Dogs Compete In Frisbee Competition In Budapest

Budapest woman strives hard to win frisbee competition that could possibly bring her and her dog to the United States to compete.  Should see her in action!  She ends with a winner's posture by lifting-up her dog high above her head as her biggest and favorite trophy...her dog of course!

Besides napping chasing sticks, begging for food and occasionally guarding houses, catching frisbees is perhaps what dogs do best.  It is at the European Disc Dog Championships .  

Some 60 canines from six countries took part in the competition in Hungary's capital Budapest on Sunday.  In one of the events, the animals and their owners had to perform what is called a toss and fetch freestlye in which they perform a routine to music.   The winners of the competition are not only awarded the European title but are also guaranteed a place in September's world disc dog championships in the United States.

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SURFING DOGS

        7TH ANNUAL DOG SURFING 

  COMPETION HELD IN CALIFORNIA!

   Dog lovers and surfers gather on the beach in San

            Diego to watch  dogs 'hang ten'.

                         


The 7th Annual competition officially known as the Loews Coronado Bay resort surf dog
competion, has become one of the most unique events in southern california, 
sparking a growing movement for dog surfing across the globe.

Dogs compete in ten minute heats and are scored on their best two waves. The heats are subdivided into three categories - small dogs, large dogs and tandem dogs. Judges look for confidence in the four legged surfers as well as a long wave ride and a good sense of fashion.

"So what we're looking for could be length of ride, maybe that little bit of extra flair that a dog has, from the way they're dressed up to, maybe some sunglasses, whatever it might be, and then we're always looking for something that stands out," says Teevan McManus, owner of Coronado Surfing Academy and a judge at the competition.

This year's first place winners under the small dog category were returning champs Michael Uy and his Australian Kelpie, Abbie Girl. This is the third time the duo, who have been surfing for five years, took home the first place prize, although Uy himself didn't expect the win. .

"You know actually this year I was injured so, a little bit of an underdog coming in but we do this because we love surfing together in the water. So, it's kind of amazing how all of this has come about, we are very honoured," says Michael Uy, who won in the small dog category with Abbie Girl.

Winners of the competition receive a special vacation package at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort and snacks for               their pets. This year Loews has partnered with animal charity to donate all profits from the event

 "...wish I could learn to SURF too..."

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INNOCENT DOGS EUTHANIZED

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Owner Samantha Graham saying goodbye on Thursday.

The Australian Veterinary Association has slammed Victorian laws which led to two innocent dogs being euthanized.

Dogs named Bear and Kooda were put down 
under the state's new dangerous dog laws in Shennarton on Thursday
after their owners lost a lengthy legal battle to save their lives.  The dogs did not do anything wrong but were destroyed after a local coucil officer identified them as pit bull crosses despite owners Nathan Laffan and Samantha Graham's claims they were bred from a bull mastiff cross American bulldog and a staffie cross ridgeback.  AVA Victoria president Susan Maastricht said the case could end up as "scapegoats" under the law.  Bear and Kooda were impounded because they look like pit bull crosses, Dr. maastricht said.    " This is exactly why we were opposed to the legislation from the outset."  "Not only will it fail to prevent dog bites, innocent dogs can clearly end up being scapegoats because of the way they look."
Mr. Laffan and Ms Graham were the first Victorians to 
challenge the dog laws - introduced last September
after the fatal mauling of Melbourne toddler Aven Chol in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.   At
the centre of the Cobram couples case against Moira Shire Council which they lost in May, was a statutory declaration from a local breeder saying the dogs came from a bull mastiff cross American bulldog and a staffie cross ridgeback.  The legislation provided guidelines for councils on how to identify pit bulls based on key 
markers including muscular build head profile and size-to weight ratio, Victoria's Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh said.  To help councils enforce the law, the coalition governement introduced visual standards to help council officers correctly identify pit bull types dogs and provided training for council officers in use of the standard, he said.  Dr. Maastricht said if Bear and Kooda fit the standards then it was most likely they were pit bull crosses, but there still was a chance the council officer could have been mistaken.  "To some degree there is the potential for subjectivity,"  she said.  Identifying pit bulls could also be problematic because all pit bulls were technically cross-bred, she said.  "You could have a litter of these and all of them
could look completely different,"  she said.

U.K. TEENAGER TORTURES DOG

A Dog Tortured!

19 year old Sean Deakin put a dog in deep-suffering and torture with
a hammer, stabbed it and left it in agony on the kitchen floor while he went to the Job Centre to sign on. The dog, Tyson, a male Staffordshire bull terrier suffered for eight hours before it died. The RSPCA was alerted by a witness to the attack and later they found the body of the dog in a wheelie bin.

The boy’s girlfriend, Sarah Tame also 19, took ownership of the dog only days before the incident after replying to an advert posted on the website Gumtree.  Deakin was arrested charged with three counts of causing an animal unnecessary suffering.  At first he denied the accusations but he was guilty at a hearing at Manchester magistrate's Court and now
faces up to 6 months imprisonment.  An RSPCA spokesperson said that it was one of the worst attacks 
on an animal she had witnessed.  It was heard in court that the dog had been battered 20 times in the head with a hammer during the night.  The boy awoke in the morning to discover the dog had urinated on the bed so he chased it around the kitchen and on catching it, stabbed it in the chest.


His girlfriend, Tame pleaded guilty to one count of unnecessary suffering by not seeking veterinary attention for the dog.  Deakin who originates from Wigan will be sentenced at Manchester Magistrates Court on the 28th of June.

THERAPY DOGS GRADUATE IN HAWAI'I

THERAPY  DOGS  GRADUATE  IN  HAWAI'I


Graduating season may be over, but a new

group of students is gearing-up for their 
graduation Saturday.    After completing two 
years of school, six service dogs are graduating
from Hawai'i  from Canines For Independence
training camp on maui tomorrow.  

.Dog trainer, Kimmy Seguin said, "We start off in kindergarten when the puppies are only eight weeks old and we train them just the basic commands. Then we jump on to basic training where we start training them all 90 commands."

The soon-to-be graduates are prepping to share their skills across the globe. One dog is headed all the way to Japan's Yokohama Children's Hospital.

Another will work at the Queen's Medical Center's Cancer Clinic and one more will stay on the Valley Isle as a courthouse dog.

Mo Maurer, the executive director said, "Most of our clients are quadriplegics and paraplegics."

Two of the dogs will help residents who live with disabilities including a 16 year-old boy with muscular dystrophy and a sixth dog will provide therapy at a Kahului assisted living facility where they can offer a helping paw when it comes to some of the things we take for granted.

"Opening the refrigerator and taking a drink out and taking it to the person," said Maurer.

Hawaii Canines for Independence is nationally accredited and has a 70% success rate.

"We will find out exactly what that person needs whether they drop their keys very often lots of different things we can do to specifically train that dog for that person with skills," said Seguin.

The dogs are also heavily involved in the community via special events and outreach including the Wounded Warrior project, scent detection and assisting with work place readiness.

"Good boy thank you."

After graduation the non-profit organization keep.

 tabs on the gradates by foullowing up within the first month, three and six months then every year after that.


Again, dogs provide for humans...and  give of themselves so  willingly, so generously.


We thank our Service Therapy Dogs!