has been written?

We wonder, are pigs the new dogs in Brooklyn?

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From the DFNYDogLaw Yahoo group:
NY Times regional article: Pit Bull Owners Put Laws to the Test

The DogPolitics.com people have brought you a voter registration drive and a list to help you align your political attitude with that of your dog:

(Note: Form is copyrighted by My Dog Votes and cannot be altered, only printed and shared)

Bebe the Bichon Frise is the first dog to receive a protection order against a person. This person is a dog-beater and, therefore, deserves a protection order placed upon him for all pets.

Over at Harlem Fur, St. Nicholas Park gets a dog run, Cimbi enjoys play dates, and Chris tells us to keep an eye out for the lost cat near 118th Street and Lenox.

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At ApartmentTherapy.com, July was pet month. (Oops, sorry we missed it! We are still catching up on our reading!). AT listed adoptable pets from Petfinder all through July.

They had a Pet Decor contest, and they told us about Petholica-the NYC pet newsletter and Postmodern Pets-a shop “for design-savvy pets and their people”.

On Gothamist: The Animal Care & Control audit is a little depressing, but we can attest that here in NYC people are conscious of the issue and are working to do a better job for the animals.

Our Kittenpile was mentioned at Gothamist this month and there is a post about finding a good veterinarian in the city that includes some helpful comments.

On Flickr, Darvey the Pom has a cute tribute page. (Thanks to Atlantisa7 for the photo!):

Jon, from San Francisco, blogs about all the dogs he sees tied outside in the city. We aren’t thrilled about the idea, as we think it is scary to leave a dog alone out on a sidewalk.

If you think tick-borne diseases only affect dogs, think again: bobcat’s disease recently killed this Oklahoma cat.

My Cat’s Got Knees is a great ode to cats, probably even the greatest. (Video link)

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The indispensable NYC dog-lover’s resource urbanhound has gone tri-coastal with new sites serving San Francisco and Chicago. When NYCityPets moved to NYC, we found urbanhound’s list and description of dog runs to be particularly useful in determining where to live. Now our left- and third-coast friends can enjoy the well maintained directory.

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