dogs

Escherichia coli

Do dog owners deal with their animals’ solid excreta?
 Pollution control people say that pet waste is a major source of e. coli in the Rivanna River. The City provides bags at the river trail entrance with instructions. However, it seems that step five, "Tie knot in bag

Five dogs old: saying goodbye to April

I measure my life by dog lives. I am four dogs old. April is my fifth. Lately, April has developed a new habit: puking on rugs. She never pukes on the indestructible vinyl floor, only on the rug. My response has been to develop a new skill: cleaning up puke. It’s a job, a

Wolf to dog: It took 12,000 years to create Lassie

Q. How did dogs get to be "man's best friend"? –F. WaltonA. Our relationship with wolves goes back to about 20,000 B.C., when herds of large prey roamed the last Ice Age landscape, hunted by both wolves and men, says Deidre Barrett in Supernormal Stimuli. Wolf packs chase

New leash on life

The issue was almost too hot for local authorities to handle, pitting neighbor against neighbor and drawing throngs of angry citizens to City Council meetings. What had people so fired up? Taxes? Pollution of our drinking water? Cuts in education?Nope.    The

Snap o' the day: Sit

Two Labs wait obediently outside Mudhouse on the Downtown Mall.

Greene makes bolder bark ban

Greene, that scenic semi-rural county just to Albemarle's north, has created a dog-barking ban tougher than Albemarle's, with only a 20-minute rule (contrasted with Albemarle's 30), according to NBC29, which has the story.

Disem-barked: Supes throw rural dog owners a bone

Farm owner Kristina Lawwill presents her case to the Board of Supervisors Wednesday, July 8. PHOTO BY GORDON BLOCK After nearly three and a half hours of oft-impassioned testimony from citizens, the Albemarle County Board of S
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