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Dogs Trust Shrewsbury warns to keep chocolate away from pets this Easter to avoid nasty surprises

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The charity says it is poisonous to dogs as it contains a substance called theobromine, which dogs and some other animals struggle to metabolize. Symptoms of theobromine poisoning include vomiting, diarrhea, excessive thirst, excitability, drooling, and potentially seizures and fatal heart problems. Dogs Trust says that if you think your dog has eaten chocolate, contact your vet immediately. They have given some friendly tips: Never give your pooch any human chocolate as a treat. Ensure that children and visitors understand why and adhere to this rule too. If you are hosting an Easter egg hunt, make sure your dogs can’t…
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Woman charged in dog attack had pets taken away before: court

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A Toronto woman facing multiple charges in a dog attack that seriously injured a child was previously deemed an “irresponsible” owner of dangerous dogs and subsequently ordered evicted from her apartment, according to court records and her former landlord. A 38-year-old woman was charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm and other offenses after an off-leash dog bit and dragged a child at a Toronto park last Saturday. Police have said the attack left the child with life-altering injuries. Court documents show the woman and a man she lived with were the subject of multiple complaints at a Toronto condominium…
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Wellness dog patrols downtown Edmonton

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In the pedways – below the streets of Edmonton – you’ll often find a three-year-old Labrador Retriever roaming around. “His name is Yoghurt and getting pets is his job,” Jeffrey Friend tells someone who stops to see his dog. The pair are a volunteer wellness dog team with the Chimo Animal Assisted Wellness and Learning Society (CAAWLS). “We have about 100 active volunteers with their dogs and we do visits to K-12 schools, seniors homes, universities, businesses, basically anywhere that likes to ask us to come out,” said Friend. About a year ago they were asked by the City of…
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Bitmoji Is Coming for Your Pets

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Some people take their pets everywhere with them. Now Snapchat Plus members can even bring them along virtually — as Bitmoji. The latest update, introduced this week, uses artificial intelligence to turn a photo of little Fifi or Fido into a graphic — actually, a range of avatars that owners can choose from — and place it in the Snap Map. Once inside the platform’s location-sharing visualization tool, the furry friend can follow the user’s own Bitmoji around. Pets aren’t new to the platform, but the customization is. Previously, there was only a limited selection of preset options, and no…
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Stardew Valley mini-update adds pet adoption, fixes moss issues arising from the 1.6 mega-update

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Stardew Valley, one of our favorite RPGs despite coming out almost a decade ago, still has an attentive steward in the form of developer Eric Barone. After the recent 1.6 mega-update to the game, which added a whole bunch of stuff, Barone (better known in his developer form as ConcernedApe) Xeeted out a list of fixes in the now-available 1.6.3 update. This makes tweaks to things arising from 1.6 (many of them addressing moss, a new foraging item) and fixes bugs, one of which was causing ‘excess trash’ to be fished. Importantly, 1.6 added more pet animals to the game,…
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Oshawa to explore the possibility of regulating pet breeding businesses

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Updated (4:30 pm) with more information. Oshawa councillors are directing staff to conduct a review of the city’s policies on pet breeding. “The number of backyard breeders […] is getting out of hand,” said Councilor Brian Nicholson at Monday’s meeting. “The really sad part is the animals are abused. In many cases, the same dog is bred, year after year, for five or six years and then they’re abandoned, and they end up at our animal shelters. If the puppies [or] Kittens aren’t sold, they too end up at our animal shelters.” City staff will review the regulations and licensing…
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Pets ‘doing well’ after parvovirus forces NAWT to close

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On Friday last week (March 22), the National Animal Welfare Trust Hertfordshire(NAWT) appealed for any towels, duvets, blankets, or sheets that members of the public could donate. It said that it had been forced to shut and throw out all of its in-use bedding “due to an isolated incident of a contagious disease”. It has since been confirmed that a dog had been found to have parvovirus but is currently at a vet and “doing well”. There have not been any further infections at the centre, in Tylers Way off the A41, and the charity was able to reopen as…
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More than 100 dogs in need of homes at Lake County shelter

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LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – Milk-Bone with peanut butter is the “go-to” snack for dogs at the Lake County Animal Shelter. Volunteers are not only making sure their tummies are full, but they are also on another mission: to get them a forever home. “We need adopters. We need foster parents, and we need owners to come looking for their pets. The mass majority of our dogs are coming in because they are found roaming,” said Whitney Boylston, director of Lake County Animal Services. Boylston said they are 70% above capacity at the shelter and are housing nearly 170 dogs, some…
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