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"Dogs are our link to paradise," wrote the famous writer Milan Kundera, and it is impossible to count all the books, films and real-life stories about the friendship, love and loyalty between a man and his four-legged pet. Yet the authorities of the city of Požarevac have obviously never heard of any of that, as it emerged a few days ago that
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An incredible scene took place at the Bell Park dam in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, when a dog was swept away by the water. It would have had no chance at all had it not been rescued by Amos Ndlovu (35), which was also captured on camera. The first to notice the dog was in trouble was James Stewart, who was out walking with his wife Stella. He quickly
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I hope that with these words I will manage to open some eyes and draw attention to a big problem that is appearing more and more in our society, one that concerns dogs and breeders who, through their irresponsible behaviour, cause many small and large problems in the world of cynology. I feel the need to share my experience with future as well as current owners
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In the summer of 1923, Frank and Elizabeth Brazier set off from Oregon to Indiana with their two-year-old Scotch Collie mix to visit family. When they stopped at a petrol station in Indiana, while they were filling up, he was attacked by three dogs and ran away. They looked for him everywhere, but there was no trace of him. They returned
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This photograph captures an extraordinary friendship. When a car hit Fritz the Dachshund, the dog lost his hind legs and his chances of survival were minimal. Fritz was a tough dog and he wanted to live, and a little girl named Stephanie, whose best friend Fritz was, would not let the vets put him to sleep. Stephanie's father saw his
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Back in 1925, diphtheria struck an isolated village in Alaska. Because of the extreme cold, the medicine could not be delivered by plane or ship, so the transport of the serum to the town of Nome was organised with the help of mushers (people who drive dog sleds). Around 1,800 kilometres had to be covered in five days. There were several teams, taking turns
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WOODEN DOG HOUSE MADE OF MARINE PLYWOOD. Our dog house is made of high-quality waterproof plywood (marine plywood), with internal thermal insulation
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In the battle at the Košare border post, a dog also lost his life, Major Lister. In the sea of heroic stories and personal tragedies experienced by more than a hundred soldiers during the two-month hell at Košare, one has remained in the shadows: the story of a dog, a dog with the rank of major. Lister was not the only dog at the Košare border post, there
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After footage was posted on social media last night showing a resident of the village of Rašljeva near Gračanica, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, deliberately running over a dog with a tractor on a local road, there have been numerous reactions from citizens across the country. Animal protection associations have been particularly vocal. After the footage was posted on social media and following numerous calls, the Gračanica police arrived at the scene, along with
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1. No two dogs have the same nose. The tip of a dog's nose is the equivalent of a human fingerprint: each one is unique, with its own distinctive "ridges". 2. A dog's sense of smell is incomparably better than a human's. The human nose has on average 5 million scent receptors, while the nose of a Dachshund, for example, has as many as 125 million. The centre of their brain responsible for
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When we talk about dog psychology and the way dogs experience the world around us, we cannot avoid mentioning the basic fact that dogs are creatures of habit. Many dog lovers completely forget this most important fact, attach all sorts of labels to their dog and thereby equate it with a human being. Unfortunately, this is exactly where, at the earliest age of a dog,
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