Author: Bub

By: Jazmine 84

Wat’s Up, Dawgs?

Paws N’
Claws

Animal Magazine

Here you will find:
Fun Facts about different types of animals
Info about different types of animals
Dogs Constantly at Work
And more!

April 2008 Volume 1, Issue 1

Lookie Here!

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Table of Contents

Paws of the Month… Pg. 4
All Paws Ready 4 Duty… Pg. 5
Workin’ in Cooool Weather… Pg. 6
Monthly Animal Updates… Pg. 7
Fun Funky Facts… Pg. 8
Endangered Best Buddies?… Pg. 9
Extra… Pg. 10
Autobiography… Pg. 10

“Dogs are not our whole lives, but they make our lives whole.”
- Roger Caras

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Paws of the Month

This is the Paws of the Month Section! This is where we will feature a special animal for the issue. This time, our star is… drum roll please… Teddy the Cardigan Welsh Corgi!
Teddy is being adored by many people, all around! I hope he has melted your heart, too. If you have any feedback, just send an email to lovenintendogs@hotmail.com. You can also have your dog or a photo of a cute dog be shown as Paws of the Month if you just write a little biography about him/her, and send it to me at the email above. See you next month!

Teddy's mom says: After years of talking about getting a puppy and months of research, we saw Wally and Charlie on the Daily Puppy and fell in love with the Pembroke Welsh Corgi! We found a great breeder in Pennsylvania and brought the little guy home as soon as we could. It was the best car ride ever as he snuggled with his new mommy all the way home. Teddy is very smart, sweet, and basically a fuzzy little ball of joy and love. He was housebroken in a couple of weeks and knows the names of all his squeaky toys. He enjoys walks along the Hudson River and wresting with his puppy pals, who are all bigger than he is. Just don't tell our Little Man he's small!

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Obtained from www.thedailypuppy.com

All Paws Ready 4 Duty

You’ve probably seen a few movies, and probably read a few books, but have you ever really learned some cool facts about police dogs? These dogs can come from Springer Spaniels, German Shepherds, Border Collies, and maybe even Labrador Retrievers. These special dogs are trained to sniff down drugs, bombs. criminals, and to suspect packages and parcels at airports or other places. For each police team, there need to be explosive search dogs, drug search dogs, and regular track and search dogs. Police buddies start their intense training when they are between 12 and 18 months old, and they continue this training throughout their new career. Once the pups are trained, they are placed with their new police-partners. The dog and handler must take 14 weeks of training again after that. The police dogs will remain with the handler at home and at work once they are accustomed to each other during training. They are dependent on their noses to track all of the important things or people set out for them, whether in the wind, or on the ground. These dogs are needed everywhere, and all the time. Crime and justice just never seem to take a break!

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Workin’ in Cooool Weather

Many dogs in the icy territories of Canada compete for the Canadian Challenge to add the Cameco Cup to their own trophy shelves. This is a 12-dog sled race, and usually huskies, malamutes, and other thickly coated dogs are up for the challenge. The race is approximately 600 kilometers long. The formation of the sled dogs have the leader and navigator at the front, and the point/swing dogs are next. The wheel dogs are right in front of the sled, and the other dogs are positioned in between. That is the Gangline team. Hunters use the Fan Hitch, which includes having dogs on separate tuglines. Another word for dog sledding is mushing. Did you know that saying, “Hike” makes the dogs move forward, “Gee” makes the dogs move right, and “Haw” means turn left? Well, now you do. Again, these dogs must be trained when they are young, as puppies, so they can adjust to the harness quicker. Even if some dogs are stubborn, like the Siberian Husky, they love to pull, and may be hard to stop. You never know when one of your dogs may get into a heap of trouble, so it might be a wise idea to teach the dogs how to creep lightly on the ice and pull tug rope, just for practice in case of a real accident including ice. During sledding season, sled dogs need to be fed high-fat, high protein food, for lots of energy.

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Monthly Animal Updates

Just so everybody knows, this section will feature what is happening to pets around you (friends’ pets, etc.) Pocoyo’s turtle, Dribble, remains at another friend’s house, glad to have another turtle friend to hang out with. Sugar, Aynara’s pet hamster, had 7 adorable babies, in which she’s already found homes for 5 of them. She is now the new owner of not one, but two fuzzy friends! Creamy, Townzy’s brother’s hamster, has escaped from her cage for many hours (possibly a day or two), and was found quite a bit later in her basement, all skinny and unfed. Townzy is probably keeping a closer eye on her brother’s pets from now on. And that is all the animal update that come to my mind this month. Of course, everyone hopes to get a dog in the Spring!

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Fun Funky Facts

This month’s fun funky facts are about the animals that leap, play, and purr! You guessed it; cats!
Cats wolf down their dinner quickly, so nothing can steal it away from them!
Cats use their whiskers to feel if their head and body can fit through a space.
Long ago, Egyptians worshipped cats and believed them to be good omens.
Cats always land on their feet, because they twist their bodies and point their tails at a certain angle to get their whole body landing on all fours!
Cats can’t see the colours red and green; red=black and green=white to them!
White cats with blue eyes are usually deaf.
Cats sleep more than any other type of animal in the world.
Cats’ eyes are larger than any other mammal on earth, and has tiny cells that let them see in the dark (both are reasons why they can).
Since cats lick themselves for cleanliness, people who are sensitive breathe in the dried saliva on their fur or where the cat has been, and they can have allergic reactions.

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Endangered Best Buddies?

When you think of wolves, you probably think about how furry, content, and absolutely cute they are. Then, you find out some breeds are endangered. You think, “Gosh, I never even thought twice about that!”. Well, I do hate to say it, but certain breeds like the gray wolf are lacking in population. We humans keep taking their habitats away from them, and kill them for passing by farming lands. Once common in all of North America, their numbers dwindle everyday. Wolves are only known in Canada, Alaska, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, and Wisconsin now, in North America. The Endangered Species Act now lists gray wolves as endangered in the lower 48 states (in the USA).
Gray wolves usually have young in January and February. The period in which a female is pregnant is 63 days, and 4-7 cubs are born each time. They are taken care of for 10 months by their pack after they are born. Packs are made up of 4-7 wolves usually. The female and male pack leaders choose dens, hunt and track their prey, and establish territory for the pack. Any wolf howls on lighter nights, to communicate with other packs of wolves.

Some General Pack Info

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This is the best I have ever heard it explained!! / Two wolves. One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two / "wolves" inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, / and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith." The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?" The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

Autobiography
Jazmine 84 loves to read, write, and play. She is the creator of several web sites, including www.freewebs.com/snowy84doggy. She lives in with her dad, mom, sister, brother, and cockapoo, Ginger. Jazmine 84 is also the author of Wolf War, a book she is currently writing. :)

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