Archive for November, 2008
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Britt, an 11-year old German Shepherd that served with the United States Army as a bomb-sniffing dog in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, was euthanized on September 11, 2008, due to a severe neurological illness. His ashes will be interred on December 3, 2008, at Fort Huachuca in Arizona, under ...
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
A cup of coffee is particularly welcome on the morning after Thanksgiving. My artist friend Herb Ranharter sent this photograph from Vienna. The cat enjoys looking at Herb's sketches while Herb enjoys a cuppa joe.
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
The First Dog show has opened in Washington DC. Does that mean the pony show is not too far behind?
First Dogs: American Presidents and Their Pets opened November 14, 2008, and will run through March 2009 at the Newseum, located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street, ...
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
In further evidence that the war in Iraq is winding down, the Iraqi military, under the direction of the provincial council, is now focusing its gunsights on stray dogs. On Sunday, 200 dogs were killed by authorities. Poison meat has also been put out for the dogs. These actions were ...
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
The trip from Vienna, Austria to the Vienna International Airport is a 16-minute ride on the City Airport Train (CAT). You can even check in for your flight where you catch the CAT at City Air Terminal. It is located only ten minutes from St. Stephen's Cathedral at the Wien-Mitte ...
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
If you are from Chicago or have ever been there, you know that there is nothing in the world like a Vienna beef hot dog served on a poppy seed bun with yellow mustard, pickle relish, a dill pickle spear, chopped onions and maybe some sliced tomatoes. Bob Schwartz, senior ...
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Two white tiger cubs were separated from their mother, who became aggressive when spooked by flood waters in their sanctuary in the wake of Hurricane Hannah in September. The cubs, Mitra and Shiva, are doing well in the care of Anjana, a two-year old female chimpanzee. Anjana helps her ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
The six Shiba Inu pups (3 boys and 3 girls) turned 5 weeks old on November 11, 2008. All have homes waiting for them. They are not for sale!
Girls:
- Autumn (Purple collar) - 3 lbs 5.8 oz (as of Nov 11th)
- Ayumi (Yellow collar) - 3 lbs 3.4 oz (as ...
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
Sacramento, California Firefighters lost a hero with the passing Wednesday night, November 12, 2008, of Ana, a golden retriever. Ana, who turned 13 on the 4th of July, was the first nationally certified Fire Department Disaster Search canine and the first dog certified by the Search Dog Foundation. She did ...
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
A friend emailed these puppy bouquets to me. I passed them along to Peg, my best friend from first grade, who has posted even more of the photos on her blog what if?.
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