Dogs Are Special

Nearly 50 percent of us are dog owners or is it the other way around? Whether your dog carries some pedigree papers or you rescued him from the animal shelter or found him in a parking lot abandoned, dogs are special to us.

Thanks to the internet we can enjoy watching hours of puppies at play, dogs sleeping, and doing all kinds of tricks—very entertaining. Lately, Earl, the “Grumpy Puppy” has overtaken the popularity of endless videos of “Grumpy Cat” AKA Tardar Sauce.

You don’t want to cross the path of the police dogs who are trained to attack and hold criminals. Service, therapy and assistance dogs are trained to help the disabled, or to help give some calming effect to others.

One of the first things you do when you get a new dog is choose a name. Now you can go online to help in the process. Go to www.mydogsname.com.

Ask the website for cute dog names for instance and some suggestions were Waffles, Oreo and Hershey. Do you see a trend in those names? They do all sound yummy, but what about the good ole dog names, Bingo, Tiny, Brutus.

Did you ever wonder what your dog calls you, Feeder, Water bowl, Walker?

Who can forget the famous dogs? Toto, the Cairn terrier, also walked down the Yellow Brick Road in the “Wizard of Oz.” In 1959, Laika, a homeless dog in Russia, became the first dog in space; 350 search and rescue dogs searched in the wreckage of the World Trade Center. Rin Tin Tin and Lassie were the stars of many movies.

But this coming Saturday, the most famous dawg in Georgia will be on the sidelines at the University of Georgia football game, UGA IX.

Support our local animal shelter, if you can’t adopt, donate funds or food. And remember to spay or neuter your pets so that there will never be an unloved and unwanted animal.