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How to get a dog to quit bullying an injured dog?

27 Jun 2010

These dogs seemed to have been best friends before the smaller one got into an accident and hurt her leg. Since the accident the smaller dog has been rehabbing the leg and it’s getting better every day.

But we’re having setbacks when the 2nd largest dog of three (the largest minds her own business and doesn’t have a problem with either of the 2) is bullying the smaller injured dog.

The medium sized dog just mauls the small dog at any random point. Some days it can be calm, and some days we’d have to separate the two.

Why is my dog picking on my injured dog?

It sounds like the middle dog is just exhibiting innate pack behavior. In a wolf pack, it wouldn’t be odd for an injured wolf to be "weeded out". An injured member of the pack can be a hindrance and a burden on the pack as a whole. Your middle dog is not being a bully or being mean-spirited – a dog wouldn’t even know how to be such a thing. He/she is just acting on instinct. You just need to completely separate the two until your injured dog is healed. The middle dog must see the smaller dog as his/her strong, active self again.

Temple of the Dog “Hunger Strike”

27 Jun 2010

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Temple of the Dog was a one-album project conceived in 1990. The purpose of Temple of the Dog was to pay tribute to the late Andrew Wood, the lead singer of Mother Love Bone, who died of a heroin overdose in 1990. Following his death, Mother Love Bone broke up, but Wood’s bandmates Jeff Ament (bass) and Stone Gossard (guitar) decided to continue working together. Before Ament and Gossard formed a new band, they assembled Temple of the dog, recruiting Chris Cornell (vocals) and Matt Cameron (drums) from Soundgarden to form the core of the group. Temple of the Dog also featured contributions from then-unknown vocalist Eddie Vedder.

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Fat Cat

27 Jun 2010

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Those last few kibbles might have gotten between Goliath and a clean escape. But after weeks of stealing food from a Gresham garage, the flabby tabby found himself stuck — head and shoulders outside the doggie door, gut and tail inside. The homeowner helped dislodge the sweet, playful 20.2-pound cat, kindly gave him a good meal, then delivered him Wednesday to the Oregon Humane Society, where he awaits his owner or a new adoptive personal chef.

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Extreme Animal Lover

27 Jun 2010

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In China a woman is driven by her desire to help stray animals, even when it means going into debt and being ostracized by family and friends. Here’s more.

China’s eastern Tianjin city.
Yang Xiaoyun has not been able to live the typical life of a retiree. Her house in Tianjin has effectively become an animal shelter. For 14 years she has woken up at the crack of dawn to take care of 300 stray cats and dogs, which she describes as her “children.”

Yang has spent her entire life savings and borrowed more than $10,000 U.S. dollars from friends and
relatives. Now, she’s in desperate need of financial help to buy the 200kg of food needed everyday for her animals.

To cut costs, Yang has developed her own animal food recipe, consisting of leftovers mixed with meat. It takes her nine hours a day to cook it.

With $2000 U.S. dollars in monthly expenses, Yang said she has been forced to sell her properties. Not everyone supports her lifestyle.

[Yang Xiaoyun, Animal Lover]: “None of my friends or family members support my work. I had two properties. One was a wedding gift for my son for when he gets married. I sold his place in 2000. He was very angry at me and ran away from home for three years. He couldn’t take it anymore.”

Her son eventually forgave her and returned home to help her take care of the animals, but Yang said she’s moved nine times because her neighbours complained about the smell and noise.

Yang first started rescuing animals after her husband died. She contemplated suicide but then found a helpless kitten in a ditch and found a reason to keep going.

[Yang Xiaoyun, animal lover]: “These (dogs and cats) are all abandoned and abused. A lot are disabled: some have had their eyes scraped out; their mouths sewn shut; others have been scalded by boiling water or their legs have been broken. Now that I’ve come this far, no matter what happens I will never give up on them.”

Yang says she has found strays in streets, in restaurants that serve dog
meat, and around agricultural colleges after the animals were used as experiments.

In 1999 media reported on Yang’s efforts to create a safe haven for stray cats and dogs. Since then, she has been surviving partly on strangers’ donations and partly on monthly cat supplies from an anonymous benefactor.

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What kind of jobs are suitable for an animal lover and what are the prerequisites if any?

24 Jun 2010

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The degree I am currently pursuing is a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science but I seriously cannot imagine myself working as a software engineer or any job related to computers. I want to get a job that I enjoy doing and I realized that I really love animals and want to help them out. What jobs are there that helps out animals etc? And what are the requirements for them?

well you could be a veterenarian which requires 12 years of college. but thats a head vet so thats like top dog. or, you could be a vets assistant which takes four years and id say is more fun because you get to help out instead of doing everything. you could start your own animal shelter. or you could work at a zoo. the possibilities are endless and i cant list them all. if you wanna get really serious, talk to someone at the spca about the different careers in the animal feild. make sure that you are sure you can be comitted to animals because if you start, its not fair to them that you stop.

Pet Shop Boys – King’s Cross

23 Jun 2010

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“King’s Cross”

The man at the back of the queue was sent
To feel the smack of firm government
Linger by the flyposter, for a fight
It’s the same story every night
I’ve been hurt and we’ve been had
You leave home, and you don’t go back

Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday
Wait until tomorrow and there’s still no way
Read it in a book or write it in a letter
Wake up in the morning and there’s still no guarantee

Only last night I found myself lost
By the station called King’s Cross
Dead and wounded on either side
You know it’s only a matter of time
I’ve been good and I’ve been bad
I’ve been guilty of hanging around

Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday
Wait until tomorrow and there’s still no way
Read it in a book or write it in a letter
Wake up in the morning and there’s still no guarantee

So I went looking out today
For the one who got away
Murder walking round the block
Ending up in King’s Cross
Good luck, bad luck waiting in a line
It takes more than the matter of time

Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday
Wait until tomorrow and there’s still no way
Read it in a book or write it in a letter
Wake up in the morning and there’s still no guarantee

Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday
Wait until tomorrow and there’s still no way
Read it in a book or write it in a letter
Wake up in the morning and there’s still no guarantee
And there’s still no guarantee
There is still no guarantee

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Hardly Working: Pet Peeves

23 Jun 2010

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This is an episode of “Hardly Working,” the series of comedy sketches that the CollegeHumor staff shoots and acts in around our office. We’re some of the people that run CH and create CHTV videos.